Paid Up

Ayo, my product’s always top notch, high grade, triple a
Shit can make your heart stop like huffin' gas and sniffin' yay
Bouncin' off the walls like a stray bullet ricochet
This is opportunity and I won’t let it slip away
Never givin' no shits, been livin' this since o six
This is real talk, ain’t no skittled wings and glow sticks
All these cash got my pants saggin' like some old tits
I guess I’m just a snob like bitches whos trynna get their nose fixed
But I bet they hear me, every word is pronounced
Clear enough to keep 'em bouncing while I’m burnin' an ounce
Witnesses got gory details an disturbing' accounts
Of how I’ve came into the game and murder shit unannounced
Yeah, I been at this shit for like a decade plus
So I could take them to school and get a direct a plus
I keep on hittin' the stage so I could collect these funds
They gonna know how hard I’ve grinded
When my death day comes
Cause I’m always droppin' jewels
I been doin' it since way back (Way back)
(I been at it so long)
You won’t see me paying dues
Cause I already paid that (Motherfuckers got it all wrong)
Always droppin' jewels
I been doin' it since way back (Way back)
(We been at it so long now)
We don’t follow any rules, the motherfuckers hate that
You won’t see me paying dues
Cause I already paid that
They wanna know how long I’ve been rockin'
Been runnin' this shit while they walkin'
Picked up on the target and locked in
Ain’t stoppin' till I’m in your top tens
Started this shit with no plan of attack
I been through it all and I had to adapt
Kicked to the curve and stabbed in the back
Now bitches front row and they grabbin' my sack
Signed to a label that had to be dropped
Keepin' a couple of grams from the top
I’m the best, keep on turnin' like hands on the clock
Learned not to let nobody handle my guap
Living in poverty taught me some skills
Slangin' CDs just to cover the bills
Rappers get to only run from the hills
My shit is original, one in the mill
And it’s only the truth that I’m even expose
Kickin' the doors if they’re keepin' it closed
Whos body’s fake as the people that pose
They like to show love then their shit decomposed
And that’s how it goes through every intrial
On top of my game, I’ve been there for while
Got a mask on my face, I don’t wear for style
Put your hands in the air and prepare to get wild
They losing their shit when I’m doing the set
From riding a bus to cruising in jets
Started out as rookie but grew to a vet
Smoking this weed — what I do to forget
Swinging the shit but I do it correct
Permanent like the tattoo on my neck
My enemies know that the dude is a threat
The dues that I’ve paid you can truly respect
Cause I’m always droppin' jewels
I been doin' it since way back (Way back)
(I been at it so long)
You won’t see me paying dues
Cause I already paid that (Motherfuckers got it all wrong)
Always droppin' jewels
I been doin' it since way back (Way back)
(We been at it so long now)
We don’t follow any rules, the motherfuckers hate that
You won’t see me paying dues
Cause I already paid that (Paid that)
You used to have to pay dues to show… everybody that you intended to stick
with the business and you weren’t just coming in to jack off, like everybody
does these days. To make it a larcker, to make a hobby or whatever because back
then you could actually make a living of this if you were good at it…
and so, yes, you had to pay dues. Whenever guys had their fucking bones broken
or other guys have been beat up, guys had to drive a car for a thousand miles,
I didn’t compain