I Tried - Bone Thugs-n-Harmony ft Akon (lyrics) Bone Thugs, Akon, yeah You know don\u0027t nothing come easy, you gotta try real, real hard I\u0027 tried hard, but I guess I gotta try harder I tried so hard, I can\u0027t seem to get away from misery Man, I tried so hard but will always be a victim of these streets It ain\u0027t my fault \u0027cause I try to get away but trouble follows me And still I try so hard Hoping one day you\u0027ll come and rescue me But until then I\u0027ll be posted up right here rain sleet, hail snow But until then I\u0027ll be posted up right here with my heat gettin\u0027 dough First let me explain that I\u0027m just a black man (a black man) And I come from the dark side, so I\u0027m having a hard time stayin\u0027 on track man My mind be racing, and I don\u0027t even know what I\u0027m chasin\u0027 yet Been in and out of relationships I\u0027m starting to see that it\u0027s me where the complications at But I\u0027m layin\u0027 back, prayin\u0027 that You give that peace of mind to me I thought I was right, but really I\u0027m wrong, and again I was too blind to see I was in the fast lane chasing me dreams And then it seems like when the fame and cash came It just got me goin\u0027 crazy lately (yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah) I\u0027ve been so faded, tryin\u0027 to erase it But I just can\u0027t \u0027cause the drama just grows greater And I\u0027ve been in so many collisions by puttin\u0027 shit off \u0027til later I tried so hard, I can\u0027t seem to get away from misery Man, I tried so hard but will always be a victim of these streets It ain\u0027t my fault \u0027cause I try to get away but trouble follows me And still I try so hard Hoping one day you\u0027ll come and rescue me But until then I\u0027ll be posted up right here rain sleet, hail snow But until then I\u0027ll be posted up right here with my heat gettin\u0027 dough It\u0027s like I\u0027m taking five steps forward (forward), and ten steps back Trying to get ahead of the game, but I can\u0027t seem to get it on track And I keep running away from the ones that say they love me the most How could I create the distance when it\u0027s supposed to be close? And uh, I just don\u0027t know, but I be out here fighting demons And it\u0027s like a curse that I can\u0027t shake this part of Cleveland And Lord, would you help me? (Help me) And stop this pain I keep inflicting on my family (my family) Hustlin\u0027 and gamblin\u0027 (gamblin\u0027) Trickin\u0027 and scramblin\u0027 (scramblin\u0027) And losing sight of what I\u0027m supposed to be handlin\u0027 (handlin\u0027) It\u0027s hard to manage \u0027cause every day\u0027s a challenge And man I\u0027m slippin\u0027 Can\u0027t lose my balance, I\u0027m tryin\u0027 not to panic I tried so hard, I can\u0027t seem to get away from misery Man, I tried so hard, but will always be a victim of these streets It ain\u0027t my fault \u0027cause I try to get away but trouble follows me And still I try so hard Hoping one day you\u0027ll come and rescue me But until then I\u0027ll be posted up right here rain sleet, hail snow But until then I\u0027ll be posted up right here with my heat gettin\u0027 dough I see that things won\u0027t change I\u0027m stuck in the game As soon as I get out, it keeps pullin\u0027 me back (pullin\u0027 me back) Got me doin\u0027 dirty, dirty So used to this hustlin\u0027 money that I don\u0027t understand, no nine to five work Studied on the streets, hustlas know what I mean Hustlas ballin\u0027 before us, I\u0027m tryin\u0027 to make it to that major league So we will never leave (never) Until the sun came up (came up) Gotta get it, no, nope not leaving, no, what Today games they play Gotta go hard to get what you put in If you fall off, then it\u0027s all on you (on you) Gotta watch what you sign to Try so hard, but I won\u0027t pull through I tried so hard, I can\u0027t seem to get away from misery Man, I tried so hard but will always be a victim of these streets It ain\u0027t my fault \u0027cause I try to get away but trouble follows me And still I try so hard Hoping one day you\u0027ll come and rescue me But until then I\u0027ll be posted up right here rain sleet, hail snow But until then I\u0027ll be posted up right here with my heat gettin\u0027 dough (gettin\u0027 dough)