Never gave it up

[Verse 1]
Q's in the booth and back with the rap shit
That's it, thought it wasn't rap, then you bat shit crazy
It amaze me how the days be movin' into months
And I'm just bein' lazy
Changin' the sound, I think the crowd was so proud to claim
But these days, man, it ain't me
Gotta come with a brand new me
When Q speak, I gotta be original and do me
And sue me, if you don't like the raw type of music I be doin'
'Cause you know that we producin' it all night
With no rest, and we so stressed, the whole mess
And gettin' everything I wanna sing off of my chest
It's such a hard timе, 'cause I ain't got time for hot lines
Gotta bе the one, if I'm not signed
When this drops, then I stop and I quit rhyme
Sick of wishin' I was hittin' the big time

You know how long it's been
How many songs I'm in
How many tours that I paid for
And I came back up for and shit

How many dues do I gotta pay till somebody say
Strange, man, you ready for the limelight
So I climb right on an airplane
Then I came here to make the greatest music of my life
[Chorus]
Been workin' in this game
Just tryin' to make a name
For half my life, and now it's time I think my dues are paid

'Cause this just ain't enough
I might've changed it up
I walked away a thousand times, but never gave it up

This is my turn to shine
I'm runnin' out of time
Kept on my grind, and I
Never gave it up

[Verse 2]
Back in the lab, havin' a blast
And I'm still reppin' the tracks and shatterin' glass
And even now, havin' to cast from back in the past
I'm gonna have that attitude, that get 'em all mad
Everybody wanna see me gettin' wicked on the track
Just scratch that, 'cause I'm never livin' in the past
It's a whole new vibe
And if you like everything I'm doin', that's great
If you don't, then it's cool, fine
Everything I have, I put it all into this hot shit
Not rich, not a penny to start with
'Cause back in the beginnin', I was beggin' for a shot to rock
And now still, not a dollar in my pocket
But I still have to do this
And I don't have to prove it
Got nothin' but problems and all the obstacles in my way
I gotta move it
In the booth, can't choose the direction
Or the music that I'm doin', it's depressin'
Ain't nobody doin' hardcore one song
And another one sound like country or western
But I got a feelin' in the pit of my gut
That what I'm doin' over here is the next big thing
And it really seems that I'm re-emitting the big dream
And never gonna stop until I get the real thing
[Chorus]
Been workin' in this game
Just tryin' to make a name
For half my life, and now it's time I think my dues are paid

'Cause this just ain't enough
I might've changed it up
I walked away a thousand times, but never gave it up

This is my turn to shine
I'm runnin' out of time
Kept on my grind, and I
Never gave it up

[Verse 3]
Studio grind and I'm losin' my mind
The producer is too, 'cause he's ruinin' time
Q with the songs that he wanna try
Singin' the blues up on a hook, not doin' it right
Who in their right mind wanna waste time
Spendin' all day on one thing that he wrote
And I won't stop, sorry
But I'm not gettin' out of the vocal booth until I can sing every note
Sittin' on the couch on a laptop
And I got writer's block and not any inspiration
40 on the boards, givin' me the beats
But it really seems no one's in the mood for creatin'
Spent the whole day workin' on a mix
'Cause I wanna give the disc to a well-known feature
Gone to the show when the dude said
No, you can't go backstage, and he doesn't wanna meet ya
Couldn't even get my fuckin' name on the list
And I paid for the shit, so I gave him the disc
And man, I bet the only song that meant the whole world to me
I bet he didn't even listen
Then we got back to the fuckin' lab
I had to just grab a pen and start workin'
I was fuckin' mad at the simple fact
That I never had the goddamn respect when I earned it
[Chorus 2x]
Been workin' in this game
Just tryin' to make a name
For half my life, and now it's time I think my dues are paid

'Cause this just ain't enough
I might've changed it up
I walked away a thousand times, but never gave it up

This is my turn to shine
I'm runnin' out of time
Kept on my grind, and I
Never gave it up

Never gave it up