Paid Dues (Feat. Cee-Lo) (исполнитель: 8Ball & MJG)
Intro (Eightball) Yeah, Yeah...Space Age forever..Niggas and hoes better recognize Eightball & MJG...been ten toes down in this game since we were two young playas in a one horse town then hopped to a [bad word] grasshopper [bad word] my life would have been done got cut off... If my dues weren't paid. [bad word] (Cee-Lo) It's ah, skinnin lines between wrong and right Trapped in a trap til the mornin light Ghetto ain't left me no choices, I had to fight My momma and daddy was too young to raise me right. Maybe I been made a man from all the mistakes I made Niggas dead, niggas gone, I still ain't afraid. Ain't too grown to get back on with ghetto games I played My life would have been done got cut off if the dues weren't paid. MJG In the middle of doin crime (Uggh), it never stopped me from writin rhymes It never stopped me from playin music, God, but it didn't mean I had to use it It was obvious, I had to give up the streets - for the beats Not knowin, but havin faith on just how long that it would be Before I made it, before somebody picked up my tape and played it With a remark like, "Hey, played that [bad word] you cat's got potential." In the process of doing talent shows, parties, and mix tapes We even put it down on some of our homeboys jail release dates I can remember in the past closin down at fast foods Strictly stickin to my dreams, but feelin like I'd be the last dude Who can make it in this rap, I thought that they ain't go see me in Memphis It was like a time they looked over Tennesseee, and didn't know Hip-Hop was in us. To all my vets in the game, I got love, stay on your toes Cause back in the days, I use to use your 4-5 [bad word] to do my shows And look, I was 17 - when I signed my first contract And about 18 1/2 when I signed my worst contract, we hurt from that And til this day, they still distributin - our first tape [bad word] Out Hard, now can you feel it? Be humble and patient with whatever you should choose Cause, to get to where I am right now, I don't paid my dues. [bad word] Eightball C-note for a concert, I know that sounds preposterous [bad word] we didn't have a pot to [bad word] So we got on stage and we rocked the [bad word] [bad word] the chee$e, I love to see...My niggas in the front row Get buck wild, start a fight, the police make a [bad word] stop the show Niggas all in the parkin lot, bustin shots, [bad word] with hoes Box chevy with the spokes and vogues, niggas didn't know [bad word] about a 20 inch Mo-Mo Hard head, young [bad word] don't believe that [bad word] til I see that [bad word] See them heavyweight niggas, one day, I'm gonna be that [bad word] Ok, everybody know everybody done sold dope, ran with a gang Pimp some hoes, and..snorted a little coke..but uhh.. I'm space agein..and we'll forever be Eightball, the fat mack, and...M-J [bad word] Turn the page, from then to now, and we still grindin Small clubs and small towns think they bouncin, and we find them Put them on the guest list, make them pump their fist and get buck to this Make one of them weed smokin, gangsta [bad word] get [bad word] to this Expand, give all my [bad word] fans what they demand Do my part again and uhh. [bad word] out hard again and uhh.. Keep space agein, and we'll forever be... Eightball, the fat mack, and...M-J [bad word] G. [bad word]