I Tried
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Bone Thugs N Harmony, Akon
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You know don't nothing come easy.
You gotta try real, real hard.
I tried hard,
but I guess I gotta try harder.
I tried so hard,
I can't seem to get away from misery.
Man, I tried so hard
but will always be a victim of these streets.
It ain't my fault 'cause I
try to get away but trouble follows me.
And still I try so hard,
hoping one day you'll come and rescue me.
But until then
I'll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow.
But until then
I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin' dough.
First let me explain that I'm just a black man (a black man).
And I come from the dark side, so I'm having a hard time stayin' on track, man.
My mind be racing, and I don't even know what I'm chasin' yet.
Been in and out of relationships.
I'm starting to see that it's me where the complications at.
But I'm layin' back, prayin' that
you give that peace of mind to me.
I thought I was right, but really I'm wrong, and again I was too blind to see.
I was in the fast lane chasing my dreams,
and then it seems like when the fame and cash came,
it just got me goin' crazy lately.
I've been so faded, tryin' to erase it.
But I just can't 'cause the drama just grows greater.
And I've been in so many collisions by puttin' shit off 'til later.
I tried so hard,
I can't seem to get away from misery.
Man, I tried so hard
but will always be a victim of these streets.
It ain't my fault 'cause I
try to get away but trouble follows me.
And still I try so hard,
hoping one day you'll come and rescue me.
But until then
I'll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow.
But until then
I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin' dough.
It's like I'm taking five steps forward (forward), and ten steps back.
Trying to get ahead of the game, but I can't seem to get it on track.
And I keep running away from the ones that say they love me the most.
How could I create the distance when it's supposed to be close?
And uh, I just don't know, but I be out here fighting demons.
And it's like a curse that I can't shake this part of Cleveland.
And Lord, would you help me? (Help me)
And stop this pain I keep inflicting on my family (my family).
Hustlin' and gamblin' (gamblin'),
trickin' and scramblin' (scramblin'),
and losing sight of what I'm supposed to be handlin' (handlin').
It's hard to manage 'cause every day's a challenge,
and man I'm slippin'.
Can't lose my balance, I'm tryin' not to panic.
I tried so hard,
I can't seem to get away from misery.
Man, I tried so hard
but will always be a victim of these streets.
It ain't my fault 'cause I
try to get away but trouble follows me.
And still I try so hard,
hoping one day you'll come and rescue me.
But until then
I'll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow.
But until then
I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin' dough (gettin' dough).
I see that things won't change.
I'm stuck in the game.
As soon as I get out, it keeps pullin' me back (pullin' me back).
Got me doin' dirty, dirty.
So used to this hustlin' money that I don't understand, no nine to five work.
Studied on the streets, hustlas know what I mean.
Hustlas ballin' before us, I'm tryin' to make it to that major league.
So we will never leave (never)
until the sun came up (came up).
Gotta get it, no, nope not leaving, no, what.
Today games they play.
Gotta go hard to get what you put in.
If you fall off, then it's all on you (on you).
Gotta watch what you sign to.
Try so hard, but I won't pull through.
I tried so hard,
I can't seem to get away from misery.
Man, I tried so hard
but will always be a victim of these streets.
It ain't my fault 'cause I
try to get away but trouble follows me.
And still I try so hard,
hoping one day you'll come and rescue me.
But until then
I'll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow.
But until then
I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin' dough (gettin' dough).
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