D-Mac - Trying lyrics
(Talking: D-Mac) Sound so soulful don't you agree? Ay let me talk to these n***as Walk with me..Just walk with me (Verse 1: D-Mac) Ay what you know bout being broke as f** growing up? Hitting your homies up to hold their stuff? We went to different schools so it was cool Gripping tools, pocket full of candy wrappers Summer days, slurping frozen cups then hit the pool Hoping stuff like soon I'm gonna be a famous rapper Can't be no slouch, if I wanna be in Big Tigger house or on that couch On 106, with AJ & Free, or Terrance & Rocsi, can't nobody stop me I guarantee That I will never let a soul get in the way of thee sh** I wanted since 8, imma die living great Elevate til I'm a heavyweight Doing sh** I aint proud of each and everyday Cut your throat no hesitation bout my f**ing pay I'm strapped and sliding through my city trying to get away Hey, can't end up like my friends, I'm one wrong move from it I pray the Lord guides my steps, and leads me to success Can't let the love of money make me make the wrong choice I'm only human everyday I fall short, But at least he know's I'm trying God I hope you know I'm trying Man I'm trying, I hope you know I'm trying Im trying.. I'm trying... (Chorus: Ben Carew) I'm trying, I'm trying I'm trying, I'm trying (Verse 2: D-Mac) Please, don't leave me I know loving me aint easy but believe me Imma get it right, in a minute I'm Living life, growing going through the motions With so many doors open it gets hard for me to focus On which ones I should be closing and be walking in But you're the air I breathe baby you're my oxygen and I've been letting toxic in The bright lights from the night life can become addictive As well as the thrill of being inside of different women So I be cheating every chance I get One night stands I aint the man for that romantic sh** But let you talk to n***as, I can't handle it Quick to call it quits, the nerve of me, double standard sh** For what it's worth it's no emotions I just hit and quit No strings attached with them dummies, I'm a ventriloquist But the motto goes, what you don't treasure, you gonna lose that sh** I keep saying that I love you, time to prove that sh**, Man I'm trying I hope she know's I'm trying I'm trying, man I'm trying Trying...trying..... (Chorus: Ben Carew) I'm trying, I'm trying I'm trying, I'm trying (Verse 3: D-Mac) Make my mama proud, hold my partners down Whether they're free or not, I know it's only me they got To give them a chance to see something more than the streets Hoping we aint the next getting tucked in coroners sheets, sleep To never wake again, I pray before my day begins The Lord to shield my body, cleanse my spirit, wash away my sins Cuz hanging with my friends we used to rob n***as Some of my n***as selling weed, pills, and hard's n***a Man what you expect dog? times hard n***a It aint like we could up and go and get a job n***a And why the application process so long n***a? Just to show up and they be like "hell naw n******g" Even the qualified sing the same song n***a Graduated college, end up working at a call center Dear Obama, please fix the economy Better days ahead they gotta be, I pray to God he see we all trying We trying...Trying (Chorus: Ben Carew) I'm trying, I'm trying I'm trying, I'm trying (Bridge: Ben Carew) I'm trying to be a man, provide for my family And keep it 100 in the streets Said I'm trying to find a wife, I could share my life with And stay up out the sheets with these freaks Said I'm trying to make a living, stay away from prison And not become another murder victim Said I'm trying, I'm trying (Verse 4: Ben Carew) Raised in the streets where they teach you keep it real Stay up on your grind, mind on the dollar bill Reach for the stars, pray you make it far Gotta get it on your own, go hard or you starve Tell me is you with it baby? Cuz daddy trying to get it baby I'm trying I'm trying (Chorus: Ben Carew) I'm trying, I'm trying I'm trying, I'm trying I'm trying, I'm trying I'm trying, I'm trying