PAID MY DUES
[00:12.41] Clicks, clicks, clicks, they'll do anything to get a few
[00:16.17] Tick, tick, tick, that's the sound before my head explodes
[00:19.67] Quit, quit, quit, look at you up on your pedestals
[00:22.93] Quick, quick, quick, here the critics come, it's time to go
[00:26.19] I read your article, it kinda hurt me
[00:28.95] I don't know who hired you
[00:30.69] Or what your friends say in your circle
[00:32.20] But the fact that you released it
[00:33.95] Tells me two things are for certain
[00:35.70] They get paid for trashing people
[00:37.21] I get paid 'cause I stay working
[00:38.96] Drop 'The Search' and
[00:39.71] They emerge up outta nowhere
[00:41.21] To the surface, just to peep behind the curtain
[00:43.47] Throwing salt at all my burdens
[00:45.23] I'm aware I shouldn't give this my attention
[00:47.73] Life's a journey, I should just stay on my path
[00:49.99] And learn to laugh, you think they heard me?
[00:51.99] Ears are burning, put em out
[00:53.51] Quiet, quiet, look around
[00:55.25] Why don't they find someone way more
[00:56.76] Interesting to write about?
[00:58.51] Us, we're kinda boring, aren't we?
[01:00.27] All we do is whine and pout
[01:01.77] It's confusing, so amusing
[01:03.52] How I argue with myself
[01:05.11] Hello
[01:06.12] I spit it with ease so leave it to me
[01:07.87] You doubt it, but you better believe
[01:08.88] I'm on a rampage, hit 'em, with the record release
[01:10.38] Depending the week, I'm probably gonna have to achieve
[01:12.14] Another goal, let me go when I'm over the beat
[01:13.89] I go into beast mode like I'm ready to feast
[01:15.39] I'm fed up with these thieves tryna get me to bleed
[01:16.89] They wanna see me take an L, yep, see what I mean?
[01:18.64] How many records I gotta give you to get with the program?
[01:20.40] Take it for granted, I'm 'bout to give you the whole plan
[01:22.15] Open your mind up but take a look at the blueprint
[01:23.65] Debate if you gotta, but gotta hold it with both hands
[01:25.41] Pick at the bars, you gotta be smart
[01:26.77] You really gotta dig in your heart
[01:27.75] If you wanna get to the root of an issue
[01:28.76] Pursuin' the mental can be dark and be difficult
[01:30.27] But the pay off at the end of it can help you to get through it, ay
[01:32.02] Paid my dues, made it through (woo woo woo)
[01:35.28] Spread the news, I'm on the loose (woo woo woo)
[01:38.53] Making moves, I need some room (woo woo woo)
[01:41.78] Thought we's cool, well, don't assume, don't assume, ay
[01:45.04] I'm the truth, oh, they want some proof
[01:47.29] Here, don't be rude, something new
[01:49.29] Even when I lose, I make it look cool
[01:51.81] Do the show, then we hit the room
[01:53.81] Wife is looking, oh
[01:55.06] What to do? I don't need the shades up to like the view
[01:58.82] It's time to get back in the swing of things
[02:01.33] When my life crashes, I'm not the guy that'll flee the scene
[02:04.58] I'll take ownership and own it and raise my hand if it's me
[02:07.84] Just remember though, I'm only a man, I'm a human being
[02:11.10] Don't they see, shoot the breeze, I'd rather just stay discrete
[02:14.35] People claim they're in your corner but leave you in times of need
[02:17.61] They don't listen, do they? (What?) They don't listen to anything
[02:20.86] I'll accept advice if it's not presented ignorantly
[02:24.37] Look, costs are high, they multiply
[02:25.87] Then cause divides, I'm forced to fight
[02:27.13] The poison I've been sipping on has quite the bite
[02:28.88] It killed me twice, they rigged the lights
[02:30.13] So y'all could see the parts of mine that aren't too bright
[02:31.88] See, often I apologize and authorize the awful times
[02:34.39] That pop up (Nate) like I'm right behind you
[02:35.89] I'd advise you not to try to climb inside the mind like I do
[02:38.67] Keep the rhyme book, expedite it, over-night it
[02:40.19] Hold it tight and hope the time is on my side
[02:41.94] 'Cause if it's not then I'll decide to override my own demise
[02:44.44] I tow the line too close and I can improvise and empathize
[02:46.95] But recognize the fact that I could jeopardize and wreck our lives
[02:49.45] You better give me your attention, the undivided
[02:51.22] Paid my dues, made it through (woo woo woo)
[02:54.21] Spread the news, I'm on the loose (woo woo woo)
[02:57.47] Making moves, I need some room (woo woo woo)
[03:00.73] Thought we's cool, well, don't assume, don't assume, ay
[03:03.98] Paid my dues, made it through (woo woo woo)
[03:07.24] Spread the news, I'm on the loose (woo woo woo)
[03:10.74] Making moves, I need some room (woo woo woo)
[03:13.99] Thought we's cool, well, don't assume, don't assume, ay
