[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 COMPLACATED GROOOOWWLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL [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 CAN CHANGE AND SOME I LACK THE WISDOM TO 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 COMPLACATED [2 BAR MUSIC BREAK}{HIP HOP STYLE SYNTH LEAD [VERSE2] I DIDNT HAVE PATIENCE TO BE AN OUT PATIENENT 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 EXCLIMATIONS 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 COMPLACATED
