Paid Dues

So yeah man, we them dudes man

You man not see us on the, on the TV with your favorite rapper

You may not, hear us on the radio with the rest of them motherfuckers

But I guarantee you, when you come to your city

We-we some real motherfuckers. And our show is realer than a motherfucker man

We makin' more money and we makin' better music man. Paid Dues motherfucker!

We them dudes still rappin' over samples

Livin' by words, we the real life example

We live the dream, no matter the cost

You still sleepin' on us?

I ain't just some second stage openin' act

I open up minds and I make impact

I kicked the door open to the game in fact

I created that lane you in, so kick back fool

I come in peace but I'm from the streets

A certified beast when it comes to beats

Workin' ten times harder than your favorite rapper

Rollin' with them psycho's it's a new chapter

They respect cause I pay my dues

A real hustlin' motherfucker

You keep your head up and stay out of the pen

You invest in yourself and you always win

Yeah man we paid dues

You don't understand the things we been through

Yeah man we paid dues

Standin' on stages and slayin' these fake crews

On the mic like Nostradamus

Constellations and stars in my bars when I spit

These styles are all real and they not counterfeit

This is a mean sixteen that is pristine

Cleaner than the red paint that's on Christine

I'm much more now than a man

Do miraculous things when the mics in my hand

I paid dues and got battle scars to show it

Live MC if y'all did not know it

A was born and raised a poet

Then I moved to the streets of New York

And they was convinced

Met up with Grand Master Caz he made me a prince

Yeah, an old Zulu warrior from the past

Super Nat burn that ass to ash

Yeah man we paid dues

You don't understand the things we been through