You could try hard, but you can't ignore me,
You could try hard, but you can't ignore me,
Shout out to the ones who did it way before me,
They love and they hate and then they love you more.

Different day, same old story,
Got money on my mind, nothing more important.
My asset of a kid raised in apartments [bad word] forty in the mue, I need a bigger portion.
Parked in front of a crib, looking for some dry
Dealing with the [bad word] on the other side.
Other grass in the pass, I [bad word] in half,
But I can't get let me time, it's a real homicide.
Gotta show ‘em all who the best,
In the [bad word] building like an architect,
Doing it more, I could never give ‘em less,
Now take a look around, I'll be here with no one left. [bad word]  I promise.

You could try hard, but you can't ignore me,
Shout out to the ones who did it way before me,
They love and they hate and then they love you more,
That's the way it goes, that's the way it goes.
You could try hard, but you can't ignore me,
Shout out to the ones who did it way before me,
They love and they hate and then they love you more,
That's the way it goes, that's the way it goes.

Goes, on the side where I came from,
Live by the gun, die by 21,
Thank God I'm alive and I made some
Out in night, [bad word] thought I was frightened.
Now they see me getting to it, doing what they said I wasn't
Gotta have a little patience, baby, why the [bad word] [bad word] 
I gotta play my cards, even when they think I'm bluffing,
Heading to the top, can't see nobody above me.
Can you feel the pressure, can you hear the message?
I'm trying to stay clean but the [bad word] be getting messy.
If you're looking for me I will be right where you left me
Put that on my CD then I'm back to bring it back, [bad word] I promise.

You could try hard, but you can't ignore me,
Shout out to the ones who did it way before me,
They love and they hate and then they love you more,
That's the way it goes, that's the way it goes.
You could try hard, but you can't ignore me,
Shout out to the ones who did it way before me,
They love and they hate and then they love you more,
That's the way it goes, that's the way it goes.