Yeah, new Talib Kweli, you know what it is?
Come on, hey yo, hey yo, hey yo, hey yo
Hey yo, hey yo, hey yo, hey yo, hey yo, hey yo

I try, I try, that's all we can do, I try, you know I try
I try, I try, I try, you know I try

K. West, Kweli, got 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
Somethin' 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, the floor settle
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 the slaughterers

But there's more of us, although we speak in different languages
We all pretty familiar with what anger is
Young and dangerous, trick as trangleless
Get up on some gangsta ****, guns to bang ya wit'

And we put it on records to entertain ya wit'
I'm grown with pains way deeper than my receivers
Our uniforms is white sneakers and white T-shirts
On top of wife beaters, we like to light reefers

The 'hood need us for 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
Some many sufferin' 'cuz deep inside they're 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 of a train
A mother leave her baby home for two weeks all by himself
Three 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 ****
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
That's right, oh Lord I try, everyday I

Upside down kingdom, oh, they're so scared
Everyday on the news we can't look around
With 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, yeah