I Tried
Geto Boys

[Scarface]
She don't wanna be with me no mo'
Ain't her fault she just tired of this dumb shit that she don't know
Whether to, throw in the towel or if he gon' grow
And if he do, where is he gon' go?
Got a letter from an old friend, I read it and cried
When he told me that his girl just died
Right out of the blue, breast cancer, wasn't nothin to do
Now I'm sittin here and thinkin of you
Tryin to come to amends, cause really I done wanted you in
You the only one I trust as a friend
I know I'm on my last leg limpin with this bullshit written
But I still gotta bring it to light
Spent half of a lifetime missin cause I would not listen
Confused about my wrong and my rights
They tellin me that time heals wounds though
This wound gon' need some stitches; I got testimony for niggaz
You doin what you do but when the shoe gets flipped
Standin on the other foot got your boots and shit
When you back up and analyze, fix shit and finalize
Before you leave the shit alone just try
Maybe there's somethin you can do to rectify what's did
And plus you gotta think of the kids
That's kinda just the way life is, you either gotta live or you die
At least that I can say that I tried

[Chorus: Scarface]
Cause I tried, I tried to do the best I could
Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough
Cause when it's over, said shit done
You sittin by yourself mixed up
But I tried, I tried to do the best I could
Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough
Cause when it's over, said shit done
You sittin by yourself mixed up, but I tried

[Willie D]
Faster than a crackhead, can pawn yo' shit
Willie D'll put a foot in you bitch
I sold dope, robbed folks, had to make ends meet
Since 5th grade, I been up in these streets, tryin to get it
Raised by a single mother, two sisters two brothers
I used to think she didn't love us
Cause she beat us so much, plus she came home drunk
But every now and then she'd knock on wood, and say
I tried to do the best that I could - and I believe her
Cause she was treated evil out the box
You can't get what you ain't got
Momma I was young, hittin licks, started helpin you out
'Bout the closest that you came to a man of the house
I was talkin back, walkin through the do' gettin smacked
You used to brag to your friends on how, well I rapped
We never really got along but when you took sick
I was at your side 'til you died
I wasn't the best son but I tried

[Chorus]

[Bushwick Bill]
I've always been crook, never given up
But the past few years has been really rough
Felt like givin up a couple of times
Take a jump or plant a slug deep, up in my mind
Fuck it I'm dyin, done wit strugglin for mine
Sleepin on fans, knowin there ain't no use to me lyin
Change my name for anonymity's sake
But a four feet dwarf that be on television's hard to miss
I get pissed over little shit, little shit drive me crazy
Then I start thinkin 'bout my babies
I cain't go to jail, I cain't die
Who better to teach 'em 'bout this cruel world than I?
Their mommas won't let me see 'em, I still pay my support
Cause once you give life, life is bigger than yours
Maybe I'm not all you expect me to be
But when it's done and said ultimately, daddy tried

[Chorus]


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  1 2 The 3   1, 2 the 3   1, 2, the 3   6 Feet Deep   A Visit With Larry Hoover   Ain't With Being Broke   Ain\'t With Being Broke   Ain't With Being Broke   And My Word   Another Nigger in the Morgue   Assassins   Balls & My Word   Bitches & Ho's   Bitches & Ho's   Bitches & Ho\'s   Bitches Ho's   Bling Leading the Blind   Bring It On   Cereal Killer   Chuckie   City Under Siege   Crooked Officer   Damn It Feel Good To Be A Gangster   Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta   Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangster   Dawn 2 Dusk   Declaration Of War   Dirty Bitch   Do It Like a G. O.   Do It Like A G.O.   Do It Like a GO   Dyin Wit'cha Boots On   Eye 4 An Eye   First Light of the Day   Free   Fuck a War   G-Code   G. E. T. O.   G.E.T.O.   Gangsta   Gangsta (Put Me Down)   Gangsta Put Me Down   Gangster of Love   GETO   Geto Boys and Girls   Geto Boys Will Rock You   Geto Fantasy   Hold It Down   Homie Don't Play That   Homie Don\'t Play That   Homie Don't Play That   I Don't Fuck With You   I Don\'t Fuck With You   I Just Wanna Die   I'm Not a Gentleman   I\'m Not a Gentleman   I'm Not A Gentleman   It Ain't Shit   It Aint Shit   Leanin' On You   Leaning On You   Let a Ho Be a Ho   Life in the Fast Lane   Like Some Ho's   Livin' 4 The Moment   Livin\' 4 The Moment   Livin' 4 The Moment   Mind of a Lunatic   Mind Playin Tricks On Me   Mind Playing Tricks On Me   Mind Playing Tricks On Me (Clean Version)   Mind Playing Tricks On Me [Chopped & Screwed]   Murder Avenue   My Malt\'s Playin Tricks On Me   My Mind Playin Tricks On Me   Niggas Ain’t Doin’ Shit   Niggas and Flies   No Curfew   No Nuts No Glory   No Sellout   Nothin' to Show   One Time Freestyle   Open Minded   Point of No Return   Punk-Bitch Game   Quickie   Raise Up Bitch   Read These Nikes   Real Nigga Shit   Retaliation   Scarface   Seek & Destroy   Seek and Destroy   Size Ain't Shit   Size Ain\'t Shit   Smile   Snitches   Still   Straight Gangstaism   Street Life   Street Life [Chopped & Screwed]   Street Life [Explicit]   Talkin' Loud Ain't Saying Nothin'   Talkin\' Loud Ain\'t Saying Nothin\'   Talkin' Loud Ain't Saying Nothin'   Talking Loud, Saying Nothing (original)   The Other Level   The Secret   The World is a Ghetto   They Bitches   This 's for You   This 's For You   This Dick's For You   This Dick\'s For You   This s for You   Thugg Niggaz   Time Taker   Trigga Happy Aggin   Trigga Happy Nigga   Trophy   We Can't Be Stopped   We Can't Be Stopped   We Cant Be Stopped   What   What?   When It Get's Gangsta   When It Gets Gangsta   When It Gets Gangsta [Chopped & Screwed]   Why Do We Live This Way   Why U Playin   Why U Playin'   Yes Yes Y\'All   Yes Yes Yall   You Ain\'t Nothin\'

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