I Tried

Bone Thugs, Akon, yeah

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 me dreams

And then it seems like when the fame and cash came

It just got me goin' crazy lately (yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah)

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