She don't wanna be with me no mo' 
Ain't her fault she just tired of this dumb shit that she don't know 
Whether to, throw in the towel or if he gon' grow 
And if he do, where is he gon' go? 
Got a letter from an old friend, I read it and cried 
When he told me that his girl just died 
Right out of the blue, breast cancer, wasn't nothin to do 
Now I'm sittin here and thinkin of you 
Tryin to come to amends, cause really I done wanted you in 
You the only one I trust as a friend 
I know I'm on my last leg limpin with this bullshit written 
But I still gotta bring it to light 
Spent half of a lifetime missin cause I would not listen 
Confused about my wrong and my rights 
They tellin me that time heals wounds though 
This wound gon' need some stitches; I got testimony for niggaz 
You doin what you do but when the shoe gets flipped 
Standin on the other foot got your boots and shit 
When you back up and analyze, fix shit and finalize 
Before you leave the shit alone just try 
Maybe there's somethin you can do to rectify what's did 
And plus you gotta think of the kids 
That's kinda just the way life is, you either gotta live or you die 
At least that I can say that I tried 
[Chorus: Scarface] 
Cause I tried, I tried to do the best I could 
Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough 
Cause when it's over, said shit done 
You sittin by yourself mixed up 
But I tried, I tried to do the best I could 
Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough 
Cause when it's over, said shit done 
You sittin by yourself mixed up, but I tried 
[Willie D] 
Faster than a crackhead, can pawn yo' shit 
Willie D'll put a foot in you bitch 
I sold dope, robbed folks, had to make ends meet 
Since 5th grade, I been up in these streets, tryin to get it 
Raised by a single mother, two sisters two brothers 
I used to think she didn't love us 
Cause she beat us so much, plus she came home drunk 
But every now and then she'd knock on wood, and say 
I tried to do the best that I could - and I believe her 
Cause she was treated evil out the box 
You can't get what you ain't got 
Momma I was young, hittin licks, started helpin you out 
'Bout the closest that you came to a man of the house 
I was talkin back, walkin through the do' gettin smacked 
You used to brag to your friends on how, well I rapped 
We never really got along but when you took sick 
I was at your side 'til you died 
I wasn't the best son but I tried 
[Chorus] 
[Bushwick Bill] 
I've always been crook, never given up 
But the past few years has been really rough 
Felt like givin up a couple of times 
Take a jump or plant a slug deep, up in my mind 
Fuck it I'm dyin, done wit strugglin for mine 
Sleepin on fans, knowin there ain't no use to me lyin 
Change my name for anonymity's sake 
But a four feet dwarf that be on television's hard to miss 
I get pissed over little shit, little shit drive me crazy 
Then I start thinkin 'bout my babies 
I cain't go to jail, I cain't die 
Who better to teach 'em 'bout this cruel world than I? 
Their mommas won't let me see 'em, I still pay my support 
Cause once you give life, life is bigger than yours 
Maybe I'm not all you expect me to be 
But when it's done and said ultimately, daddy tried 
[Chorus]