She don't wanna be with me no mo' Ain't her fault she just tired of this dumb **** that she don't know Whether to throw in the towel or if he gon' grow And if he do, where is he gon' go? Got a letter from an old friend, I read it and cried When he told me that his girl just died Right out of the blue, breast cancer, wasn't nothin to do Now I'm sittin here and thinkin of you Tryin to come to amends, cause really I done wanted you in You the only one I trust as a friend I know I'm on my last leg limpin with this ******** written But I still gotta bring it to light Spent half of a lifetime missin cause I would not listen Confused about my wrong and my rights They tellin me that time heals wounds though This wound gon' need some stitches; I got testimony for ****** You doin what you do but when the shoe gets flipped Standin on the other foot got your boots and **** When you back up and analyze, fix **** and finalize Before you leave the **** alone just try Maybe there's somethin you can do to rectify what's did And plus you gotta think of the kids That's kinda just the way life is, you either gotta live or you die At least that I can say that I tried Cause I tried, I tried to do the best I could Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough Cause when it's over, said **** done You sittin by yourself mixed up But I tried, I tried to do the best I could Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough Cause when it's over, said **** done You sittin by yourself mixed up, but I tried Faster than a crackhead, can pawn yo' **** Willie D'll put a foot in you ***** I sold ****, robbed folks, had to make ends meet Since 5th grade, I been up in these streets, tryin to get it Raised by a single mother, two sisters two brothers I used to think she didn't love us Cause she beat us so much, plus she came home drunk But every now and then she'd knock on wood, and say I tried to do the best that I could - and I believe her Cause she was treated evil out the box You can't get what you ain't got Momma I was young, hittin licks, started helpin you out 'Bout the closest that you came to a man of the house I was talkin back, walkin through the do' gettin smacked You used to brag to your friends on how well I rapped We never really got along but when you took sick I was at your side 'til you died I wasn't the best son but I tried Cause I tried, I tried to do the best I could Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough Cause when it's over, said **** done You sittin by yourself mixed up But I tried, I tried to do the best I could Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough Cause when it's over, said **** done You sittin by yourself mixed up, but I tried I've always been crook, never given up But the past few years has been really rough Felt like givin' up a couple of times Take a jump or plant a slug deep, up in my mind **** it I'm dyin', done wit strugglin' for mine Sleepin' on fans' floors, ain't no use to be lying Change my name for anonymity's sake But a four feet dwarf that be on television's hard to miss I get pissed over little ****, little **** drive me crazy Then I start thinkin 'bout my babies I can't go to jail, I can't die Who better to teach 'em 'bout this cruel world than I? Their mommas won't let me see 'em, I still pay my support Cause once you give life, life is bigger than yours Maybe I'm not all you expect me to be But when it's done and said ultimately, daddy tried Cause I tried, I tried to do the best I could Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough Cause when it's over, said **** done You sittin by yourself mixed up But I tried, I tried to do the best I could Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough Cause when it's over, said **** done You sittin by yourself mixed up, but I tried
[00:00.00] [00:19.31] [00:22.98]She don't wanna be with me no mo' [00:24.19]Ain't her fault she just tired of this dumb **** that she don't know [00:27.56]Whether to throw in the towel or if he gon' grow [00:30.03]And if he do, where is he gon' go? [00:32.07]Got a letter from an old friend, I read it and cried [00:35.12]When he told me that his girl just died [00:37.17]Right out of the blue, breast cancer, wasn't nothin to do [00:40.07]Now I'm sittin here and thinkin of you [00:42.21]Tryin to come to amends, cause really I done wanted you in [00:45.20]You the only one I trust as a friend [00:47.12]I know I'm on my last leg limpin with this ******** written [00:51.17]But I still gotta bring it to light [00:52.44]Spent half of a lifetime missin cause I would not listen [00:55.80]Confused about my wrong and my rights [00:57.73]They tellin me that time heals wounds though [01:00.01]This wound gon' need some stitches; I got testimony for ****** [01:03.23]You doin what you do but when the shoe gets flipped [01:05.72]Standin on the other foot got your boots and **** [01:08.07]When you back up and analyze, fix **** and finalize [01:11.08]Before you leave the **** alone just try [01:13.48]Maybe there's somethin you can do to rectify what's did [01:16.02]And plus you gotta think of the kids [01:17.84]That's kinda just the way life is, you either gotta live or you die [01:21.80]At least that I can say that I tried [01:23.62]Cause I tried, I tried to do the best I could [01:26.00]Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough [01:29.61]Cause when it's over, said **** done [01:31.23]You sittin by yourself mixed up [01:33.35]But I tried, I tried to do the best I could [01:36.22]Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough [01:39.03]Cause when it's over, said **** done [01:41.68]You sittin by yourself mixed up, but I tried [01:44.56]Faster than a crackhead, can pawn yo' **** [01:46.55]Willie D'll put a foot in you ***** [01:48.42]I sold ****, robbed folks, had to make ends meet [01:51.26]Since 5th grade, I been up in these streets, tryin to get it [01:54.25]Raised by a single mother, two sisters two brothers [01:56.59]I used to think she didn't love us [01:59.02]Cause she beat us so much, plus she came home drunk [02:01.19]But every now and then she'd knock on wood, and say [02:03.37]I tried to do the best that I could - and I believe her [02:05.70]Cause she was treated evil out the box [02:07.54]You can't get what you ain't got [02:09.02]Momma I was young, hittin licks, started helpin you out [02:11.92]'Bout the closest that you came to a man of the house [02:14.39]I was talkin back, walkin through the do' gettin smacked [02:16.80]You used to brag to your friends on how well I rapped [02:19.31]We never really got along but when you took sick [02:21.80]I was at your side 'til you died [02:23.87]I wasn't the best son but I tried [02:25.45]Cause I tried, I tried to do the best I could [02:27.06]Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough [02:30.35]Cause when it's over, said **** done [02:32.29]You sittin by yourself mixed up [02:34.84]But I tried, I tried to do the best I could [02:37.31]Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough [02:40.19]Cause when it's over, said **** done [02:42.37]You sittin by yourself mixed up, but I tried [02:45.48]I've always been crook, never given up [02:47.77]But the past few years has been really rough [02:50.35]Felt like givin' up a couple of times [02:52.37]Take a jump or plant a slug deep, up in my mind [02:55.13]**** it I'm dyin', done wit strugglin' for mine [02:57.32]Sleepin' on fans' floors, ain't no use to be lying [02:59.86]Change my name for anonymity's sake [03:01.54]But a four feet dwarf that be on television's hard to miss [03:04.95]I get pissed over little ****, little **** drive me crazy [03:08.44]Then I start thinkin 'bout my babies [03:10.42]I can't go to jail, I can't die [03:12.89]Who better to teach 'em 'bout this cruel world than I? [03:15.40]Their mommas won't let me see 'em, I still pay my support [03:17.84]Cause once you give life, life is bigger than yours [03:20.23]Maybe I'm not all you expect me to be [03:22.81]But when it's done and said ultimately, daddy tried [03:25.67]Cause I tried, I tried to do the best I could [03:27.94]Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough [03:30.95]Cause when it's over, said **** done [03:33.03]You sittin by yourself mixed up [03:35.67]But I tried, I tried to do the best I could [03:37.96]Sometimes I guess my best ain't good... enough [03:41.11]Cause when it's over, said **** done [03:43.15]You sittin by yourself mixed up, but I tried [04:05.00]
