♪ ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh Ayayay Ooh, ooh, ooh Yeah Ooh, ooh, ooh I'm paying, yeah See, ever since the day I got the chance to make a change I've been in this game, it's a new day And I'm making it known, cause I just want the world to know I'm paying my dues, and I got the utmost I just wanna let you know, I'm paying homage Cause you paved the way for me, yeah I swear to God it feel like every day is my birthday Let the top down, California's my birthplace So I'ma take you there like Big Took niggas to New York Juicy had us feeling like we was from New York And that's real shit, Blaze to Philly in summertime Shout out to Will Smith Cause who didn't wanna be the Fresh Prince Flat top, gold chain, and some fresh kicks My nigga Nas told me money make the world go round And Uncle Luke showed me how to make my girl go down I've been around hip-hop since 85 She had her ups and downs, but she stayed alive I used to think LL stood for Love L.A. He from Queens, how the fuck he put that with Cool J? Red Kangol hat, red sweatsuit to match Red Adidas, nigga game is back And every single day I got the chance to make a change I've been in this game, it's a new day And I'm making it known, cause I just want the world to know I'm paying my dues, and I got the utmost I just wanna let you know, I'm paying homage Cause you paved the way for me, yeah Public Enemy and N.W.A. Is all my boombox had to say Today was a good day, had the hood buzzin' Ice Cube, my favorite rapper Y'all niggas can't tell me nothin' Everybody first bootleg was boys in the hood Whoever thought gangsta rap would make noise in the hood When the cars drive by with the boomin' system Two-door Mustang, and the roof was missin' Every girl at your school had the new extensions Even gangstas was dancin' like New Edition Cause the house party stayed rockin' all night Niggas came through and shot it up, but it was alright Cause after the cops left, there was a party then You down with OPP, they bring Naughty in They say it never rain in Southern California Tony, Tony Lai, sit back, watch Gang Throw his money in the sky Every single day I got the chance to make a change I've been in this game, it's a new day And I'm making it known, cause I just want the world to know I'm paying my dues, and I got the utmost I just wanna let you know, I'm paying homage Cause you paved the way for me, yeah Cash rules everything around me Cream get the money in the back I relax with all the honeys DJ, bring it back, let it go Mix it in with Black Rob, make him say whoa Everything full circle, game living major Girls on my hip like a Skytale pager Now I'm on the top, let the champagne pop Throw your hands in the sky, cause the game don't stop Just a little more change, got a Benz in the range Every rap metaphor always ends in my name The cool herks, DJ Red Alerts Before I was born, they was talking about the game Ask a Jay-Z fan about Big Daddy Kane Don't know him, game gon' show him Just like they showed me, my lyrics is OG When it's all said and done, you niggas gon' quote me I've been in this game, it's a new day I've been in this game, it's a new day And I'm making it known, cause I just want the world to know I'm paying my dues, and I got the utmost I just wanna let you know, I'm paying homage Cause you paved the way for me, yeah Sing Mary J, I want you to understand You paved the way for me, yeah Homage to you