[00:00:00] I Tried - Hit Co. Masters [00:00:07] Bone Thugs Akon yeah [00:00:19] You know though nothin' come easy [00:00:21] You gotta try real real hard [00:00:25] I tried hard but I guess I gotta try harder [00:00:29] I tried so hard can't seem to get away from misery [00:00:34] Man I tried so hard but always be a victim of these streets [00:00:40] It ain't my fault †cause I tried to get away but trouble follows me [00:00:46] And still I try so hard hopin' one day you'll come and rescue me [00:00:52] But until then I'll be posted up right here rain sleet hail snow [00:00:58] But until then I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin' dough [00:01:03] First let me explain that I'm just a black man [00:01:06] And I come from the darkside [00:01:07] So I'm havin' a hard time stayin' on track man [00:01:10] My mind be racin' and I don't even know what I'm chasin' yet [00:01:12] Been in and out of relationships [00:01:14] I'm startin' to see that it's me where the complication's at [00:01:16] But I'm layin' back prayin' that you get that piece of mind of me [00:01:19] I thought I was right but really I'm wrong [00:01:21] Then again I was too blind to see [00:01:22] I was in the fast lane chasin' my dream [00:01:24] And then it seemed when the fame and cash came they just got me [00:01:27] Goin' crazy lately I been so faded tryna erase it [00:01:34] But I just can't cause the drama just grows greater [00:01:36] And I been in so many collisions from puttin' **** off till later [00:01:39] I tried so hard can't seem to get away from misery [00:01:44] Man I tried so hard but always be a victim of these streets [00:01:50] It ain't my fault †cause I tried to get away but trouble follows me [00:01:56] And still I try so hard hopin' one day you'll come and rescue me [00:02:02] But until then I'll be posted up right here rain sleet hail snow [00:02:08] But until then I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin' dough [00:02:14] It's like I'm takin' five steps forward and ten steps back [00:02:17] Tryin' get ahead of the game but I can't seem to get it on track [00:02:21] And I keep runnin' away the ones that say they love me the most [00:02:23] How could I create the distance when it's supposed to be close [00:02:26] And uh I just don't know but I be out here fightin' demons [00:02:29] And it's like a curse that I can't shake this part of Cleveland [00:02:32] And Lord would you help me [00:02:34] And stop this pain I keep inflinctin' on my family [00:02:38] Hustlin' and gamblin' drinkin' and scramblin' [00:02:41] And losin' sight of what I supposed to be handlin' [00:02:44] It's hard to manage †cause every day's a challenge [00:02:47] And man I'm slippin' can't lose my balance I'm tryin' not to panic [00:02:50] I tried so hard can't seem to get away from misery [00:02:55] Man I tried so hard but always be a victim of these streets [00:03:00] It ain't my fault †cause I tried to get away but trouble follows me [00:03:06] And still I try so hard hopin' one day you'll come and rescue me [00:03:12] But until then I'll be posted up right here rain sleet hail snow [00:03:18] But until then I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin' dough [00:03:25] I see thangs won't change I'm stuck in the game [00:03:28] As soon as I get out it keeps pullin' me back man [00:03:31] Got me doin' dirty dirt so used to this hustlin' money [00:03:34] That I don't understand no nine to five work [00:03:37] Studied on the streets hustlers know what I mean [00:03:39] Thugsters ballin' before us I'm tryna make that major league [00:03:42] So we never leave never 'til the sun came up [00:03:46] Gotta get it no no leavin' no grudge [00:03:49] Today games they play [00:03:51] Gotta go hard to get what you put in [00:03:53] If you fall off then it's all on you [00:03:56] Gotta watch what you sign too [00:03:58] Try so hard but I won't play the fool [00:04:00] I tried so hard can't seem to get away from misery [00:04:05] Man I tried so hard but always be a victim of these streets [00:04:11] It ain't my fault †cause I tried to get away but trouble follows me