[00:00.00]PAID MY DUES - TK
[00:16.05]Written by：SHARP/ANASTACIA/LAWSON/KAFI
[00:32.10]I done made it through
[00:33.89]Stand on my own two
[00:35.83]I paid my dues yeah
[00:39.83]Tried to hold me down
[00:41.65]You can't stop me now
[00:43.48]I paid my dues
[00:46.85]
[01:11.61]You can say what you want about me
[01:12.99]
[01:13.77]Wanna do what you want to me
[01:15.11]
[01:15.72]But you can not stop me
[01:17.26]
[01:18.13]I've been knocked down
[01:19.39]It's a crazy town
[01:20.41]Even got a punch in the face in L.A.
[01:22.21]Ain't nothing in the world that you
[01:23.54]Keep me from doing what I wanna do
[01:25.85]'Cause I'm too proud I'm too strong
[01:28.17]Life by the code that you gotta move on
[01:29.94]Feel excited for yourself
[01:30.62]And got nobody no way
[01:33.57]So I
[01:34.16]Held my head high
[01:35.83]Knew I
[01:36.28]Knew I survive
[01:37.36]Well I made it I made it
[01:38.84]I don't hate it
[01:39.48]Don't hate it
[01:40.05]That's just the way it goes
[01:41.35]Yeah
[01:41.77]I done made it through
[01:43.63]Stand on my own two
[01:45.56]I paid my dues yeah
[01:49.50]Tried to hold me down
[01:51.37]You can't stop me now
[01:53.05]I paid my dues
[01:56.41]
[01:57.35]I done made it through
[01:59.07]Stand on my own two
[02:00.88]I paid my dues
[02:04.16]Yeah yeah
[02:04.99]Tried to hold me down
[02:06.85]You can't stop me now
[02:08.48]I paid my dues
[02:12.03]
[02:20.15]Now I'm still trusted every day
[02:22.45]People try to mess with Anastacia
[02:24.23]Gotta nothing in common
[02:25.11]Cause I handle mine
[02:26.05]And I thought I better let you know
[02:27.99]I'm no punk I can't get down
[02:29.90]I don't give a damn about abuse around
[02:32.08]That was just fine 'til now
[02:35.33]So I
[02:36.06]Held my head high
[02:37.98]Knew I survive
[02:39.11]
[02:39.83]Well I made it I made it
[02:41.81]That's just the way it goes
[02:43.26]Yeah
[02:43.83]I done made it through
[02:45.54]Stand on my own two
[02:47.38]I paid my dues
[02:50.72]Yeah yeah
[02:51.48]
[02:59.27]I done made it through
[03:01.03]Stand on my own two
[03:02.90]I paid my dues
[03:06.33]Yeah yeah
[03:07.28]
[03:14.76]I done made it through
[03:16.47]Stand on my own two
[03:18.29]I paid my dues
[03:21.82]Yeah yeah
[03:22.48]Tried to hold me down
[03:24.23]You can't stop me now
[03:26.06]I paid my dues
[03:28.90]
[03:30.14]Took so long to get me here
[03:33.00]But I won't live in fear
[03:34.82]You try to steal my shine
[03:37.80]But first they wanna build you up
[03:40.29]
[03:40.83]Then they tear you down
[03:42.59]It's a struggle you try to bubble
[03:44.77]So I
[03:45.70]Held my head high
[03:47.52]Knew I survive
[03:49.28]Oahh I made it
[03:50.67]Don't hate it
[03:51.52]Said that's just the way
[03:53.41]I done made it through
[03:55.18]Stand on my own two
[03:57.14]I paid my dues
[04:00.18]
[04:01.17]I done made it through
[04:02.94]Stand on my own two
[04:04.78]I paid my dues
[04:07.91]
[04:08.50]Yeahh
[04:08.98]Tried to hold me down
[04:10.72]But you can't stop me now
[04:12.39]I paid my dues