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 G's 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 that for this
I'll give that a miss, that's just how it is, I'm fair, straight
Who could 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, ohh
Now I need an A list just to chart, ohh
But I've been famous from the start, ohh
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 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?
The 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
you can't shoot the messenger, bullet-proof 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, ohh
Now I need an A list just to chart, ohh
But I've been famous from the start, ohh
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 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?
The 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 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?
The 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 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?
The song was not a hit on the radio
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh


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Radio Lyrics as written by Jake Nathan Gosling Edward Christopher Sheeran

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