Uh, yo
Oh, I try, oh
Every day, somethin' in my way, I try
It ain't goin' right, I try to see the light, I try
Oh, it's like my eyes got a cover on 'em (Uh-huh)
And somethin' holdin' me back (Get off)
A better man, better lover, better know I try (Uh, yeah, yo)
Listen, I done played with the snakes in the grass (Uh-huh)
Paid for my mistakes I made in the past (Yup)
Everybody ate when I came with the cash (Yeah)
At least I tried to ride the wave 'til it crashed (Ha-ha)
Same wood on the gun handle was on the dash (Uh)
All the hoods that son ran through was on smash (Uh)
They can't identify you with a mask (Uh-uh)
And the Bible'll tell you nothin' is gonna last (Nothin')
The name of the game's survival (Yeah)
If you make it alive when you ride
Through, they make it a rival (Yeah)
My boo is gon' ride, you know I'm gon' ride too (Ride)
Make a M every day, I'm gon' try to, let's go
Every day, somethin' in my way, I try
It ain't goin' right, I try to see the light, I try
Oh, it's like my eyes got a cover on 'em (Uh-huh)
And somethin' holdin' me back (Get off)
A better man, better lover, better know I try (Uh, yeah, yo)
I try to tell, is he in a willin' to blast for it? (That's right)
I only try to give it to heads who didn't ask for it (Yeah)
Got them things on the scale, I'm still weighin' 'em (Uh-huh)
Thought my dues was paid, I'm still payin' 'em (Damn)
Couple Eleanors and a Goose, I'm still baein' 'em (Ha)
Semis and the fullies, know that the truth stay with 'em (Tsk)
Wolves and gorillas is loose, so don't play with 'em (Uh-uh)
Something's holdin' 'em back, nothin' that you can say to 'em
Pop champagne with Biggie at the Palladium (B.I.)
Put that good hard work in with the titaniums (Work)
Shit switch around when them heats get fired (Uh-huh)
And your peeps just died (Yeah), but
At least he tried (Ha-ha), let's go
Every day, somethin' in my way, I try
It ain't goin' right, I try to see the light, I try
Oh, it's like my eyes got a cover on 'em (Uh-huh)
And somethin' holdin' me back (Get off)
A better man, better lover, better know I try (Uh, yeah)
Watch the game get tooken over (Watch)
I'm still on the same side of the fence, I'm just lookin' over (Ha-ha)
A soldier, from the gravel to the grass (Yeah)
To the obstacles in life I traveled in the past (Uh-huh)
Whether I'm holdin' a mic or holdin' a MAC (Yeah)
It's like an invisible force is holdin' me back (Yup)
But I ain't lettin' go of my pride (Uh-uh)
After I get the dough, I slide, better know I tried, let's go, uh
Every day, somethin' in my way, I try
It ain't goin' right, I try to see the light, I try
Oh, it's like my eyes got a cover on 'em
And somethin' holdin' me back
A better man, better lover, better know I try
Here come another day up on me
Put the pressure on me, here we go again, I
I try to do what's right when life is so wrong
I want a better way, I see a better day
Nothin' the people say, I want a better me
God knows that I try, but time won't wait for me
Every day, somethin' in my way, I try
It ain't goin' right, I try to see the light, I try
Oh, it's like my eyes got a cover on 'em
And somethin' holdin' me back
A better man, better lover, better know I try
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