Paid my dues

[00:13.72] Clicks, clicks, clicks, they'll do anything to get a few

[00:17.22] Tick, tick, tick, that's the sound before my head explodes

[00:20.21] Quit, quit, quit, look at you up on your pedestals

[00:24.47] Quick, quick, quick, here the critics come, it's time to go

[00:27.21] I read your article, it kinda hurt me

[00:29.70] I don't know who hired you

[00:31.70] Or what your friends say in your circle

[00:33.19] But the fact that you released it

[00:35.18] Tells me two things are for certain

[00:36.45] They get paid for trashing people

[00:37.98] I get paid 'cause I stay working

[00:39.71] Drop 'The Search' and

[00:41.23] They emerge up outta nowhere

[00:42.99] To the surface, just to peep behind the curtain

[00:44.23] Throwing salt at all my burdens

[00:45.98] I'm aware I shouldn't give this my attention

[00:48.97] Life's a journey, I should just stay on my path

[00:50.97] And learn to laugh, you think they heard me?

[00:52.96] Ears are burning, put em out

[00:54.97] Quiet, quiet, look around

[00:56.00] Why don't they find someone way more

[00:57.98] Interesting to write about?

[00:59.47] Us, we're kinda boring, aren't we?

[01:00.98] All we do is whine and pout

[01:02.48] It's confusing, so amusing

[01:03.95] How I argue with myself

[01:06.19] Hello

[01:07.44] I spit it with ease so leave it to me

[01:08.20] You doubt it, but you better believe

[01:08.72] I'm on a rampage, hit 'em, with the record release

[01:09.96] Depending the week, I'm probably gonna have to achieve

[01:11.71] Another goal, let me go when I'm over the beat

[01:13.48] I go into beast mode like I'm ready to feast

[01:16.47] I'm fed up with these thieves tryna get me to bleed

[01:18.22] They wanna see me take an L, yep, see what I mean?

[01:19.48] How many records I gotta give you to get with the program?

[01:22.23] Take it for granted, I'm 'bout to give you the whole plan

[01:23.23] Open your mind up and take a look at the blueprint

[01:24.97] Debate if you gotta, but gotta hold it with both hands

[01:26.72] Pick at the bars, you gotta be smart

[01:27.47] You really gotta dig in your heart

[01:28.48] If you wanna get to the root of an issue

[01:29.49] Pursuin' the mental can be dark and be difficult

[01:30.73] But they pay off at the end if it can help you to get through it, ay

[01:32.98] Paid my dues, made it through (woo woo woo)

[01:35.96] Spread the news, I'm on the loose (woo woo woo)

[01:37.23] Making moves, I need some room (woo woo woo)

[01:42.73] Thought we's cool, well, don't assume, don't assume, ay

[01:45.98] I'm the truth, oh, they want some proof

[01:48.47] Here, don't be rude, something new

[01:50.46] Even when I lose, I make it look cool

[01:52.45] Do the show, then we hit the room

[01:54.70] Wife is looking, oh

[01:56.22] What to do? I don't need the shades up to like the view

[01:58.98] It's time to get back in the swing of things

[02:01.99] When my life crashes, I'm not the guy that'll flee the scene

[02:05.48] I'll take ownership and own it and raise my hand if it's me

[02:08.48] Just remember though, I'm only a man, I'm a human being

[02:11.72] Don't they see, shoot the breeze, I'd rather just stay discrete

[02:15.22] People claim they're in your corner but leave you in times of need

[02:18.48] They don't listen, do they? (What?) They don't listen to anything

[02:20.44] I'll accept advice if it's not presented ignorantly

[02:24.99] Look, costs are high, they multiply

[02:26.96] Then cause divides, I'm forced to fight

[02:28.21] The poison I've been sipping on has quite the bite

[02:29.72] It killed me twice, they rigged the lights

[02:31.23] So y'all could see the parts of mine that aren't too bright

[02:32.97] See, often I apologize and authorize the awful times

[02:34.73] That pop up (Nate) like I'm right behind you

[02:37.47] I'd advise you not to try to climb inside the mind like I do

[02:38.72] Keep the rhyme book, expedite it, over-night it

[02:41.97] Hold it tight and hope the time is on my side

[02:43.48] 'Cause if it's not then I'll decide to override my own demise

[02:45.47] I tow the line too close and I can improvise and empathize

[02:47.98] But recognize the fact that I could jeopardize and wreck our lives

[02:50.47] You better give me your attention, the undivided

[02:52.47] Paid my dues, made it through (woo woo woo)

[02:54.72] Spread the news, I'm on the loose (woo woo woo)

[02:57.95] Making moves, I need some room (woo woo woo)

[03:01.72] Thought we's cool, well, don't assume, don't assume, ay

[03:04.70] Paid my dues, made it through (woo woo woo)

[03:07.99] Spread the news, I'm on the loose (woo woo woo)

[03:11.17] Making moves, I need some room (woo woo woo)

[03:15.23] Thought we's cool, well, don't assume, don't assume, ay