NF - PAID MY DUES

[00:01.99] "PAID MY DUES"

[00:13.49] Clicks, clicks, clicks, they'll do anything to get a few

[00:16.75] Tick, tick, tick, that's the sound before my head explodes

[00:19.76] Quit, quit, quit, look at you up on your pedestals

[00:23.01] Quick, quick, quick, here the critics come, it's time to go

[00:26.76] I read your article, it kinda hurt me

[00:29.51] I don't know who hired you

[00:30.73] Or what your friends say in your circle

[00:32.74] But the fact that you released it

[00:34.24] Tells me two things are for certain

[00:35.98] They get paid for trashing people

[00:37.49] I get paid 'cause I stay working

[00:39.24] Drop 'The Search' and

[00:40.49] They emerge up outta nowhere

[00:41.49] To the surface, just to peep behind the curtain

[00:43.74] Throwing salt at all my burdens

[00:45.73] I'm aware I shouldn't give this my attention

[00:47.99] Life's a journey, I should just stay on my path

[00:50.25] And learn to laugh, you think they heard me?

[00:52.49] Ears are burning, put em out

[00:53.99] Quiet, quiet, look around

[00:55.49] Why don't they find someone way more

[00:56.99] Interesting to write about?

[00:58.74] Us, we're kinda boring, aren't we?

[01:00.50] All we do is whine and pout

[01:01.99] It's confusing, so amusing

[01:03.74] How I argue with myself

[01:05.74] Hello

[01:06.74] I spit it with ease so leave it to me

[01:08.24] You doubt it, but you better believe

[01:09.24] I'm on a rampage, hit 'em, with the record release

[01:10.74] Depending the week, I'm probably gonna have to achieve

[01:12.49] Another goal, let me go when I'm over the beat

[01:14.00] I go into beast mode like I'm ready to feast

[01:15.49] I'm fed up with these thieves tryna get me to bleed

[01:17.24] They wanna see me take an L, yep, see what I mean?

[01:18.99] How many records I gotta give you to get with the program?

[01:20.74] Take it for granted, I'm 'bout to give you the whole plan

[01:22.49] Open your mind up but take a look at the blueprint

[01:23.99] Debate if you gotta, but gotta hold it with both hands

[01:25.74] Pick at the bars, you gotta be smart

[01:26.99] You really gotta dig in your heart

[01:28.25] If you wanna get to the root of an issue

[01:29.99] Pursuin' the mental can be dark and be difficult

[01:30.99] But the pay off at the end of it can help you to get through it, ay

[01:32.49] Paid my dues, made it through (woo woo woo)

[01:35.48] Spread the news, I'm on the loose (woo woo woo)

[01:38.73] Making moves, I need some room (woo woo woo)

[01:41.99] Thought we's cool, well, don't assume, don't assume, ay

[01:45.49] I'm the truth, oh, they want some proof

[01:47.75] Here, don't be rude, something new

[01:49.49] Even when I lose, I make it look cool

[01:51.99] Do the show, then we hit the room

[01:53.99] Wife is looking, oh

[01:55.49] What to do? I don't need the shades up to like the view

[01:58.74] It's time to get back in the swing of things

[02:01.73] When my life crashes, I'm not the guy that'll flee the scene

[02:04.74] I'll take ownership and own it and raise my hand if it's me

[02:07.74] Just remember though, I'm only a man, I'm a human being

[02:11.49] Don't they see, shoot the breeze, I'd rather just stay discrete

[02:14.50] People claim they're in your corner but leave you in times of need

[02:17.99] They don't listen, do they? (What?) They don't listen to anything

[02:21.24] I'll accept advice if it's not presented ignorantly

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

[02:25.99] Then cause divides, I'm forced to fight

[02:27.24] The poison I've been sipping on has quite the bite

[02:28.99] It killed me twice, they rigged the lights

[02:30.74] So y'all could see the parts of mine that aren't too bright

[02:32.99] See, often I apologize and authorize the awful times

[02:34.24] That pop up (Nate) like I'm right behind you

[02:36.24] I'd advise you not to try to climb inside the mind like I do

[02:37.99] Keep the rhyme book, expedite it, over-night it

[02:40.24] Hold it tight and hope the time is on my side

[02:42.24] 'Cause if it's not then I'll decide to override my own demise

[02:44.74] I tow the line too close and I can improvise and empathize

[02:47.25] But recognize the fact that I could jeopardize and wreck our lives

[02:49.74] You better give me your attention, the undivided

[02:51.51] Paid my dues, made it through (woo woo woo)

[02:54.23] Spread the news, I'm on the loose (woo woo woo)

[02:57.74] Making moves, I need some room (woo woo woo)

[03:00.99] Thought we's cool, well, don't assume, don't assume, ay

[03:04.24] Paid my dues, made it through (woo woo woo)

[03:07.49] Spread the news, I'm on the loose (woo woo woo)

[03:11.49] Making moves, I need some room (woo woo woo)

[03:13.98] Thought we's cool, well, don't assume, don't assume, ay