[Intro (Wish Bone)] You know nothing come easy, you gotta try real hard, I tried hard...but I guess I gotta try harder. [Chorus (Akon)] I try so hard can't seem to get away misery I try so hard will always be victim of these streets it my fault cuz I... tried get away but trouble follows me and still try so hard hoping one day you'll come and rescue but until then, I'll be up right here in sleet hail snow but until then... I'll be posted up right here with my heat dough [Verse (Krayzie Bone)] First let me explain that I'm just a black and I come from the darkside, so I'm havin a hard time stayin on track man my mind racin, and I don't even know what chasin' yet I been in and out of relationships, I'm startin to see thats it's me where the complications at, but I'm back prayin that, you can't piece of mind of me, I thought I was right but really I'm wrong, in the end I to 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 craaazy lately, lately, I beed so faded tryin erase it but I cant cuz the drama just goes greater and I been in so many collisions from shit up till later [Chorus (Akon)] I try hard seem to get away from misery man I try so will always a victim of these streets it aint my cuz I... tried get away but trouble follows me and still I try so hoping one day you'll come and rescue but until then, I'll be posted up right in sleet hail snow but until then... I'll be posted up here with my heat gettin dough [Verse 2 (Layzie It's like I'm taking 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 the ones that say they love me most how could I create the distance when it's suppose 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 this part of 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 I'm suppose to be it's hard to manage cuz everyday's a challenge and man I'm slippin can't lose my I'm tryin not to panic [Chorus (Akon)] I so hard seem to get away from misery man I try hard always be a victim of these streets it aint my cuz I... tried to get but trouble follows me and I try so hard hoping day you'll come and rescue me but until then, I'll be posted right here in sleet hail snow but until then... I'll be posted up here with my heat gettin dough 3 (Wish Bone)] I see thangs won't change I'm in the game as soon as I get out it keeps pullin me back mayne me doin' dirty dirt so used to this hustlin' money that I don't understand how 9 to 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, til' the sun up gotta get it nope no leavin no rush today games they play gotta go hard to get what u put if you fall off then it's all on you gotta watch what you sign to try hard but I won't play the fool [Chorus (Akon)] I so hard seem to get away from misery man I try so will always be a victim of streets it aint my cuz I... tried to get away trouble follows me and still I so hard hoping one day come and rescue me but until then, I'll be posted up right here in sleet snow but until then... I'll be posted right here with my heat gettin dough