I Tried

Look
So many night I went to sleep waiting for food to hit the table
Daddy wasn't around and my motha wasn't able
She did what she could and that's a fact and not a fable if you listening to this story pay attention if you able
Yea times can be hard but we can make it if you push through
I'll be your helping hand to pick you up if you fall to
No I don't have a lot but I'll do everything I can to make sure everything is good so you can fall thru with ya plans because I no
I try I try
I try I try
So pay attention so you go through the same thang that I went through yea

Late nights I done cried I cried I cried
Lord knows I done tried I tried I tried
I done to much man I'm tired I'm tired I'm tired
They held me down but I'm a phoenix now watch me rise

Late nights I done cried I cried I cried
Lord knows I done tried I tried I tried
I done to much man I'm tired I'm tired I'm tired
They held me down but I'm a phoenix now watch me rise

Been in this world for thirty one years
I'm sick and tired of watching people shed these tears
To much going on we see police brutality
it's like we in a game mortal kombat fatality
When is it gone stop because we all waiting for answers
It's gone be the same result because we don't know how to stand up
We sit in silence
Waiting for change but people wake up
Gotta do it like back in the day when MLK first tried to stand up
Gotta fight for our rights
No matter what cuz we can
Because there's single mothers trying to find a meal for they kids
When you got playas and baller
Gangstas that think they shot callin
Can't seem to do the right thing
They rather serve crack to fiends
Now picture this you get pulled over
Gotta drink off in ya coaster
And you black so they get nervous
Make a move and then it's over
Man this sound just like a scene out of a movie but it's real
So many lives been takin man I don't know how to feel
And I'm only human
But I'll do everything I can
But it's gone take more than just me
So if ya wit me raise a hand and put ya first in the air
And show the people ya care
Ya life was taken for granted oh yea that's why we can't stand it
They think that they can hold us down but no that is a lie
The only thing we let happen is what we will allow
So chang yo state of mind
And think more like a genius
Because the less you know
The more they treat cha different yea

Late nights I done cried I cried I cried
Lord knows I done tried I tried I tried
I done to much man I'm tired I'm tired I'm tired
They held me down but I'm a phoenix now watch me rise