[id:$00000000] [ti:I Tried] [ar:Bone Thugs N Harmony] [al:Strength & Loyalty Bonus Track Version] [by:] [00:00.00]I Tried (Album Version|Edited) - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony/Akon [00:04.64]Bone Thugs Akon yeah [00:16.49]You know though nothin' come easy [00:19.26]You gotta try real real hard [00:22.51]I tried hard but I guess I gotta try harder [00:27.03]I tried so hard can't seem to get away from misery [00:32.17]Man I tried so hard [00:35.13]But always be a victim of these streets [00:38.05]It Ain't my fault cause I [00:41.07]Try to get away but trouble follows me [00:43.86]And still I try so hard [00:46.72]Hopin one day they'll come and rescue me [00:49.35]But until then [00:52.24]I'll be posted up right here rain sleet hail snow [00:55.29]But until then [00:58.08]I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin dough [01:01.27]First let me explain that I'm just a black man [01:03.91]And I come from the darkside [01:05.13]So I'm havin a hard time stayin on track man [01:07.57]My mind be racin' [01:08.61]And I don't even know what I'm chasin yet [01:10.26]Been in and out of relationships [01:11.72]I'm startin to see that [01:12.48]It's me where the complications at [01:13.75]But I'm layin back prayin' that [01:15.15]You get that piece of mind of me [01:16.94]I thought I was right [01:17.64]But really I'm wrong [01:18.17]But again I was too blind to see [01:19.91]I was in the fast lane chasin my dream [01:21.93]And then it seemed when the fame and cash came [01:24.22]They just got me [01:25.05]Goin crazy (lately lately) lately [01:30.41]I been so faded trying to erase it [01:31.77]But I just can't cause the drama just grows greater [01:34.08]And I been in so many collisions [01:35.62]By puttin sh*t off till later [01:36.98]I tried so hard can't seem to get away from misery [01:42.27]Man I tried so hard [01:45.35]But always be a victim of these streets [01:48.11]It Ain't my fault cause I [01:51.31]Try to get away but trouble follows me [01:54.09]And still I try so hard [01:57.22]Hopin one day they'll come and rescue me [01:59.65]But until then [02:02.45]I'll be posted up right here rain sleet hail snow [02:05.56]But until then [02:07.90]I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin dough [02:11.53]It's like I'm takin five steps forward [02:13.77]And ten steps back [02:15.15]Tryna get ahead of the game but [02:16.61]I can't seem to get it on track [02:17.68]And I keep runnin away the ones [02:19.31]That say they love me the most [02:20.68]How could I create the distance [02:22.30]When it's supposed to be close And uh [02:24.32]I just don't know but [02:25.50]I be out here fightin demons and [02:27.39]It's like the curse that [02:28.44]I can't shake this part of Cleveland and [02:29.96]Lord would you help me And stop this pain [02:33.14]I keep inflinctin on my family (family) [02:36.16]Hustlin and gamblin drinkin' and scramblin' [02:39.00]And losin sight of what I supposed to be handlin' [02:41.74]It's hard to manage cause every [02:43.37]Days a challenge and man [02:44.67]And I'm slippin can't lose my balance [02:45.94]And tryin not to panic [02:47.23]I tried so hard can't seem to get away from misery [02:52.57]Man I tried so hard [02:55.46]But always be a victim of these streets [02:58.50]It Ain't my fault cause I [03:01.35]Try to get away but trouble follows me [03:04.07]And still I try so hard [03:07.34]Hopin one day they'll come and rescue me [03:09.88]But until then [03:12.73]I'll be posted up right here rain sleet hail snow [03:15.76]But until then [03:18.03]I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin dough [03:22.85]I see thangs won't change (wont change) [03:24.68]I'm stuck in the game [03:25.76]As soon as I get out it keeps pullin me back man [03:28.08](pullin me back man) [03:29.11]Got me doin' dirty dirt so used to this hustlin money [03:31.80]That I don't understand no nine to five work [03:34.51]Studied on the streets hustlas know what I mean [03:37.17]Thugstas ballin' before us [03:38.69]I'm tryna make that major league [03:40.64]So we never leave never till the sun came up (came up) [03:44.42]Gotta get it nope no leavin no grudge (no grudge) [03:47.18]Today games they play gotta [03:48.46]Go hard to get what you put in [03:50.87]If you fall off then its all on you (on you) [03:53.93]Gotta watch what you sign too try so hard [03:57.53]I tried so hard can't seem to get away from misery [04:02.90]Man I tried so hard but always [04:06.31]Be a victim of these streets [04:08.95]It Ain't my fault cause I [04:11.69]Try to get away but trouble follows me [04:14.57]And still I try so hard hopin one day [04:18.62]They'll come and rescue me [04:20.12]But until then [04:22.99]I'll be posted up right here rain sleet hail snow [04:25.97]But until then [04:28.76]I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin dough