"Promises" lyrics

Don't you worry 'bout a thing, I still got you in mind
Don't you worry 'bout a thing, baby, they still mine
I know I been away, but these dreams
All these dreams take time
Got a lot of promises that are in mind
Got a lot of promises

Yeah
That I made to myself back then when I couldn't 'ford rent
All the dreams I said before were before bed
All the times I spent serving tables on the low, they don't know
I'm the chef, I'm the cook back home, uh
Holdin' on hope, hittin' shows front row
Late nights eatin' melon, all the blocks that know
No flowers, but I rose, long hours on the coast
Then she ask me what I want: everything that I'm owed

Everything I'm owed, I'ma get it
I'ma get it god willin'
'Boutta take a plane, I'ma see you right quick
You ain't gotta worry, I ain't goin' nowhere, god willin'
Got a lot of promises

Doubted from the start
It's a long way up from the ground to the stars
Underdog stories take a pound to the heart
Heard too many sorry's, not one from the heart
Thoughts of who I was writin' raps in the park
Provin' them wrong was the paint to the art
To the old me with the Carhartt

Don't you worry 'bout a thing, I still got you in mind
Don't you worry 'bout a thing, baby, they still mine
I know I been away, but these dreams
All these dreams take time
Got a lot of promises that are in mind
Got a lot of promises

That I made to myself back then
All these chips on my shoulder, every day I'm all in, uh
Destiny callin', baby I ain't on my phone, but you know I'm dialed in, wooh
See a lot of streams, I don't see a lot of ticket sales
People I came up with got an ego when a label helped
See 'em turn fake is the realest that I ever felt
Seeing all these fans is the greatest thing I ever built

Every— everything I'm owed, I'ma get it—

Uh
Forgive me, I know it's been years
I know there's been tears
But we blowin' up soon, baby
Never too late
It's never too late, I'ma find my way
Never too late, I'ma get it one day
Yeah, I know I got a
Got a lot of promises