PAID MY DUES

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1. Clicks, clicks, clicks, they'll do anything to get a few
2. Tick, tick, tick, that's the sound before my head explodes
3. Quit, quit, quit, look at you up on your pedestals
4. Quick, quick, quick, here the critics come it's time to go
5. I read your article it kinda hurt me
6. I don't know who hired you or what your friends say in your circle
7. But the fact that you released it, tells me two things are for certain
8. They get paid for trashin' people, I get paid cause I stay workin'
9. Drop the search and they emerge up out of nowhere to the surface
10. Just to peek behind the curtain, throwin' salt at all my burdens
11. I'm aware I shouldn't give this my attention, life's a journey
12. I should just stay on my path and learn to laugh
13. You think they heard me?
14. Ears are burning put 'em out, quiet quiet look around
15. Why don't they find someone way more interesting to write about?
16. Us we're kinda boring, aren't we?
17. All we do is whine and pout
18. It's confusing so amusing how I argue with myself (hello)
19. I spit it with ease, so leave it to me
20. You doubt it but you better believe
21. I'm on a rampage hit 'em with the record release
22. Dependin' the week, I'm prolly gonna have to achieve another goal
23. Let me go when I'm over the beat
24. I go into beast mode like I'm ready to feast
25. I'm fed up with these thieves tryna get me to bleed
26. They wanna see me take an L? (yup, see what I mean)
27. How many records I gotta give you to get with the program?
28. Taken for granted I'm 'bout to give you the whole plan
29. Open your mind up and take a look at the blueprint
30. Debate if you gotta, but gotta hold it with both hands
31. To pick up the bars you gotta be smart
32. You really gotta dig in your heart if you wanna get to the root of an issue
33. Pursuin' the mental can be dark and be difficult
34. But the payoff at the end of it, can help you to get through it, hey
35. Paid my dues, made it through (whoo, whoo, whoo)
36. Spread the news, I'm on the loose (whoo, whoo, whoo)
37. Makin' moves, I need some room (whoo, whoo, whoo)
38. Thought we's cool
39. Well don't assume, don't assume hey!
40. I'm the truth, oh they want some proof
41. Here don't be rude, somethin' new
42. Even when I lose I make it look cool
43. Do the show, then we hit the room
44. Wife is lookin' ooh, what to do?
45. I don't need the shades up to like the view
46. It's time to get back in the swing of things
47. When my life crashes, I'm not the guy that'll flee the scene
48. I'll take ownership and own it and raise my hand if it's me
49. Just remember though, I'm only a man, I'm a human being
50. Don't they see? Shoot the breeze
51. I'd rather just stay discrete
52. People claim they're in your corner but leave you in times of need
53. They don't listen, do they? (what?)
54. They don't listen to anything
55. I'll accept advice if it's not presented ignorantly
56. Look, costs are high they multiply
57. Then cause divides I'm forced to fight
58. The poison I been sippin' on has quite the bite
59. It killed me twice, they rigged the lights
60. So y'all can see the parts of mine that aren't so bright
61. See, often I apologize then authorize the awful times
62. To pop up (Nate) like I'm right behind you
63. I'd advise you not to try to climb inside the mind like I do
64. Keep the rhyme book, expedite it, overnight it
65. Hold it tight an' hope that time is on my side
66. 'Cause if it's not then I'll decide to override my own demise
67. I toe the line too close and I could improvise, I'd empathize
68. But recognize the fact that I could jeopardize and wreck our lives
69. You better give me your attention the undivided
70. Paid my dues, made it through (whoo, whoo, whoo)
71. Spread the news, I'm on the loose (whoo, whoo, whoo)
72. Makin' moves, I need some room (whoo, whoo, whoo)
73. Thought we's cool
74. Well don't assume, don't assume hey!
75. Paid my dues, made it through (whoo, whoo, whoo)
76. Spread the news, I'm on the loose (whoo, whoo, whoo)
77. Makin' moves, I need some room (whoo, whoo, whoo)
78. Thought we's cool
79. Well don't assume, don't assume hey!