Talib Kweli, Mary J. Blige - I Try lyrics

Yeah new Talib Kweli
You know what it is c'mon

I try, I try i try, you know I try
I try, I try
I try (K west, Kweli) , you know I try

Get searched on the plane, Arabic first name
Disturbed by the fame just like Kurt Cobain
Breath of life, kiss of death
My lips pursed the same
You flirt 'til she came
Nothin' hurt like the pain and torture
Daughters of the dust lookin' for a vein
Something to take in vain
Like the Lord's name
Put your hands together, got 'em all sayin'

I try, I try i try, you know I try
I try, I try i try, you know I try (Yo)

It's all ghetto in gear higher than falsetto
More metal for beef that we
Don't let the law settle
I try to navigate the treacherous waters of
America's ghettos that set up to slaughter us
But there's more of us (yeah)
Although we speak in different languages
We all pretty familiar with what anger is
Young and dangerous, trigger stranglers
Get up on some gangsta shit
Guns to bang ya wit'
And we put it on records to entertain ya wit'
Our growing pains get way
Deeper than Mike Seaver's
Our uniforms is white sneakers
And white T-shirts on top of wife beaters
We like to light reefers the 'hood need us
But rappers just ain't the right leaders
I put a lot into it
This is my product and I gotta move it
Stop the industry
But you can't stop the music

An upside down kingdom where life
Is just not fair (Upside down kingdom)
So many sufferin' 'cause deep
Inside they're scared (So scared)
Fear pumped into their veins to
Keep them from their destiny
Where would they be if you and I don't care?

I try i try, you know I try
I try, I try i try, you know I try (Yo)

The things I'm seein' on the news is insane
A stock broker shoot his kid and
Throw himself in front the train
A mother leave her baby home for
Two weeks all by himself
Two years old, eatin' ketchup and mustard
Cryin for help
Tryin' to bring your struggle to life
The label want a song about a bubbly life
I have trouble tryin' to write some shit to
Bang in the club through the night
When people suffer tonight lord knows I try

I try, I try i try, you know I try
I try, I try i try, you know I try

Life is a beautiful struggle
People search through the rubble
For a suitable hustle
Some people usin' the noodle
Some people usin' the muscle
Some people put it all together
Make it fit like a puzzle
Come on, say it now
Life is a beautiful struggle
People search through the rubble
For a suitable hustle
Some people usin' the noodle
Some people usin' the muscle
Some people put it all together, yeah

I try i try, you know I try
I try, Lord knows I try every day, I, I
La la la, la la, la la, la la la, la la
Upside down kingdom oh, they're so scared
Every day on the news we
Can't look around without
Something somewhere
I try, I try, you know I try
I try, I try, I try, you know I try
Lord knows, Lord knows we try, try yeah