Album Name

PAID MY DUES

Artist

NF

Genre

랩/힙합

Release Date

2019.12.04

Release Agency

Universal Music Group

PAID MY DUES - NF
Clicks clicks clicks
they'll do anything to get a few
Tick tick tick
that's the sound
before my head explodes
Quit quit quit look at you up
on your pedestals
Quick quick quick
here the critics come
it's time to go
I read your article
it kinda hurt me
I don't know who hired you
or what your friends say
in your circle
But the fact that you released
it tells me two things are
for certain
They get paid
for trashin' people
I get paid
'cause I stay workin' Yeah
Dropped The Search
and they emerge up outta
nowhere to the surface
Just to peek behind the curtain
throwin' salt at all my burdens
I'm aware I shouldn't give
this my attention
life's a journey
I should just stay on my path
and learn to laugh
you think they heard me
Ears are burning put 'em out
quiet quiet look around
Why don't they find someone way
more interesting to write about
Us we're kinda boring
aren't we
All we do is whine and pout
It's confusing so amusing
how I argue with myself hello
I spit it with ease
so leave it to me
You doubt it
but you better believe
I'm on a rampage
hit 'em with the record release
Depend on the week
I'm prolly gonna have to achieve
Another goal let me go
when I'm over the beat
I go into beast mode
like I'm ready to feast
I'm fed up with these thieves
tryna get me to bleed
They wanna see me take an L
Yup see what I mean
How many records
I gotta give you to get
with the program
Taken for granted
I'm 'bout to give you
the whole plan
Open your mind up
and take a look at the blueprint
Debate if you gotta
but gotta hold it with both hands
To pick up the bars
you gotta be smart
You really gotta dig in your heart
If you wanna get to the root
of an issue
Pursuin' the mental can be dark
and be difficult
But the pay off at the end
of it can help you to get
through it
ayy
Paid my dues
made it through Woo woo woo
Spread the news I'm on the loose
Woo woo woo
Makin' moves I need some room
Woo woo woo
Thought we's cool
Well don't assume
don't assume ayy
I'm the truth oh
they want some proof
Here don't be rude
Somethin' new
even when I lose
I make it look cool
Do the show
then we hit the room
wife is lookin' oh
What to do
I don't need the shades up
to like the view
Yeah View view
It's time to get back
in the swing of things
When my life crashes
I'm not the guy
that'll flee the scene
I'll take ownership
and own it and raise
my hand if it's me
Just remember though
I'm only a man
I'm a human being
Don't they see
Shoot the breeze
I'd rather just stay discrete
People claim
they're in your corner
but leave you in times of need
They don't listen
do they What
They don't listen to anything
I'll accept advice
if it's not presented ignorantly
Look costs are high
they multiply then cause divides
I'm forced to fight the poison
I been
Sippin' on has quite the bite
it killed me twice
They rigged the lights
so y'all can see the parts
of mine
That aren't so bright
see often I apologize
Then authorize the awful times
to pop up Nate
Like I'm right behind you
I'd advise you not to try to
Climb inside the mind like I do
Keep the rhyme book
expedite it overnight it
Hold it tight and hope
that time is on my side
'Cause if it's not
then I'll decide to override
My own demise
I tow the line too close and I
Could improvise
I'd empathize but recognize
The fact that I could jeopardize
and wreck our lives
You better give me
your attention the undivided
Paid my dues made it through
Woo woo woo
Spread the news I'm on the loose
Woo woo woo
Makin' moves I need some room
Woo woo woo
Thought we's cool
Well don't assume
don't assume ayy
Paid my dues made it through
Woo woo woo
Spread the news I'm on the loose
Woo woo woo
Makin' moves I need some room
Woo woo woo
Thought we's cool
Well don't assume
don't assume ayy