I Try Lyrics - Talib Kweli

(Talib Kweli) 

Yeah, yeah 

New Talib Kweli 

Yeah, you know what it is 

Come on, come on, yeah 

Hey yo *repeats* 

(Hook: Mary J. Blige) 

I try, I try (that's all we can do) 

I try, you know I try 

I try, I try (yeah) 

I try, you know I try 

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(Verse 1: Talib Kweli) 

K. West! Kweli! 

Got searched on the plane, Arabic first name 

Disturbed by the fame just like Kurt Cobain 

Breath of life, kiss of death, my lips pursed the same 

You flirt 'til she came 

Nothin' hurt like the pain and torture 

Daughters of the dust lookin' for a vein 

Something to take in vain like the Lord's name 

Put your hands together, got 'em all sayin' 

(Hook: Mary J. Blige) 

I try, I try 

I try, you know I try 

I try, I try 

I try, you know I try 

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(Verse 2: Talib Kweli) 

Yo, it's all ghetto in gear higher, the floor settle 

More metal for beef that we don't let the law settle 

I try to navigate the treacherous waters of 

America's ghettos that set up the slaughteres 

But there's more of us 

Although we speak in different languages 

We all pretty familiar with what anger is 

Young and dangerous,? 

Get up on some gangsta shit 

Guns to bang ya wit' 

And we put it on records to entertain ya wit' 

I'm grown with pains way deeper than my receivers 

Our uniforms is white sneakers and white T-shirts 

On top of wife beaters 

We like to light reefers 

The 'hood need us for rappers, just ain't the right leaders 

I put a lot into it 

This is my product and I gotta move it 

Stop the industry but you can't stop the music 

(Interlude: Mary J. Blige) 

An upside down kingdom where life is just not fair (upside down kingdom) 

Some many sufferin' cuz deep inside they're scared (so scared) 

Fear pumped into their veins to keep them from their destiny 

Where would they be if you and I don't care? 

(Hook: Mary J. Blige) 

I try, I try, you know I try 

I try, I try, I try, you know I try 

(Verse 3: Talib Kweli) 

Yo, the things I'm seein' on the news is insane 

A stock broker shoot his kid and throw himself in front of a train 

A mother leave her baby home for two weeks all by himself 

Three years old, eatin' ketchup and mustard, cryin for help 

Tryin' to bring your struggle to life 

The label want a song about a bubbly life 

I have trouble tryin' to write some shit 

To BANG in the club through the night 

When people suffer tonight 

Lord knows I try 

(Hook: Mary J. Blige) 

I try, I try, I try, you know I try 

I try, I try, I try, you know I try 

(Interlude: Talib Kweli) 

Life is a beautiful struggle 

People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle 

Some people usin' the noodle, some people usin' the muscle 

Some people put it all together, make it fit like a puzzle 

Come on, say it now 

Life is a beautiful struggle 

People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle 

Some people usin' the noodle, some people usin' the muscle 

Some people put it all together, yeah 

(Outro: Mary J. Blige) 

I try, I try, you know I try 

I try, oh Lord I try 

Everyday I 

{*Mary J. Bliges harmonizes with the beat*} 

Upside down kingdom 

Oh, they're so scared 

Everyday on the news we can't look around with 

something somewhere 

I try, I try, you know I try 

I try, I try, I try, you know I try 

Lord knows, Lord knows we try 

Yeah