[00:15.19]You know though nothin\' come easy,
[00:19.47]you gotta try real, real hard
[00:23.08]I tried hard,
[00:24.49]but I guess I gotta try harder.
[00:27.06]I tried so hard, can\'t seem to get away from misery,
[00:32.77]Man I tried so hard, but always be a victim of these streets,
[00:38.36]It Ain\'t my fault cause I, try to get away but trouble follows me,
[00:44.21]And still I try so hard, hopin one day they\'ll come and rescue me,
[00:50.25]But until then, I\'ll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow (hail snow)
[00:56.24]But until then, I\'ll be posted up right here with my heat gettin dough (gettin\' dough)
[01:02.36]First, let me explain that I\'m just a black man,
[01:04.63]And I come from the darkside, so I\'m havin a hard time stayin on track man,
[01:07.87]My mind be racin\', and I don\'t even know what I\'m chasin yet
[01:10.33]Been in and out of relationships, I\'m startin to see that it\'s me where the complications at
[01:12.11]But I\'m layin back, prayin\' that, you get that piece of mind of me
[01:14.54]I thought I was right, but really I\'m wrong, but again I was too blind to see,
[01:20.39]I was in the fast lane chasin my dream,
[01:23.03]And then it seemed when the fame and cash came, they just got me,
[01:25.23]Goin crazyyyy, (lately, lately) lately I been so faded trying to erase it,
[01:31.10]But I just can\'t cause the drama just grows greater,
[01:32.48]And I been in so many collisions by puttin shit off till later.
[01:37.79]I tried so hard, can\'t seem to get away from misery,
[01:42.86]Man I tried so hard, but always be a victim of these streets,
[01:49.14]It Ain\'t my fault cause I, try to get away but trouble follows me,
[01:55.08]And still I try so hard, hopin one day they\'ll come and rescue me,
[02:00.72]But until then, I\'ll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow (hail snow)
[02:07.05]But until then, I\'ll be posted up right here with my heat gettin dough (gettin\' dough)
[02:12.77]It\'s like I\'m takin five steps forward, and ten steps back
[02:15.71]Tryna get ahead of the game but I can\'t seem to get it on track
[02:18.89]And I keep runnin away the ones that say they love me the most
[02:21.65]How could I create the distance when it\'s supposed to be close? And uh,
[02:24.84]I just don\'t know but I be out here fightin demons and
[02:28.07]It\'s like the curse that I can\'t shake this part of Cleveland and
[02:30.85]Lord, would you help me? And stop this pain
[02:32.99]I keep inflinctin on my family (family)
[02:37.57]Hustlin and gamblin, drinkin\' and scramblin\'
[02:40.55]And losin sight of what I supposed to be handlin\'
[02:43.47]It\'s hard to manage cause every days a challenge and man
[02:46.49]And I\'m slippin can\'t lose my balance and tryin not to panic
[02:48.01]I tried so hard, can\'t seem to get away from misery,
[02:53.68]Man I tried so hard, but always be a victim of these streets,
[02:59.67]It Ain\'t my fault cause I, try to get away but trouble follows me,
[03:05.09]And still I try so hard, hopin one day they\'ll come and rescue me,
[03:10.93]But until then, I\'ll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow (hail snow)
[03:16.67]But until then, I\'ll be posted up right here with my heat gettin dough (gettin\' dough)
[03:23.66]I see thangs won\'t change (wont change) I\'m stuck in the game
[03:26.78]As soon as I get out it keeps pullin me back man (pullin me back man)
[03:29.74]Got me doin\' dirty dirt, so used to this hustlin money,
[03:32.44]That I don\'t understand no nine to five work
[03:34.82]Studied on the streets, hustlas know what I mean
[03:38.71]Thugstas ballin\' before us I\'m tryna make that major league
[03:41.33]So we never leave never till the sun came up (came up)
[03:44.15]Gotta get it nope, no leavin, no grudge (no grudge) today games they play gotta go hard to get what you put in,
[03:51.87]if you fall off then its all on you (on you) gotta watch what you sign too, try so hard but I won\'t act a fool.
[03:57.79]I tried so hard, can\'t seem to get away from misery,
[04:03.01]Man I tried so hard, but always be a victim of these streets,
[04:09.01]It Ain\'t my fault cause I, try to get away but trouble follows me,
[04:15.14]And still I try so hard, hopin one day they\'ll come and rescue me,
[04:20.57]But until then, I\'ll be posted up right here rain, sleet, hail, snow (hail snow)
[04:26.49]But until then, I\'ll be posted up right here with my heat gettin dough (gettin\' dough)