[Wish Bone] You know nothing come easy You gotta try real real hard, I tried hard But I guess I Gotta try harder [Akon] I try so hard, can't seem to get away from misery Man, I try so hard Will 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 Hoping one day you'll come and rescue me But until then, I'll be posted up right here in sleet hail snow But until then I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin' dough [Krayzie Bone] 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 I been in and out of relationships, I'm Startin' to see that's it's me where the complications at But I'm layin' back prayin' that You can't have piece of mind of me I thought I was right but really I'm wrong In the end I was too blind to see I was in the fast lane chasin' my dream And then it seem when the fame and cash came They just got me going crazy lately, lately, lately I been so faded Tryin' to erase it But I can't 'cause the drama just goes greater And I been in so many collisions from puttin' shit up till later [Akon] I try so hard Can't seem to get away from misery Man, I try so hard Will 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 Hoping one day you'll come and rescue me But until then, I'll be posted up right here in sleet hail snow But until then I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin' dough [Layzie Bone] It's like I'm taking 5 steps forward and 10 steps back Tryin' to get ahead of the game But I can't seem to get it on track And I keep running away from 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 fighting demons and It's like a curse that I can't shake This part of Cleveland and lord, would you help me? And stop this pain I keep inflicting on My family hustlin', gamblin', trickin' and scammin' Scrambling and losing sight of what I'm Suppose 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 [Akon] I try so hard Can't seem to get away from misery Man I try so hard Will 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 Hoping one day you'll come and rescue me But until then, I'll be posted up right here in sleet hail snow But until then I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin' dough [Wish Bone] I see thangs won't change I'm stuck in the game As soon as I get out, it keeps pullin' me Back mayne got me doin' dirty dirt So used to this hustlin' money that I don't understand How 9 to 5 work studied on the streets Hustlers know what I mean, hustlers ballin' in force I'm tryna make that major league so we never leave never Till the Sun came up gotta get it Nope no leavin' no rush 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 To try so hard but I won't play the fool [Akon] I try so hard Can't seem to get away from misery Man, I try so hard Will 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 Hoping one day you'll come and rescue me But until then, I'll be posted up right here in sleet hail snow But until then I'll be posted up right here with my heat gettin' dough