I Tried

[Scarface]<br>She don`t wanna be with me no mo`<br>Ain`t her fault she just tired of this dumb shit that she don`t know<br>Whether to, throw in the towel or if he gon` grow<br>And if he do, where is he gon` go?<br>Got a letter from an old friend, I read it and cried<br>When he told me that his girl just died<br>Right out of the blue, breast cancer, wasn`t nothin to do<br>Now I`m sittin here and thinkin of you<br>Tryin to come to amends, cause really I done wanted you in<br>You the only one I trust as a friend<br>I know I`m on my last leg limpin with this bullshit written<br>But I still gotta bring it to light<br>Spent half of a lifetime missin cause I would not listen<br>Confused about my wrong and my rights<br>They tellin me that time heals wounds though<br>This wound gon` need some stitches; I got testimony for niggaz<br>You doin what you do but when the shoe gets flipped<br>Standin on the other foot got your boots and shit<br>When you back up and analyze, fix shit and finalize<br>Before you leave the shit alone just try<br>Maybe there`s somethin you can do to rectify what`s did<br>And plus you gotta think of the kids<br>That`s kinda just the way life is, you either gotta live or you die<br>At least that I can say that I tried<br><br>[Chorus: Scarface]<br>Cause I tried, I tried to do the best I could<br>Sometimes I guess my best ain`t good... enough<br>Cause when it`s over, said shit done<br>You sittin by yourself mixed up<br>But I tried, I tried to do the best I could<br>Sometimes I guess my best ain`t good... enough<br>Cause when it`s over, said shit done<br>You sittin by yourself mixed up, but I tried<br><br>[Willie D]<br>Faster than a crackhead, can pawn yo` shit<br>Willie D`ll put a foot in you bitch<br>I sold dope, robbed folks, had to make ends meet<br>Since 5th grade, I been up in these streets, tryin to get it<br>Raised by a single mother, two sisters two brothers<br>I used to think she didn`t love us<br>Cause she beat us so much, plus she came home drunk<br>But every now and then she`d knock on wood, and say<br>I tried to do the best that I could - and I believe her<br>Cause she was treated evil out the box<br>You can`t get what you ain`t got<br>Momma I was young, hittin licks, started helpin you out<br>`Bout the closest that you came to a man of the house<br>I was talkin back, walkin through the do` gettin smacked<br>You used to brag to your friends on how, well I rapped<br>We never really got along but when you took sick<br>I was at your side `til you died<br>I wasn`t the best son but I tried<br><br>[Chorus]<br><br>[Bushwick Bill]<br>I`ve always been crook, never given up<br>But the past few years has been really rough<br>Felt like givin up a couple of times<br>Take a jump or plant a slug deep, up in my mind<br>Fuck it I`m dyin, done wit strugglin for mine<br>Sleepin on fans, knowin there ain`t no use to me lyin<br>Change my name for anonymity`s sake<br>But a four feet dwarf that be on television`s hard to miss<br>I get pissed over little shit, little shit drive me crazy<br>Then I start thinkin `bout my babies<br>I cain`t go to jail, I cain`t die<br>Who better to teach `em `bout this cruel world than I?<br>Their mommas won`t let me see `em, I still pay my support<br>Cause once you give life, life is bigger than yours<br>Maybe I`m not all you expect me to be<br>But when it`s done and said ultimately, daddy tried<br><br>[Chorus]