NF_-_PAID_MY_DUES

[00:13.36] Clicks, clicks, clicks, they'll do anything to get a few

[00:16.39] Tick, tick, tick, that's the sound before my head explodes

[00:19.64] Quit, quit, quit, look at you up on your pedestal

[00:22.86] Quick, quick, quick, here the critics come, it's time to go

[00:26.12] I read your article, it kinda hurt me

[00:28.86] I don't know who hired you

[00:30.64] Or what your friends say in your circle

[00:32.36] But the fact that you released it

[00:34.12] Tells me two things are for certain

[00:35.61] They get paid for trashing people

[00:37.37] I get paid 'cause I stay working

[00:39.11] Dropped 'The Search' and

[00:40.14] They emerge up outta nowhere

[00:40.89] To the surface, just to peep behind the curtain

[00:43.86] Throwing salt at all my burdens

[00:45.36] I'm aware I shouldn't give this my attention

[00:47.86] Life's a journey, I should just stay on my path

[00:50.37] And learn to laugh, you think they heard me?

[00:52.11] Ears are burning, put 'em out

[00:53.61] Quiet, quiet, look around

[00:55.11] Why don't they find someone way more

[00:57.11] Interesting to write about?

[00:58.61] Us, we're kinda boring, aren't we?

[01:00.40] All we do is whine and pout

[01:01.86] It's confusing, so amusing

[01:03.86] How I argue with myself

[01:05.11] Hello

[01:05.65] I spit it was ease so leave it to me

[01:07.86] Doubted, but you better believe

[01:09.11] I'm on a rampage, hit 'em, with the record release

[01:10.61] Depending the week, I'm probably gonna have to achieve

[01:12.12] Another goal, let me go and I'm over the beat

[01:13.61] I go into beast mode like I'm ready to feast

[01:15.38] I'm fed up with these thieves tryna get me to bleed

[01:16.86] They wanna see me take an L, yep, see what I mean?

[01:18.61] How many records I gotta give you to get with the program?

[01:20.38] Take it for granted, I'm 'bout to give you the whole plan

[01:22.11] Open your mind up and take a look at the blueprint

[01:23.88] Debate if you gotta, but gotta hold it with both hands

[01:25.62] Pick at the bars, you gotta be smart

[01:26.86] You really gotta dig in your heart

[01:28.11] If you wanna get to the root of an issue

[01:28.86] Plus I'm in the middle, could be dark and be difficult

[01:30.61] But they pay off at the end if it can help you to get to it

[01:32.11] Paid my dues, made it through

[01:35.37] Spread the news, I'm on the loose

[01:38.61] Making moves, I need some room

[01:41.86] Though he's cool, well, don't assume, don't assume, ay

[01:45.61] I'm the truth, oh, they want some proof

[01:47.12] Fear it, don't be rude, something new

[01:49.14] Even when I lose, I make it look cool

[01:51.88] Do the show, then we hit the room

[01:53.86] Wife is looking, oh

[01:55.36] What to do? I don't need the shades up to like the view

[01:58.37] Yeah

[01:59.36] It's time to get back in the swing of things

[02:01.36] When my life crashes, I'm not the guy that'll flee the scene

[02:04.61] I'll take ownership and own it and raise my hand if it's me

[02:07.87] Just remember though, I'm only a man, I'm a human being

[02:11.12] Don't the see, shoot the breeze I'd rather just stay discrete

[02:14.61] People claim they're in your corner but leave you in times of need

[02:17.38] They don't listen do they? They don't listen to anything

[02:20.87] I'll accept advice if it's not presented ignorantly

[02:24.38] Look, costs are high, they multiply

[02:26.14] They cause divides and force the fight

[02:27.14] The poison I've been sipping on has quite the bite

[02:29.11] It killed me twice, they rigged the lights

[02:30.36] 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

[02:34.63] That pop up (Nate) like I'm right behind you

[02:36.36] I'd advise you not to try and climb inside the mind like I do

[02:38.11] Keep the rhyme book expedited, over nighted

[02:40.37] Hold the tide in, hope the time is on my side

[02:42.38] 'Cause if it's not then I'll decide to override my own demise

[02:44.36] I toe the line too close and I can improvise and empathize

[02:46.87] But recognize the fact that I could jeopardize and wreck your lives

[02:49.64] You better give me your attention, the undivided

[02:50.90] Paid my dues, made it through

[02:54.11] Spread the news, I'm on the loose

[02:57.61] Making moves, I need some room

[03:00.86] Though he's cool, well, don't assume, don't assume, ay

[03:04.11] Paid my dues, made it through

[03:07.61] Spread the news, I'm on the loose

[03:10.61] Making moves, I need some room

[03:13.86] Though he's cool, well, don't assume, don't assume, ay