I Tried - Akon/Bone Thugs & Harmony

Lyrics by：Charles Scruggs/Aliaune Thiam/Anthony Henderson/Byron Mcain/Steven Howse

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 tried so hard

Can't seem to get away from misery

Man I tried so hard

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

So 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 seem when the fame and cash came

They just got me goin' crazy y y lately

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' **** off 'til later

I tried so hard

Can't seem to get away from misery

Man I tried so hard

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 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 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 supposed to be handlin'

It's hard to manage 'cause everyday's a challenge

And man I'm slippin' can't

Lose my balance I'm tryin' not to panic

I tried so hard

Can't seem to get away from misery

Man I tried so hard

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 that things won't change

I'm stuck in the game

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

Got me doin' dirty dirt

So used to this hustlin' money

That I don't understand no 9 to 5 work

Studied on the streets hustlas know what I mean

Hustlas ballin' before us

I'm tryin' to make it to that major league

So we will never leave until the sun came up

Gotta get it no nope not leavin' no budge

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 sign to

Try so hard but I won't pull through

I tried so hard

Can't seem to get away from misery

Man I tried so hard

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

Gettin' dough