Evolve - Pay Dues Forever lyrics

[Verse 1] Still on the [?] road You know the one that mostly everyone avoids in this lifetime Supreme noise making Still trying to capture souls While the bottom of my shoes wear thinner and thinner Play to win but sometimes it ain't meant to happen overnight So I stay busy pushing the envelope Mentally and physically I said it before This rap sh** don't pay much My lips they stuck to my stomach Still do it for the love Chasing euphoria that comes from spitting slugs I want you to fill me Must relate Welcome to my world Blue collar emcees spitting verses for pennies Not plenty collecting levies Trying to stay afloat while paying dues Some cats will understand Most cats will ignore us fam Cause they watered down their content for a shot at a couple of grand I got bills to pay too But f** pumping generic sh** out Even if I don't make it I'm still seeing the journey through [Hook: {samples scratched}] x4 And still owe bills, pay dues forever Paid dues - still got bills to pay [Bridge: Sample] The music and the creation of the music and the performance of the music is what this is about And if you're lucky enough to be able to get people's attention and make money off of it Great but don't just churn out music as a function of your just desire or your [??] necessity of you needing to make some dough because ultimately that's just going to fizzle out If you do some sh** that you f**ing love and you can radiate that love and that can come across to people And I swear I'm seeing it now and I believe it I've always believed in that I'm seeing it being proven right The rest will come you know [Hook: {samples scratched}] x4 And still owe bills, pay dues forever Pay dues - still got bills to pay