I Tried (feat. Akon)

Bone Thugs, Akon, yeah

You know don't nothin' come easy

You gotta try real, real hard

I've tried hard but I guess I gotta try harder

I've tried so hard, can't seem to get away from misery

Man, I've 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, 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 give that peace of mind to me

I thought I was right but really I'm wrong

Then again, I was too blind to see

I was in the fast lane, chasin' my dreams

And then it seemed like when the fame and cash came

It just got me goin' crazy lately

I've been so faded, try to erase it

But I can't 'cause the drama just grows greater

And I've been in so many collisions by puttin' shit off till later

I've tried so hard, can't seem to get away from misery

Man, I've 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, 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

Tryin' to get ahead of the game but I can't seem to get in 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 a curse that I can't shake this part of Cleveland

And Lord would you help me

And stop this pain I keep inflictin' on my family

Hustlin' and gamblin', trickin' and scramblin'

And losin' sight of what I'm sposed to be handlin'

It's hard to manage 'cause every days a challenge

And man, I'm slippin', can't lose my balance, I'm tryin' not to panic

I've tried so hard, can't seem to get away from misery

Man, I've 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, 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, babe

Got me doin' dirty, dirty

So used to his hustlin' money

That I don't understand no nine to five work

Studied on the streets, hustlers know what I mean

Hustlers ballin' before us, I'm tryin' to make that major league

So we'll never leave, till the sun came up

Gotta get it, nope, no leavin', 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

Gotta watch what you're assigned to

Try so hard but I won't pull through

I've tried so hard, can't seem to get away from misery

Man, I've 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, 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