Trying Lyrics - Singles - D-mac

(Talking: D-Mac) 

Sound so soulful don't you agree? 

Ay let me talk to these niggas 

Walk with me..Just walk with me 

(Verse 1: D-Mac) 

Ay what you know bout being broke as fuck 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 

Shit I wanted since 8, imma die living great 

Elevate til I'm a heavyweight 

Doing shit I aint proud of each and everyday 

Cut your throat no hesitation bout my fucking 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 shit 

But let you talk to niggas, I can't handle it 

Quick to call it quits, the nerve of me, double standard shit 

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 shit 

I keep saying that I love you, time to prove that shit, 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 niggas 

Some of my niggas selling weed, pills, and hard's nigga 

Man what you expect dog? times hard nigga 

It aint like we could up and go and get a job nigga 

And why the application process so long nigga? 

Just to show up and they be like "hell naw nigger" 

Even the qualified sing the same song nigga 

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