Paying My Dues

Paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
Cuz I know that
It'll soon be better, man

Late nights, early flights, yeah
This life ain't for the weak
Stacking bills, missing meals
Grinding seven days a week
Twenty-four-seven we counting it
Nada in the savings, we spending it
Put it in the biz, not seeing it
Working day and night til we figure it
People talk, mehn let them talk
They don't know the battles we fight
They don't see the sweat and the tears
They don't feel the weight and the fears
Living on the edge, walking on a ledge
Balance so fine between failure and pledge
Fighting for a place in a race that never ends
Scrapping every dime but the hustle never bends

Paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
Cuz I know that
It'll soon be better, man
Paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
Cuz I know that
It'll soon be better, man

Clocking in, clocking out
But the mind's always on
And the grind doesn't stop
Not till the break of the dawn
Not till the end of the day
Not till we get what we want
Not till the family struggles no more
Not till we see our pain turn in to art
I gotta make it or make it, man
There's no other option
There's no one to come to my aid
No one to fill up my plate
Striving for the win, that's the only deal
They tell me to stop, that ain't how I feel
Brush off the doubt, gotta keep it real
We've come too far in just to break the wheel

Paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
Cuz I know that
It'll soon be better, man
Paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
Cuz I know that
It'll soon be better, man

What should I do if I quit now?
Where would I go if I throw in the towel?
How should I Iive if I leave it now?
What should I say when they ask me why?
Why did you falter?
Why did you halt?
Why did you give up?
It's nobody's fault
Why lose the grip when you held it so tight?
Why lose the dream when it's what made you fight?
Why did you silence the voice in your head?
Why did you choose to settle instead?
Back to square one, with nothing to show?
Nah Nah
Will I be looking back filled with regret?
Nah Nah
End up a tale that nobody knows?
Nah Nah

That's why I'm paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
Cuz I know that
It'll soon be better, man
Paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
Cuz I know that
It'll soon be better, man

That's why I'm paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
Cuz I know that
It'll soon be better, man
Paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
I'm paying my dues
Cuz I know that
It'll soon be better, man