Radio (feat. JME)

Hi, my name is Jme

There was a time when radio played me

'Cause my music came from my heart

It was real to me, but now it's a par

I'm here struggling, keeping it real

While the rest of them are hustling, seeking a deal

Sometimes I sit back and think

"Jme, just do one tune, make a couple Gs and chill"

The reason I started making music is the exact same

Reason that I'll never do it, I swear

I didn't go through all of that for this

I'll give that a miss, that's just how it is

I'm fair, straight, who can tell me different?

Look at me, determined, man on a mission

My music is me, and I am my music

So like it or lump it, I'ma do this

I never had a playlist in my heart (oh-oh-oh)

Now I need an A list just to chart (oh-oh-oh)

But I've been famous from the start (oh-oh-oh)

How am I gonna make my mark? (Oh-oh)

Are you gonna play me, though?

This song was never meant for the radio

I get it in, forget a radio spin, I'm just doing my thing

And I don't have time for a playlist

How much will you pay me, though

If this song was not a hit on the radio?

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Thank God for night clubs and the raves

'Cause I don't think they like us on the airwaves

Unless we water it down

But cordial music is boring me now

I swear, I guess it matters what your goal is

Or in this music scene, what your role is

I'm still trying here 'cause I'm a pioneer

I use my mouth less than I use my eyes and ears

See, I'm just telling you the truth

Can't shoot the messenger, bulletproof booth

You won't hear me on the radio

But go to the rave, and the crowd, they're raising roof

Why is that? What's going on there?

To tell you the truth, I don't really care

I am my music, my music is me

Like it or not, this is how it's gonna be

I never had a playlist in my heart (oh-oh-oh)

Now I need an A list just to chart (oh-oh-oh)

But I've been famous from the start (oh-oh-oh)

How am I gonna make my mark? (Oh-oh)

Are you gonna play me, though?

This song was never meant for the radio

I get it in, forget a radio spin, I'm just doing my thing

And I don't have time for a playlist

How much will you pay me, though

If this song was not a hit on the radio?

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

I feel it on the airwave, spinning on the dial

Bleeding through the speakers, written by the pile

So won't you hear me out?

Never feel it from the bass line, feel it in the club

Maybe I could take time singing for the dub

So won't you hear me out?

Are you gonna play me, though?

This song was never meant for the radio

I get it in, forget a radio spin, I'm just doing my thing

And I don't have time for a playlist

How much will you pay me, though

If this song was not a hit on the radio?

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Are you gonna play me, though?

This song was never meant for the radio

I get it in, forget a radio spin, I'm just doing my thing

And I don't have time for a playlist

How much will you pay me, though

If this song was not a hit on the radio?

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh