[id:$00000000] [ti:I Tried So Hard] [ar:Eminem] [00:00.00]I Tried So Hard - Eminem [00:15.52]Where's my snare [00:18.62]I have no snare in my headphones [00:21.03]There ya' go yeah yo' yo' [00:26.81]I tried so hard [00:29.45]Can't seem to get away from misery [00:32.34]Man i tried so hard [00:34.89]I'll always be a victim of these streets [00:38.14]It ain't my fault cause i [00:40.85]Try to get away but trouble follows me [00:43.50]And still i tried so hard [00:46.94]Hoping one day you'll come and rescue me but [00:49.73]Until then [00:51.89]I'll be postin' up right here [00:53.82]Rain sleet hail snow [00:55.33]But until then [00:57.81]I'll be postin' up right here [00:59.69]With my heat gettin' d**e [01:01.27]Gettin' d**e [01:02.04]There's a certain' mystique when i speak [01:03.67]That you notice that's sorta unique [01:05.56]Cause you know it's me [01:06.68]My poetry's deep [01:07.71]And i'm still matic [01:08.69]The way i flow to this beat [01:10.13]You can't sit still [01:11.26]It's like tryin' to smoke crack [01:12.89]And go to sleep i'm strapped [01:14.29]Just knowing any minute i could snap [01:16.33]I'm the equivalent of [01:17.53]What would happen if bush rapped [01:19.29]I bully these rappers so bad lyrically [01:21.77]It ain't even funny [01:23.02]I ain't even hungry [01:24.25]It ain't even money [01:25.22]You can't pay me enough [01:26.60]For you to play me [01:27.68]It's cockamanie [01:28.66]You just ain't zaney enough [01:30.57]To rock with shady [01:31.45]My noodle is cock-a-doodle [01:32.96]My clocks cuckoo [01:34.15]I got screws loose yeahhh [01:35.95]The whole kit an' kaboodle [01:37.93]I'm just brutal it's no rumour [01:39.27]I'm numero uno assume it [01:40.78]There's no humour in it no more you know [01:43.10]I'm rollin with a swollen bowling ball in my bag [01:45.62]You need a fag to come and tear a new hole in my a** [01:48.62]I tried so hard [01:51.38]Can't seem to get away from misery [01:54.06]Man i tried so hard [01:57.20]I'll always be a victim of these streets [01:59.86]It ain't my fault cause i [02:02.81]Try to get away but trouble follows me [02:05.66]And still i tried so hard [02:08.62]Hoping one day you'll come and rescue me but [02:11.59]Until then [02:13.91]I'll be postin' up right here [02:15.77]Rain sleet hail snow [02:17.12]But until then [02:19.80]I'll be postin' up right here [02:21.71]With my heat gettin' d**e gettin' d**e [02:23.79]From loose yourself [02:24.37]Soul's escapin' through [02:25.66]This hole's that is gaping [02:27.13]This world is mine for the taking [02:29.23]Make me king as we move toward a new world order [02:32.60]A normal life is boring [02:34.67]But superstardom's close to post mortem [02:37.16]It only grows harder [02:38.72]Homie grows hotter [02:40.12]He blows us all over [02:41.35]These hoes is all on him [02:42.85]Coast to coast shows [02:44.18]He's known as the globetrotter [02:46.03]Lonely roads got him [02:47.40]He knows he's grown farther from home [02:49.50]He's no father [02:50.45]He goes home and barely knows his own daughter [02:53.17]But hold ya nose cause here goes the cold water [02:56.16]These hoes don't want him no mo' [02:57.98]He's called product [02:59.09]They moved on to the next shmo who flows [03:01.42]Who nose dove and sold nada [03:03.48]And so the so proper [03:05.03]His toll it unfolds [03:06.43]And i suppose it's old partner [03:07.91]But the beat goes on [03:09.20]Duh duh doe duh doe dah dah dah dah [03:10.97]I tried so hard [03:13.13]Can't seem to get away from misery [03:16.00]Man i tried so hard [03:19.21]I'll always be a victim of these streets [03:21.85]It ain't my fault cause i [03:24.75]Try to get away but trouble follows me [03:27.42]And still i tried so hard [03:30.68]Hoping one day you'll come [03:32.27]And rescue me but [03:33.60]Until then [03:35.97]I'll be postin' up right here [03:37.64]Rain sleet hail snow [03:39.54]But until then [03:41.81]I'll be postin' up right here [03:43.56]With my heat gettin' d**e gettin' d**e [03:45.71]I'm supposed to be the soldier [03:47.36]Who never blows his composure [03:48.72]Even though i hold the weight of [03:50.05]The whole world on my shoulders [03:51.47]I am never supposed to show it [03:53.24]My crew ain't supposed to know it [03:54.66]Even if it means goin' toe to [03:56.21]Toe with a benzino it don't matter [03:57.88]I'd never drag them in battles [03:59.38]That i can't handle unless i absolutely have to [04:01.89]I'm supposed to set an example [04:03.46]I need to be the leader [04:04.65]My crew looks for me to guide 'em [04:06.48]If some sh*t ever just pop off [04:07.90]I'm supposed to be beside 'em [04:09.20]Now the ja sh*t i tried to squash it [04:10.93]It was too late to stop it [04:12.44]There's a certain line [04:13.56]You just don't cross and he crossed it [04:15.31]I heard him say hailie's name on a song and [04:17.17]I just lost it [04:18.15]It was crazy [04:18.95]This sh*t way beyond some jay-z and nas sh*t [04:21.10]And even though the battle was won [04:22.72]I feel like we lost it [04:23.98]I spent too much energy on it [04:25.44]Honestly i'm exhausted [04:26.33]And i'm so caught in it i almost feel [04:28.50]I'm the one who caused it [04:29.79]This ain't what i'm in hip-hop for [04:31.51]It's not why i got in it [04:32.95]That was never my object for someone to get killed [04:35.67]Why would i wanna destroy something i helped build [04:38.48]It wasn't my intentions [04:40.07]My intentions was good [04:41.45]I went through my whole career without ever mentionin' [04:43.95]Now it's just out of respect for not runnin' my mouth [04:47.35]And talkin' about something that i knew nothing about [04:50.14]Plus dre told me stay out [04:51.67]This just wasn't my beef [04:53.03]So i did i just fell back [04:54.81]Watched and gritted my teeth [04:56.08]While he's all over tv down talkin' a man [04:58.85]Who literally saved my life [05:00.33]Like f**k it i understand this is business [05:02.70]And this sh*t just isn't none of my business [05:04.91]But still knowin' this sh*t [05:05.99]Could pop off at any minute cause [05:07.45]I tried so hard [05:10.34]Can't seem to get away from misery [05:12.94]Man i tried so hard [05:16.17]I'll always be a victim of these streets [05:18.81]It ain't my fault cause i [05:21.95]Try to get away but trouble follows me [05:24.48]And still i tried so hard [05:27.68]Hoping one day you'll come and rescue me but [05:30.62]Until then [05:32.96]I'll be postin' up right here [05:34.76]Rain sleet hail snow [05:36.17]But until then [05:38.95]I'll be postin' up right here [05:40.44]With my heat gettin' d**e