I Tried (Feat. Akon)

[Intro (Wish Bone)]

You know nothing come easy, you gotta try real real hard, I tried hard...but I guess I

gotta try harder.

[Chorus (Akon)]

I try so hard can't seem to get away from misery

man I try so hard

will 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

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 getting dough

[Verse 1 (Krayzie Bone)]

First let me explain that I'm just a black man

and I come from the darkside, so I'm having a hard time staying on track man my mind be

racing, and I don't even know what I'm chasin' yet I been in and out of relationships, I'm

starting to see thats it's me where the complications at, but I'm laying back praying that,

you can't have piece of mind of me, I thought I was right but really I'm wrong, in the end

I was to blind to see, I was in the fast lane chasin' my dream, and then it seem when the

fame and cash came they just got me going crazy lately, lately, lately I been so faded

trying to erase it but I cant cause the drama just goes greater and I been in so many

collisions from putting shit up till later

[Chorus (Akon)]

I try so hard

can't seem to get away from misery

man I try so hard

will 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

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 getting dough

[Verse 2 (Layzie Bone)]

It's like I'm taking 5 steps forward and 10 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 suppose 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 hustling gambling, tricking and scamming scrambling and losing sight of what I'm

suppose to be handling, it's hard to manage cause everyday's a challenge and man I'm slipping

can't lose my balance I'm trying not to panic

[Chorus (Akon)]

I try so hard

can't seem to get away from misery

man I try so hard

will 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

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 getting dough

[Verse 3 (Wish Bone)]

I see thangs won't change I'm stuck in the game as soon as I get out it keeps pulling me

back mayne got me doin' dirty dirt so used to this hustlin' money that I don't understand

how 9 to 5 work studied on the streets, hustlers know what I mean hustlers balling in force

I'm tryna make that major league so we never leave never, til' the sun came up gotta get it

nope no leaving no rush today games they play gotta go hard to get what u put in if you fall

off then it's all on you gotta watch what you sign to try so hard but I won't play the fool

[Chorus (Akon)]

I try so hard

can't seem to get away from misery

man I try so hard

will 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

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 getting dough