[ti:I Tried]
[ar:Bone Thugs N Harmony]
[al:Strength & Loyalty Bonus Track Version]
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[00:00.64]I Tried - Bone Thugs N Harmony
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[00:04.64]Bone Thugs Akon yeah
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[00:16.49]You know don't nothin' come easy
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[00:19.26]You gotta try real, real hard
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[00:22.51]I tried hard, but I guess I gotta try harder.
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[00:27.03]I tried so hard, can't seem to get away from misery
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[00:32.17]Man I tried so hard
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[00:35.13]But always be a victim of these streets,
[00:38.05]It ain't my fault cause I
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[00:41.07]Try to get away but trouble follows me,
[00:43.86]And still I try so hard
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[00:46.72]Hopin' one day they'll come and rescue me,
[00:49.35]But until then
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[00:52.24]I'll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow
[00:55.29]But until then
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[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 shit 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
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[01:45.35]But always be a victim of these streets
[01:48.11]It ain't my fault cause I
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[01:51.31]Try to get away but trouble follows me
[01:54.09]And still I try so hard
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[01:57.22]Hopin' one day they'll come and rescue me
[01:59.65]But until then
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[02:02.45]I'll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow
[02:05.56]But until then
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[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, trickin' and scramblin'
[02:39.00]And losin sight of what I supposed to be handlin'
[02:41.74]It's hard to manage cause
[02:43.37]Everyday's 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
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[02:52.57]Man I tried so hard
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[02:55.46]But always be a victim of these streets
[02:58.50]It ain't my fault cause I
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[03:01.35]Try to get away but trouble follows me
[03:04.07]And still I try so hard
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[03:07.34]Hopin' one day they'll come and rescue me
[03:09.88]But until then
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[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
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[03:22.85]I see thangs won't change (won't 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 but I won't put it through
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[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
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[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
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[04:22.99]I'll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow
[04:25.97]But until then
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[04:28.76]I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin dough
[99:99.99]For all the man from the darkside