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Paid Dues by Jahi
Produced by DJ Noize


Came Here to Pay My Dues
That’s what I’m giving you 2x

Ali said service is the price that you pay
To live on this earth thinking deeply today
About my journey to here my journey to now
The ups and downs
The rollercoaster of life is like wow
The doubters who deterred me from pursing my dreams
The days I had to do alone with no team
The people who said stop rhyming and go get a job
But be the first ones asking for guest passes it’s odd
20 years ago I even went to a different country
Manifest my destiny was deeper than just money
Went to Copenhagen got a major record deal
And I all I had with me was determination skill
And the will to do it
The passion in the music
Soulhop The Breakthru was the album and it proved it
Proved that the struggles and challenges was worth it
Didn’t turn into an animal inside this circus

Came Here to Pay My Dues
That’s what I’m giving you 2x

I’ve been overlooked and under paid and under appreciated
Cornered and truncated but look I still made it
I had to eat humble pie on my wait to greatness
Stay authentic original dealing with this fakeness
Held back and held up they afraid of innovation
If you like me trying to leave a legacy you can relate to this
When my life is over I can say I did what I came to do
Now I’m sitting on a flight with a window view
You don’t know the half all the things that I went through
Sticking to my roots as I proceed and continue
From ancients to slavehips to Afrofuture accomplishments
Learn to celebrate it all inches and the increments
As I make these leaps and bounds over all them barriers
Knowing in my DNA the spirit of vision carry us
MJ told us they don’t care about us
Through all the different seasons man I never lost my trust
And I..

Came Here to Pay My Dues (PAID
That’s what I’m giving you 2x