I Tried

Bone Thugs-N-Kon
Yeah
You don't know nothin' come easy
You gotta try real, real hard
I tried hard
But I guess I gotta try harder

I try so hard
Can't seem to get away from misery
Man, I try so hard
I'll always be a victim of these streets
It ain't my fault, 'cause I

Tried to get away but trouble follows me
And still I try so hard
Hopin' one day you'll come and rescue me
But until then, I'll be posted up right here in 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
And I come from the dark side, so I'm
Having a hard time staying on track, man

My mind be racing and I don't even know what I'm chasing yet
Been in and out of relationships, I'm starting
To see that it's me where the complications at
But I'm laying back, praying that you can have peace of mind in me
I thought I was right but really I'm
Wrong, in the end I was too blind to see
I was in the fast lane, chasing my dream
And man, it seemed when the fame and cash came
They just got me going crazy, lately (lately)

Lately, I've been so faded, trying to erase it but I just can't 'cause
The drama just goes greater
And I been in so many collisions, fuck putting shit off 'til later

I try so hard
Can't seem to get away from misery
Man, I try so hard
I'll always be a victim of these streets
It ain't my fault, 'cause I

Tried to get away but trouble follows me
And still I try so hard
Hopin' one day you'll come and rescue me
But until then, I'll be posted up right here in 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 (back)
Trying to get ahead of the game, but I can't seem to get it on track
And I keep running away, 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?
And stop this pain I keep inflicting on my family (family)
Hustlin' and gamblin' (gamblin')
Tricking and scammin' (scramblin')
I'm 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 trying not to panic

I try so hard
Can't seem to get away from misery
Man, I try so hard
I'll always be a victim of these streets
It ain't my fault, 'cause I

Tried to get away but trouble follows me
And still I try so hard
Hopin' one day you'll come and rescue me
But until then, I'll be posted up right here in sleet, hail, snow
But until then, I'll be posted up
Right here with my heat, gettin' dough

I see things won't change (won't change)
I'm stuck in the game
As soon as I get out, it keeps pulling
Me back, man (pulling me back, man)
Got me doing dirty dirt (dirty dirt)
So used to this hustlin' money that I
Don't understand no 9 to 5 work (work)
Studied on the streets, hustlers know what I mean
Hustlers ballin' in force, I'm tryna make that major league

So we never leave, never 'til the sun came up (came up)
Gotta get it, no, no leavin', no rush (no rush)
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 play the fool

I try so hard
Can't seem to get away from misery
Man, I try so hard
I'll always be a victim of these streets
It ain't my fault, 'cause I

Tried to get away but trouble follows me
And still I try so hard
Hopin' one day you'll come and rescue me
But until then, I'll be posted up right here in sleet, hail, snow
But until then, I'll be posted up
Right here with my heat, gettin' dough