promise you this

Exodus

One thing I ve always known
Is sooner or later a beat dog bites
Always been taught to never show up
Unarmed when lookin to fight
I can t lie when given half a chance
You know I m gonna make it right
Always been a man of my word

Covenants made, covenants kept
That s my philosophy
So you better heed every word I say
With all due modesty
So don t cry into your pillow
Cause you ll find no sympathy
Never been one to run with the herd

They can t take me
I m truly one of one
On this we agree

We fall then we rise up again
Never knowing how to lose, we never bend
I promise you this
We crawl through the lies yet again
They keep us so confused, they never end
I promise you this
Hard times make for harder men
We do as we choose, we don t pretend
I promise you this
We hit back harder than we get
You ain t seen nothing yet, we never miss
I promise you this

Father always told me Boy
You gotta know right from wrong
Better be quick to bloody the nose
That s stickin where it don t belong
I won t deny I just didn t seem to wanna
Find a way to play along
Took me many years to learn
Eye for and eye, tooth for a tooth
That s all you ever need to know
When you re a man of your word
It ll help to soften the blows
I won t try to sugar coat this
And make life a fairy tale
Respect given, respect returned

They can t take me
I m truly one of one
On this thing we agree

We fall then we rise up again
Never knowing how to lose, we never bend
I promise you this
We crawl through the lies yet again
They keep us so confused, they never end
I promise you this
Hard times make for harder men
We do as we choose, we don t pretend
I promise you this
We hit back harder than we get
You ain t seen nothing yet, we never miss
I promise you this

I promise you this
I promise you this