Paid My Dues

[00:12.95] Clicks, clicks, clicks, they'll do anything to get a few

[00:16.68] Tick, tick, tick, that's the sound before my head explodes

[00:20.18] Quit, quit, quit, look at you up on your pedestals

[00:23.38] Quick, quick, quick, here the critics come, it's time to go

[00:26.86] I read your article, it kinda hurt me

[00:29.53] I don't know who hired you

[00:31.12] Or what your friends say in your circle

[00:32.71] But the fact that you released it

[00:34.58] Tells me two things are for certain

[00:36.19] They get paid for trashing people

[00:37.79] I get paid 'cause I stay working

[00:39.37] Drop 'The Search' and

[00:40.43] They emerge up outta nowhere

[00:41.76] To the surface, just to peep behind the curtain

[00:44.15] Throwing salt at all my burdens

[00:46.01] I'm aware I shouldn't give this my attention

[00:48.40] Life's a journey, I should just stay on my path

[00:50.80] And learn to laugh, you think they heard me?

[00:52.37] Ears are burning, put em out

[00:54.25] Quiet, quiet, look around

[00:55.84] Why don't they find someone way more

[00:57.96] Interesting to write about?

[00:59.31] Us, we're kinda boring, aren't we?

[01:00.90] All we do is whine and pout

[01:02.49] It's confusing, so amusing

[01:04.11] How I argue with myself

[01:05.96] Hello

[01:07.03] I spit it with ease so leave it to me

[01:08.11] You doubt it, but you better believe

[01:09.47] I'm on a rampage, hit 'em, with the record release

[01:11.06] Depending the week, I'm probably gonna have to achieve

[01:12.65] Another goal, let me go when I'm over the beat

[01:14.25] I go into beast mode like I'm ready to feast

[01:15.85] I'm fed up with these thieves tryna get me to bleed

[01:17.70] They wanna see me take an L, yep, see what I mean?

[01:19.29] How many records I gotta give you to get with the program?

[01:20.88] Take it for granted, I'm 'bout to give you the whole plan

[01:22.75] Open your mind up but take a look at the blueprint

[01:24.35] Debate if you gotta, but gotta hold it with both hands

[01:25.94] Pick at the bars, you gotta be smart

[01:27.32] You really gotta dig in your heart

[01:28.38] If you wanna get to the root of an issue

[01:29.69] Pursuin' the mental can be dark and be difficult

[01:30.75] But the pay off at the end of it can help you to get through it, ay

[01:32.62] Paid my dues, made it through (woo woo woo)

[01:35.82] Spread the news, I'm on the loose (woo woo woo)

[01:39.02] Making moves, I need some room (woo woo woo)

[01:42.47] Thought we's cool, well, don't assume, don't assume, ay

[01:45.91] I'm the truth, oh, they want some proof

[01:47.79] Here, don't be rude, something new

[01:49.67] Even when I lose, I make it look cool

[01:52.32] Do the show, then we hit the room

[01:54.19] Wife is looking, oh

[01:55.78] What to do? I don't need the shades up to like the view

[01:58.97] It's time to get back in the swing of things

[02:01.87] When my life crashes, I'm not the guy that'll flee the scene

[02:05.12] I'll take ownership and own it and raise my hand if it's me

[02:08.02] Just remember though, I'm only a man, I'm a human being

[02:11.75] Don't they see, shoot the breeze, I'd rather just stay discrete

[02:14.95] People claim they're in your corner but leave you in times of need

[02:18.14] They don't listen, do they? (What?) They don't listen to anything

[02:21.59] I'll accept advice if it's not presented ignorantly

[02:25.04] Look, costs are high, they multiply

[02:26.63] Then cause divides, I'm forced to fight

[02:27.69] The poison I've been sipping on has quite the bite

[02:29.60] It killed me twice, they rigged the lights

[02:30.92] So y'all could see the parts of mine that aren't too bright

[02:32.51] See, often I apologize and authorize the awful times

[02:34.64] That pop up (Nate) like I'm right behind you

[02:36.79] I'd advise you not to try to climb inside the mind like I do

[02:38.63] Keep the rhyme book, expedite it, over-night it

[02:41.04] Hold it tight and hope the time is on my side

[02:42.64] 'Cause if it's not then I'll decide to override my own demise

[02:45.02] I tow the line too close and I can improvise and empathize

[02:47.42] But recognize the fact that I could jeopardize and wreck our lives

[02:50.10] You better give me your attention, the undivided

[02:51.94] Paid my dues, made it through (woo woo woo)

[02:55.14] Spread the news, I'm on the loose (woo woo woo)

[02:58.06] Making moves, I need some room (woo woo woo)

[03:01.26] Thought we's cool, well, don't assume, don't assume, ay

[03:04.72] Paid my dues, made it through (woo woo woo)

[03:07.91] Spread the news, I'm on the loose (woo woo woo)

[03:11.37] Making moves, I need some room (woo woo woo)

[03:14.55] Thought we's cool, well, don't assume, don't assume, ay