Lyrics

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