I Tried-Geto Boys

[00:00.00] [00:19.31] [00:22.98]She don't wanna be with me no mo' [00:24.19]Ain't her fault she just tired of this dumb **** that she don't know [00:27.56]Whether to throw in the towel or if he gon' grow [00:30.03]And if he do, where is he gon' go? [00:32.07]Got a letter from an old friend, I read it and cried [00:35.12]When he told me that his girl just died [00:37.17]Right out of the blue, breast cancer, wasn't nothin to do [00:40.07]Now I'm sittin here and thinkin of you [00:42.21]Tryin to come to amends, cause really I done wanted you in [00:45.20]You the only one I trust as a friend [00:47.12]I know I'm on my last leg limpin with this ******** written [00:51.17]But I still gotta bring it to light [00:52.44]Spent half of a lifetime missin cause I would not listen [00:55.80]Confused about my wrong and my rights [00:57.73]They tellin me that time heals wounds though [01:00.01]This wound gon' need some stitches; I got testimony for ****** [01:03.23]You doin what you do but when the shoe gets flipped [01:05.72]Standin on the other foot got your boots and **** [01:08.07]When you back up and analyze, fix **** and finalize [01:11.08]Before you leave the **** alone just try [01:13.48]Maybe there's somethin you can do to rectify what's did [01:16.02]And plus you gotta think of the kids [01:17.84]That's kinda just the way life is, you either gotta live or you die [01:21.80]At least that I can say that I tried [01:23.62]Cause I tried, I tried to do the best I could [01:26.00]Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough [01:29.61]Cause when it's over, said **** done [01:31.23]You sittin by yourself mixed up [01:33.35]But I tried, I tried to do the best I could [01:36.22]Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough [01:39.03]Cause when it's over, said **** done [01:41.68]You sittin by yourself mixed up, but I tried [01:44.56]Faster than a crackhead, can pawn yo' **** [01:46.55]Willie D'll put a foot in you ***** [01:48.42]I sold ****, robbed folks, had to make ends meet [01:51.26]Since 5th grade, I been up in these streets, tryin to get it [01:54.25]Raised by a single mother, two sisters two brothers [01:56.59]I used to think she didn't love us [01:59.02]Cause she beat us so much, plus she came home drunk [02:01.19]But every now and then she'd knock on wood, and say [02:03.37]I tried to do the best that I could - and I believe her [02:05.70]Cause she was treated evil out the box [02:07.54]You can't get what you ain't got [02:09.02]Momma I was young, hittin licks, started helpin you out [02:11.92]'Bout the closest that you came to a man of the house [02:14.39]I was talkin back, walkin through the do' gettin smacked [02:16.80]You used to brag to your friends on how well I rapped [02:19.31]We never really got along but when you took sick [02:21.80]I was at your side 'til you died [02:23.87]I wasn't the best son but I tried [02:25.45]Cause I tried, I tried to do the best I could [02:27.06]Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough [02:30.35]Cause when it's over, said **** done [02:32.29]You sittin by yourself mixed up [02:34.84]But I tried, I tried to do the best I could [02:37.31]Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough [02:40.19]Cause when it's over, said **** done [02:42.37]You sittin by yourself mixed up, but I tried [02:45.48]I've always been crook, never given up [02:47.77]But the past few years has been really rough [02:50.35]Felt like givin' up a couple of times [02:52.37]Take a jump or plant a slug deep, up in my mind [02:55.13]**** it I'm dyin', done wit strugglin' for mine [02:57.32]Sleepin' on fans' floors, ain't no use to be lying [02:59.86]Change my name for anonymity's sake [03:01.54]But a four feet dwarf that be on television's hard to miss [03:04.95]I get pissed over little ****, little **** drive me crazy [03:08.44]Then I start thinkin 'bout my babies [03:10.42]I can't go to jail, I can't die [03:12.89]Who better to teach 'em 'bout this cruel world than I? [03:15.40]Their mommas won't let me see 'em, I still pay my support [03:17.84]Cause once you give life, life is bigger than yours [03:20.23]Maybe I'm not all you expect me to be [03:22.81]But when it's done and said ultimately, daddy tried [03:25.67]Cause I tried, I tried to do the best I could [03:27.94]Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough [03:30.95]Cause when it's over, said **** done [03:33.03]You sittin by yourself mixed up [03:35.67]But I tried, I tried to do the best I could [03:37.96]Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough [03:41.11]Cause when it's over, said **** done [03:43.15]You sittin by yourself mixed up, but I tried [04:05.00]