[Wish] You know nothin comes easy You gotta try real, real hard I tried hard..But i guess I gotta try harder
{chrous} [akon] I tried so hard Can't seem to get away from misery Man I tried so hard I'll always be a victim of these streets It ain't my fault cuz I try to get away but trouble follows me and still I tried so hard Hoping one day you'll come and rescue me but Until then
(bone thugs) I'll be postin up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow
(akon) but until then
(bone thugs) I'll be postin up right here wit my heat gettin dope (gettin dope)
[Krayzie] First let me explain that im just a black man and i come from the darkside so im havin a hard time stayin on track man My mind be racin and i dont even know what im chasin ive been in and out of relationships and im startin so see that its me with the complications but im layin back prayin that you get that piece of mind of me i thought i was right but really i was wrong but then again i was too blind to see i was livin in the fast lane chasin my dream and then i was in the fame and cash game and they just got me goin crazy and lately ive been so faded tryin to erase it but i just cant cuz the drama just grows greater and ive been in so many collisions but puttin xxxx off till later
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[Layzie] Its like im taking 5 steps forward, and 10 steps back tryin to get ahead of the game but i cant seem to get it on track and i keep runnin away from the ones that say they love me the most how can i create the distance when its supposed to be close and uh, i just dont know but ive been out here fightin demons and its like a curse that i cant shake this part of cleveland and lord, wont you help me stop this pain i keep inflictin on my family hustlin and gamblin (gamblin) trickin and scramblin and losin sight on what is supposed to be happenin (happenin) its hard to manage cuz every days a challenge and man im slippin, cant lose my balance and im tryin not to panic
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[Wish] I see that things wont change, im stuck in the game as soon as i get out it keeps pullin me back man it got me doin dirty dirty so used to this hustlin money that i dont understand no 9 to 5 work studied on the streets, hustlers know what i mean hustlers ballin before us, i try to make it majorly so we never leave, never, til the sun came up gotta get it no, no leavin no love today, games they play gotta go hard to get what you put in if you fall off then its all on you (on you) gotta watch what you sign too tried so hard but i wont play like a fool