You know though, nothin' come easy You gotta try real, real hard I tried hard but I guess I gotta try harder
I tried so hard, can't seem to get away from misery Man, I tried so hard but always be a victim of these streets It ain't my fault ?cause I tried to get away but trouble follows me And still I try so hard hopin? one day you'll come and rescue me
But until then I'll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow But until then I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin? dough
First let me explain that I'm just a black man And I come from the darkside So I'm havin? a hard time stayin' on track man My mind be racin' and I don't even know what I'm chasin? yet Been in and out of relationships I'm startin' to see that it's me where the complication's at
But I'm layin' back prayin' that you get that piece of mind of me I thought I was right but really I'm wrong Then again I was too blind to see I was in the fast lane chasin? my dream And then it seemed when the fame and cash came they just got me
Goin' crazy, lately I been so faded tryna erase it But I just can't cause the drama just grows greater And I been in so many collisions by puttin? shit off till later
I tried so hard, can't seem to get away from misery Man, I tried so hard but always be a victim of these streets It ain't my fault ?cause I tried to get away but trouble follows me And still I try so hard hopin? one day you'll come and rescue me
But until then I'll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow But until then I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin? dough
It's like I'm takin? five steps forward and ten steps back Tryin? get ahead of the game but I can't seem to get it on track And I keep runnin? away the ones that say they love me the most How could I create the distance when it's supposed to be close?
And uh I just don't know but I be out here fightin? demons And it's like the curse that I can't shake this part of Cleveland And Lord would you help me? And stop this pain I keep inflinctin? on my family
Hustlin? and gamblin?, drinkin' and scramblin' And losin? sight of what I supposed to be handlin' It's hard to manage ?cause every day?s a challenge And man, I'm slippin? can't lose my balance, I?m tryin? not to panic
I tried so hard, can't seem to get away from misery Man, I tried so hard but always be a victim of these streets It ain't my fault ?cause I tried to get away but trouble follows me And still I try so hard hopin? one day you'll come and rescue me
But until then I'll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow But until then I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin? dough
I see thangs won't change, I'm stuck in the game As soon as I get out, it keeps pullin? me back man Got me doin' dirty dirt, so used to this hustlin' money That I don't understand no nine to five work
Studied on the streets, hustlers know what I mean Thugsters ballin' before us, I'm tryna make that major league So we never leave, never 'til the sun came up Gotta get it, no no leavin? no grudge
Today games they play Gotta go hard to get what you put in If you fall off then it?s all on you Gotta watch what you sign too Try so hard but I won't play the fool
I tried so hard, can't seem to get away from misery Man, I tried so hard but always be a victim of these streets It ain't my fault ?cause I tried to get away but trouble follows me And still I try so hard hopin? one day you'll come and rescue me
But until then I'll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow But until then I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin