You know though nothin' come easy

You gotta try real real hard

I tried hard but I guess I gotta try harder

I tried so hard hard

Can't seem to get away from misery

Man I tried so hard hard

Will always be a victim of these streets

It ain't my fault fault 'cause I try to get away

But trouble follows me

And still I try so hard hard

Hopin' one day they'll come and rescue me

But until then then

I'll be posted up right here rain

Sleet hail snow hail snow

But until then then I'll be posted up

Right here with my heat

Gettin' dough gettin' dough

First let me explain that I'm just a black man

And I come from the dark side

So I'm havin' a hard time stayin' on track man

My mind be racin'

And I don't even know what I'm chasin' yet

Been in and out of relationships

I'm startin' to see that

It's me where the complications at

But I'm layin' back prayin'

That you get that piece of mind of me

I thought I was right but really I'm wrong

But again I was too blind to see

I was in the fast lane chasin' my dream

And then it seemed when the fame

And cash came they just got me

Goin' crazy lately lately lately

I been so faded trying to erase it

But I just can't 'cause the drama

Just grows greater

And I been in so many collisions

By puttin' s**t off till later

I tried so hard hard can't seem to get away

From misery

Man I tried so hard hard will always be

A victim of these streets

It ain't my fault 'cause

I I try to get away but trouble follows me

And still I try so hard hard hopin'

One day they'll come and rescue me

But until then then

I'll be posted up right here rain sleet

Hail snow hail snow

But until then then

I'll be posted up right here with my heat

Gettin' dough gettin' dough

It's like I'm takin' five steps forward and ten steps back

Tryin' to get ahead of the game

But I can't seem to get it on track

And I keep runnin' away the ones

That say they love me the most

How could I create the distanc

When it's supposed to be close

And uh

I just don't know but

I be out here fightin' demons and

It's like the curse that

I can't shake this part of Cleveland and

Lord would you help me help me

And stop this pain

I keep inflictin' on my family family

Hustlin' and gamblin' drinkin' and scramblin'

And losin' sight of what

I supposed to be handlin' handling

It's hard to manage 'cause every day's

A challenge and man

And I'm slippin' can't

Lose my balance and tryin' not to panic

I tried so hard hard can't seem to get away

From misery

Man I tried so hard hard will always be

A victim of these streets

It ain't my fault 'cause

I I try to get away but trouble follows me

And still I try so hard hard hopin'

One day they'll come and rescue me

But until then then

I'll be posted up right here rain sleet

Hail snow hail snow

But until then then

I'll be posted up right here with my heat

Gettin' dough gettin' dough

I see things won't change won't change

I'm stuck in the game

As soon as I get out it keeps pullin' me back man

Pullin' me back man

Got me doin' dirty dirt so used to this hustlin' money

That I don't understand no nine to five work

Studied on the streets hustlas know what I mean

Thugstas ballin' before us

I'm tryin' to make that major league

So we never leave never till the sun came up

Came up

Gotta get it nope no leavin' no grudge no grudge

Today games they play gotta go hard

To get what you put in

If you fall off then it's all on you on you

Gotta watch what you sign too try so hard

But I won't act a fool

I tried so hard hard can't seem to get away

From misery

Man I tried so hard hard will always be

A victim of these streets

It ain't my fault 'cause

I I try to get away but trouble follows me

And still I try so hard hard hopin'

One day they'll come and rescue me

But until then then

I'll be posted up right here rain sleet

Hail snow hail snow

But until then then

I'll be posted up right here with my heat

Gettin' dough gettin' dough