I Tried (Dirty)

Bone Thugs Akon yeah

You know don't 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 they'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 darkside

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, lately) lately

I been so faded trying 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 they'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 (family)

Hustlin and gamblin, trickin' and scramblin'

And losin sight of what I supposed to be handlin'

It's hard to manage cause

Everyday'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 they'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 thangs won't change (won't change)

I'm stuck in the game

As soon as I get out it keeps pullin' me back man

(pullin' me back man)

Got me doin' dirty dirt, so used to this hustlin money

That I don't understand no nine to five 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 (came up)

Gotta get it nope, no leavin', no grudge (no grudge)

Today games they play gotta

Go hard to get what you put in

If you fall off then its all on you (on you)

Gotta watch what you sign too, try so hard but I won't put it through

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

They'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