Cover art for Broken Promises by Summer Walker

Broken Promises

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Broken Promises Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Say what you mean
Do what you say
I don't wanna be sold another piece of your dream
So take it (Take it), save it
Put it back, fuck it, erase it
I just don't know how I can take it
'Cause my heart is breakin'
I've been mistaken
You're not the man I thought you were
And they tried to warn me
Yeah, they tried to warn me

[Chorus]
You can't tell me (No), nothing 'bout my man
I would never (No), take they words 'gainst yours (Oh, no)
I rather let you (Yeah), make your promise
Oh, no (No)
You can't tell me (You can't), nothing 'bout my man
Said you would step up, said you was ready (Ready)
But I should've listened

[Verse 2]
The first one was a fuck-up (Fuck-up)
Second one was a no one (No one)
Third one was tryna come up
Fourth one, you said
It'd be different, different, different

And I believed you
You never left me like you did them
Fuck hoes on me like you did them
I built you up and I held you down
I built you up and I held you, I held you down
[Chorus]
You can't tell me (No), nothing 'bout my man
I would never (No), take they words 'gainst yours (Oh, no)
I rather let you (Yeah), make your promise
Oh, no (No)
You can't tell me (You can't), nothing 'bout my man
Said you would step up, said you'd put the work in (Ready)
But I should've listened

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“Broken Promises” Talks about the treat of an ex boyfriend, and how he broke the promises that they have together, and how hard it is to process the breakup, it also talks about how she should have listened their friends warned her, but she didn’t listened, trying to figure how to work out things.

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“Broken Promises” debuted and peaked at #76 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the charting week ending November 20, 2021.

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November 5, 2021
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