[Verse 1]
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Clicks, clicks, clicks, theyll do anything to get a few
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Tick, tick, tick, thats the sound before my head explodes
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Quit, quit, quit, look at you up on your pedestals
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Quick, quick, quick, here the critics come, its time to go
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I read your article, it kinda hurt me
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I dont know who hired you or what your friends say in your circle
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But the fact that you released it tells me two things are for certain
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They get paid for trashin people, I get paid cause I stay workin (Yeah)
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Dropped The Search and they emerge up outta nowhere to the surface
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Just to peek behind the curtain, throwin salt at all my burdens
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Im aware I shouldnt give this my attention, lifes a journey
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I should just stay on my path and learn to laugh, you think they heard me?
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Ears are burning, put em out, quiet, quiet, look around
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Why dont they find someone way more interesting to write about?
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Us, were kinda boring, arent we? All we do is whine and pout
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Its confusing, so amusing how I argue with myself
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Hello
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I spit it with ease, so leave it to me
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You doubt it, but you better believe
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Im on a rampage, hit em with the record release
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Depend on the week, Im prolly gonna have to achieve
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Another goal, let me go when Im over the beat
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I go into beast mode, like Im ready to feast
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Im fed up with these thieves, tryna get me to bleed
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They wanna see me take an L, yep, see what I mean?
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How many records I gotta give you to get with the program?
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Taken for granted, Im bout to give you the whole plan
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Open your mind up and take a look at the blueprint
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Debate if you gotta, but gotta hold it with both hands
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To pick up the bars, you gotta be smart
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You really gotta dig in your heart
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If you wanna get to the root of an issue
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Pursuin the mental can be dark and be difficult
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But the pay off at the end of it can help you to get through it, ayy
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[Chorus]
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Paid my dues, made it through (Woo, woo, woo)
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Spread the news, Im on the loose (Woo, woo, woo)
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Makin moves, I need some room (Woo, woo, woo)
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Thought wes cool, well, dont assume, dont assume, ayy
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Im the truth, oh, they want some proof? Here, dont be rude
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Somethin new, even when I lose, I make it look cool
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Do the show, then we hit the room, wife is lookin, oh
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What to do? I dont need the shades up to like the view (Yeah)
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[Verse 2]
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Its time to get back in the swing of things
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When my life crashes, Im not the guy thatll flee the scene
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Ill take ownership and own it and raise my hand if its me
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Just remember though, Im only a man, Im a human being
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Dont they see? Shoot the breeze, Id rather just stay discrete
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People claim theyre in your corner, but leave you in times of need
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They dont listen, do they? (What?) They dont listen to anything
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Ill accept advice if its not presented ignorantly
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Look, costs are high, they multiply
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Then cause divides, Im forced to fight
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The poison I been sippin on has quite the bite, it killed me twice
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They rigged the lights so yall can see
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The parts of mine that arent so bright
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See, often I apologize, then authorize the awful times
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To pop up (Nate!) like Im right behind you
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Id advise you not to try to climb inside the mind like I do
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Keep the rhyme book, expedite it, overnight it
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Hold it tight and hope that time is on my side
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‘Cause if its not, then Ill decide to override my own demise
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I toe the line too close and I could improvise
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Id empathize, but recognize
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The fact that I could jeopardize and wreck our lives
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You better give me your attention, the undivided
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[Chorus]
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Paid my dues, made it through (Woo, woo, woo)
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Spread the news, Im on the loose (Woo, woo, woo)
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Makin moves, I need some room (Woo, woo, woo)
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Thought wes cool, well, dont assume, dont assume, ayy
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Paid my dues, made it through (Woo, woo, woo)
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Spread the news, Im on the loose (Woo, woo, woo)
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Makin moves, I need some room (Woo, woo, woo)
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Thought wes cool, well, dont assume, dont assume, ayy
