I Tried by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Bone Thugs, Akon, yeah
You know though nothin' come easy
You gotta try real, real hard
I tried hard but I guess I gotta try harder

I tried so hard
Can't seem to get away from misery
Man, I tried so hard
But 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
Hopin' 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
And I come from the dark side
So I'm havin' a hard time stayin' on track, man

My mind be racin' and I don't even know what I'm chasin' yet
Been in and out of relationships
I'm startin' to see that it's me where the complications at

But I'm layin' back, prayin' that you get that piece of mind of me
I thought I was right, but really I'm wrong
But again I was too blind to see

I was in the fast lane chasin' my dream
And then it seemed when the fame and cash came
They just got me goin' crazy

Lately, I been so faded tryin' to erase it
But I just can't 'cause the drama just grows greater
And I been in so many collisions by puttin' shit off till later

I tried so hard
Can't seem to get away from misery
Man, I tried so hard
But 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
Hopin' 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 takin' five steps forward and ten steps back
Tryna get ahead of the game but I can't seem to get it on track
And I keep runnin' 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 fightin' demons and
It's like the curse that I can't shake this part of Cleveland and
Lord, would you help me and stop this pain
I keep inflinctin' on my family?

Hustlin' and gamblin', drinkin' and scramblin'
And losin' sight of what I supposed to be handlin'
It's hard to manage 'cause every day's a challenge
And man and I'm slippin'
Can't lose my balance and tryin' not to panic

I tried so hard
Can't seem to get away from misery
Man, I tried so hard
But 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
Hopin' 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

I see things won't change, I'm stuck in the game
As soon as I get out it keeps pullin' me back, man
Got me doin' dirty dirt, so used to this hustlin' money
That I don't understand no 9 to 5 work

Studied on the streets, hustlas know what I mean
Thugstas ballin' before us, I'm tryna make that major league
So we never leave, never, till the sun came up
Gotta get it nope, no leavin', no grudge

Today games they play, gotta go hard to get
What you put in if you fall off, then it's all on you
Gotta watch what you sign too
Try so hard but I won't act a fool

I tried so hard
Can't seem to get away from misery
Man, I tried so hard
But 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
Hopin' 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

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