PAID MY DUES

[00:00.60]NF - PAID MY DUES
[00:13.70]Clicks clicks clicks
[00:14.61]They'll do anything to get a few
[00:16.64]Tick tick tick
[00:17.80]That's the sound before my head explodes
[00:20.12]Quit quit quit look at you up on your pedestals
[00:23.31]Quick quick quick here the critics come
[00:25.65]It's time to go
[00:26.77]I read your article it kinda hurt me
[00:29.67]I don't know who hired you
[00:30.99]Or what your friends say in your circle
[00:32.96]But the fact that you released
[00:34.43]It tells me two things are for certain
[00:36.25]They get paid for trashin' people
[00:37.71]I get paid 'cause I stay workin' yeah
[00:39.53]Dropped the search
[00:40.24]And they emerge up outta nowhere to the surface
[00:42.56]Just to peek behind the curtain
[00:44.13]Throwin' salt at all my burdens
[00:45.90]I'm aware I shouldn't give this my attention
[00:48.28]Life's a journey
[00:49.14]I should just stay on my path and learn to laugh
[00:51.57]You think they heard me
[00:52.58]Ears are burning put 'em out quiet quiet look around
[00:55.41]Why don't they find someone way more interesting to write about
[00:58.95]Us we're kinda boring aren't we
[01:00.78]All we do is whine and pout
[01:02.30]It's confusing
[01:03.65]So amusing how I argue with myself hello
[01:06.98]I spit it with ease so leave it to me
[01:08.61]You doubt it but you better believe
[01:09.57]I'm on a rampage hit 'em with the record release
[01:11.19]Depend on the week I'm prolly gonna have to achieve
[01:13.01]Another goal let me go when I'm over the beat
[01:14.18]I go into beast mode like I'm ready to feast
[01:15.89]I'm fed up with these thieves tryna get me to bleed
[01:17.57]They wanna see me take an l yup see what I mean
[01:19.40]How many records I gotta give you to get with the program
[01:21.16]Taken for granted I'm 'bout to give you the whole plan
[01:22.93]Open your mind up and take a look at the blueprint
[01:24.20]Debate if you gotta but gotta hold it with both hands
[01:25.41]To pick up the bars you gotta be smart
[01:26.93]You really gotta dig in your heart
[01:28.19]If you wanna get to the root of an issue
[01:29.45]Pursuin' the mental can be dark and be difficult
[01:30.57]But the pay off at the end of it
[01:31.99]Can help you to get through it ayy
[01:33.04]Paid my dues made it through
[01:34.86]Woo woo woo
[01:35.77]Spread the news I'm on the loose
[01:37.99]Woo woo woo
[01:38.97]Makin' moves I need some room
[01:41.04]Woo woo woo
[01:42.15]Thought we's cool
[01:43.35]Well don't assume don't assume hey
[01:45.51]I'm the truth oh they want some proof here don't be rude
[01:48.92]Something new even when I lose I make it look cool
[01:52.06]Do the show then we hit the room wife is looking oh
[01:55.44]What to do
[01:56.31]I don't need the shades up
[01:57.97]To like the view yeah view view
[01:59.54]It's time to get back in the swing of things
[02:01.61]When my life crashes
[02:02.88]I'm not the guy that'll flee the scene
[02:04.86]I'll take ownership
[02:06.02]And own it and raise my hand if it's me
[02:08.19]Just remember though
[02:09.31]I'm only a man I'm a human being
[02:11.53]Don't they see shoot the breeze
[02:13.10]I'd rather just stay discrete
[02:14.67]People claim they're in your corner
[02:16.44]But leave you in times of need
[02:18.06]They don't listen do they what they don't listen to anything
[02:21.34]I'll accept advice if it's not presented ignorantly
[02:24.58]Look costs are high they multiply then cause divides
[02:26.40]I'm forced to fight the poison I been
[02:28.22]Sippin' on has quite the bite it killed me twice
[02:29.89]They rigged the lights so y'all can see the parts of mine
[02:31.86]That aren't so bright see often I apologize
[02:33.23]Then authorize the awful times to pop up nate
[02:35.35]Like I'm right behind you I'd advise you not to try to
[02:37.88]Climb inside the mind like I do
[02:38.99]Keep the rhyme book expedite it overnight it
[02:40.31]Hold it tight and hope that time is on my side
[02:42.48]'Cause if it's not then I'll decide to override
[02:44.00]My own demise I tow the line too close and I
[02:46.23]Could improvise I'd empathize but recognize
[02:47.24]The fact that I could jeopardize and wreck your lives
[02:49.66]You better give me your attention the undivided
[02:51.19]Paid my dues made it through
[02:53.75]Woo woo woo
[02:54.61]Spread the news I'm on the loose
[02:56.88]Woo woo woo
[02:57.79]Makin' moves I need some room
[03:00.02]Woo woo woo
[03:01.08]Thought we's cool
[03:02.05]Well don't assume don't assume hey
[03:04.37]Paid my dues made it through
[03:06.65]Woo woo woo
[03:07.56]Spread the news I'm on the loose
[03:09.89]Woo woo woo
[03:10.92]Makin' moves I need some room
[03:13.31]Woo woo woo
[03:14.32]Thought we's cool
[03:15.29]Well don't assume don't assume ayy