[Intro] [vinyl piano with delay] [Chorus] IVE BEEN MAKING PAYMENTS TO THIS FUCKING PAVEMENT SINCE BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN MY PATIENCE WAS WASTED ON ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND ALL OF THE PLACES I SWEAR TO FUCKIN GOD IT SHOULDNT BE SO Complicated [4 BAR MUSIC BREAK}{HIP HOP STYLE SYNTH LEAD [VERSE1] GOD GRANTED ME THE Serenity AND THE D.N.A (A) TO KILL AN 8 BALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY (DAY) THERE SOME THINGS THAT I CANt CHANGE AND SOME that I DO IVE BEEN FALLING DOWN THESE 12 STEPS SINCE TWO THOUSAND AND TWO WITH NO REGARD FOR THE FRACTURES , BONE CHIPS AND OPEN WOUNDS SHE' CUT ME SO FAST THAT MY BLOOD CAME OUT BLUE BUT I KEEP GOING BACK WITHOUT NO BURDEN OF PROOF ITS LIKE IM KNEE DEEP IN WET CONCRETE ILL NEVER GET AWAY FROM THESE STREETS THE HARDER THAT I TRY THE Farther THAT I SINK NOT SURE HOW MANY MILES IVE PUT UNDER THESE FEET I THINK I MIGHT STAY HERE AWHILE UNTL THE STONE SETS ME FREE [CHORUS] IVE BEEN MAKING PAYMENTS TO THIS FUCKING PAVEMENT SINCE BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN MY Patience WAS WASTED ON ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND ALL OF THE PLACES I SWEAR TO FUCKIN GOD IT SHOULDNT BE SO Complicated [2 BAR MUSIC BREAK}{HIP HOP STYLE SYNTH LEAD [VERSE2] I DIDNT HAVE PATIENCE TO BE AN OUT Patient THATS A WHOLE DECADE WASTED ON TRIALS AND Tribulations BUT THOSE YEARS ARE GONE ILL PROLLY NEVER GET THEM BACK JUST GLAD I MADE IT OUT WITH My SANITY INTACT ALL THESE NOUNS THESE NOUNS AND Exclamations RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD LIKE A FUCKING MENTAL Patient BUT I HAVE TO GIVE IT UP TO TE PEOPLE AND PLACES THAT MADE ME WHO I AM TODAY [CHORUS] IVE BEEN MAKING PAYMENTS TO THIS FUCKING PAVEMENT SINCE BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN MY Patience WAS WASTED ON ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND ALL OF THE PLACES I SWEAR TO FUCKIN GOD IT SHOULDNT HAVE TO BE SO Complicated [outro]
