I Tried

[00:23.09] She don't wanna be with me no mo'
[00:24.49] Ain't her fault she just tired of this dumb shit that she don't know
[00:27.63] Whether to, throw in the towel or if he gon' grow
[00:30.10] And if he do, where is he gon' go?
[00:32.06] Got a letter from an old friend, I read it and cried
[00:34.79] When he told me that his girl just died
[00:36.97] Right out of the blue, breast cancer, wasn't nothin to do
[00:39.99] Now I'm sittin here and thinkin' of you
[00:41.94] Tryin to come to amends, cause really I done wanted you in
[00:44.90] You the only one I trust as a friend
[00:47.31] I know I'm on my last leg limpin' with this bullshit written
[00:50.99] But I still gotta bring it to light
[00:52.21] Spent half of a lifetime missin' cause I would not listen
[00:55.42] Confused about my wrong and my rights
[00:57.50] They tellin' me that time heals wounds though
[00:59.83] This wound gon' need some stitches; I got testimony for niggaz
[01:03.25] You doin' what you do but when the shoe gets flipped
[01:05.60] Standin' on the other foot got your boots and shit
[01:08.42] When you back up and analyze, fix shit and finalize
[01:10.92] Before you leave the shit alone just try
[01:13.45] Maybe there's somethin' you can do to rectify what's did
[01:16.02] And plus you gotta think of the kids
[01:18.46] That's kinda just the way life is, you either gotta live or you die
[01:21.60] At least that I can say that I tried
[01:23.49] Cause I tried, I tried to do the best I could
[01:26.45] Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough
[01:29.28] Cause when it's over, said shit done
[01:31.49] You sittin' by yourself mixed up
[01:33.55] But I tried, I tried to do the best I could
[01:36.14] Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough
[01:39.94] Cause when it's over, said shit done
[01:41.74] You sittin' by yourself mixed up, but I tried
[01:44.74] Faster than a crackhead, can pawn yo' shit
[01:46.68] Willie D'll put a foot in you bitch
[01:48.74] I sold dope, robbed folks, had to make ends meet
[01:51.71] Since 5th grade, I been up in these streets, tryin' to get it
[01:54.67] Raised by a single mother, two sisters two brothers
[01:56.82] I used to think she didn't love us
[01:58.92] Cause she beat us so much, plus she came home drunk
[02:01.04] But every now and then she'd knock on wood, and say
[02:03.66] I tried to do the best that I could - and I believe her
[02:05.97] Cause she was treated evil out the box
[02:07.79] You can't get what you ain't got
[02:09.58] Momma I was young, hittin licks, started helpin you out
[02:12.02] 'Bout the closest that you came to a man of the house
[02:14.63] I was talkin' back, walkin through the do' gettin' smacked
[02:15.88] You used to brag to your friends on how, well I rapped
[02:19.98] We never really got along but when you took sick
[02:22.30] I was at your side 'til you died
[02:24.10] I wasn't the best son but I tried
[02:25.47] Cause I tried, I tried to do the best I could
[02:27.74] Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough
[02:30.87] Cause when it's over, said shit done
[02:32.82] You sittin' by yourself mixed up
[02:35.05] But I tried, I tried to do the best I could
[02:37.75] Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough
[02:41.09] Cause when it's over, said shit done
[02:42.87] You sittin' by yourself mixed up, but I tried
[02:46.36] I've always been crook, never given up
[02:48.17] But the past few years has been really rough
[02:50.96] Felt like givin' up a couple of times
[02:52.82] Take a jump or plant a slug deep, up in my mind
[02:55.21] Fuck it I'm dyin', done wit strugglin' for mine
[02:57.85] Sleepin' on fans, knowin there ain't no use to me lyin'
[03:00.54] Change my name for anonymity's sake
[03:02.38] But a four feet dwarf that be on television's hard to miss
[03:05.45] I get pissed over little shit, little shit drive me crazy
[03:09.09] Then I start thinkin' 'bout my babies
[03:11.12] I can't go to jail, I can't die
[03:13.48] Who better to teach 'em 'bout this cruel world than I?
[03:15.83] Their mommas won't let me see 'em, I still pay my support
[03:18.18] Cause once you give life, life is bigger than yours
[03:20.95] Maybe I'm not all you expect me to be
[03:23.33] But when it's done and said ultimately, daddy tried
[03:26.77] Cause I tried, I tried to do the best I could
[03:29.17] Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough
[03:32.46] Cause when it's over, said shit done
[03:34.26] You sittin' by yourself mixed up
[03:36.56] But I tried, I tried to do the best I could
[03:39.45] Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough
[03:42.57] Cause when it's over, said shit done
[03:44.63] You sittin' by yourself mixed up, but I tried
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