Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - I Tried ft. Akon

[00:16.39] You know though nothin' come easy, you gotta try real, real hard

[00:22.63] I tried hard, but I guess I gotta try harder

[00:27.12] I tried so hard, can't seem to get away from misery

[00:32.89] Man, I tried so hard, will always be a victim of these streets

[00:38.14] It ain't my fault 'cause I try to get away, but trouble follows me

[00:43.93] And still I try so hard, hopin' one day they'll come and rescue me

[00:49.64] But until then I'll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow (hail, snow)

[00:56.92] But until then I'll be posted up right here with my heat, gettin' dough (gettin' dough)

[01:01.64] First, let me explain that I'm just a black man

[01:04.14] And I come from the dark side, so I'm havin' a hard time stayin' on track, man

[01:07.93] My mind be racin', and I don't even know what I'm chasin' yet

[01:09.39] Been in and out of relationships

[01:11.89] I'm startin' to see that it's me where the complications at

[01:12.89] But I'm layin' back, prayin' that you get that piece of mind of me

[01:16.90] I thought I was right, but really I'm wrong, but again I was too blind to see

[01:20.14] I was in the fast lane chasin' my dream

[01:22.39] And then it seemed when the fame and cash came, they just got me

[01:25.40] Goin' crazy (lately, lately) lately I been so faded trying to erase it

[01:32.14] But I just can't 'cause the drama just grows greater

[01:34.38] And I been in so many collisions by puttin' shit off till later

[01:37.15] I tried so hard, can't seem to get away from misery

[01:42.63] Man, I tried so hard, will always be a victim of these streets

[01:48.43] It ain't my fault 'cause I try to get away, but trouble follows me

[01:54.40] And still I try so hard, hopin' one day they'll come and rescue me

[01:59.89] But until then I'll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow (hail, snow)

[02:06.16] But until then I'll be posted up right here with my heat, gettin' dough (gettin' dough)

[02:11.89] It's like I'm takin' five steps forward, and ten steps back

[02:15.40] Tryin' to get ahead of the game but I can't seem to get it on track

[02:18.16] And I keep runnin' away the ones that say they love me the most

[02:21.15] How could I create the distance when it's supposed to be close? And uh,

[02:24.65] I just don't know, but I be out here fightin' demons, and

[02:27.67] It's like the curse that I can't shake this part of Cleveland, and

[02:30.14] Lord, would you help me, and stop this pain?

[02:33.40] I keep inflictin' on my family (family)

[02:36.38] Hustlin' and gamblin', drinkin' and scramblin'

[02:38.15] And losin' sight of what I supposed to be handlin'

[02:44.91] It's hard to manage 'cause every day's a challenge and, man

[02:45.64] And I'm slippin'; can't lose my balance, and tryin' not to panic

[02:47.89] I tried so hard, can't seem to get away from misery

[02:50.13] Man, I tried so hard, will always be a victim of these streets

[02:59.91] It ain't my fault 'cause I try to get away, but trouble follows me

[03:04.65] And still I try so hard, hopin' one day they'll come and rescue me

[03:10.15] But until then I'll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow (hail, snow)

[03:16.17] But until then I'll be posted up right here with my heat, gettin' dough (gettin' dough)

[03:23.15] I see things won't change (won't change) I'm stuck in the game

[03:25.88] As soon as I get out, it keeps pullin' me back, man (pullin' me back, man)

[03:29.15] Got me doin' dirty dirt; so used to this hustlin' money

[03:32.17] That I don't understand no nine to five work

[03:34.92] Studied on the streets; hustlas know what I mean

[03:37.40] Thugstas ballin' before us; I'm tryin' to make that major league

[03:40.91] So we never leave, never till the sun came up (came up)

[03:44.40] Gotta get it, nope, no leavin', no grudge (no grudge)

[03:47.39] Today games they play, gotta go hard to get what you put in

[03:51.19] If you fall off, then it's all on you (on you)

[03:54.14] Gotta watch what you sign too; try so hard, but I won't act a fool

[03:57.65] I tried so hard, can't seem to get away from misery

[04:03.14] Man, I tried so hard, will always be a victim of these streets

[04:09.89] It ain't my fault 'cause I try to get away, but trouble follows me

[04:14.66] And still I try so hard, hopin' one day they'll come and rescue me

[04:20.39] But until then I'll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow (hail, snow)

[04:26.15] But until then I'll be posted up right here with my heat, gettin' dough (gettin' dough)