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 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 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
I'm startin' to see that it's me
where the complications at
But I'm layin' back, prayin'
that you give that piece of mind to 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
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 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
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 the 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 (family)
Hustlin' and gamblin', drinkin' and scramblin'
And losin' sight of
what I supposed to be handlin'
It's hard to manage
'cause every day'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
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 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 things won't change,
I'm stuck in the game
As soon as I get out,
it keeps pullin' me back, man
Got me doin' dirty dirt
So used to this hustling 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 tryin' to make that major league
So we never leave,
never 'til the sun came up
Gotta get it, nope, no leavin', no grudge
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 too
Try so hard, but I won't (pull trough)
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 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
Bone Thugs-n-harmony
