I Tried

[Chorus]: We always had a choice At least we think we do I've always tried so hard I thought this to be true [Verse One]: First off can I tell you? I got love for you But there's reasons I'm holdin' back So I decided to tell you Why it's hard for me To show the love, girl I owe you that It's been awhile since I've known you And what we go through It's kinda tough to expose in raps And I get scared when I hold you I'm in a cold mood I think it's time you were told the facts Cause you think that it's you when you start complainin' And sayin' this thing that we got is so drainin' You really wanna take my last name and have a child with my eyes And you tired of waitin' The truth is You are not to blame Cause a few years back, I was so ashamed I got caught up with a lady that had tried to change me And she did that shit and I miss that bitch Damn [Chorus]: We always had a choice At least we think we do I've always tried so hard I thought this to be true [Verse Two]: We were three years in She had a kid The father of the child had to do a little bid I was step daddy and for me that was big Cause I had to step up my game for us to live I mean I was in it I was makin' dinner Didn't have a job so I played babysitter Faithful as hell there was no playin' with her Shit was fuckin deep girl, I was rubbin' feet I was cleanin' on the weekend, I was readin' to her son No cheatin', no beefin', I thought that she was the one I don't know if baby father was the nigga that she loved I don't even know what happened but I pray to God above That's she's okay She might have thought that I was pimpin' I wasn't even rappin', I got me a job temping Kinda in the streets, the money was so tempting But when she left me my life became empty [Chorus]: We always had a choice At least we think we do I've always tried so hard I thought this to be true [Verse Three]: It could've been the fact that I couldn't go half on the rent Or maybe cause I quit after days bein' a temp Or maybe it was too much time that I spent With her kid and she hated the life that I represent It could've been that dude came home I never know But if she wasn't happy she hardly let it show I was movin' green, I wasn't fuckin' with snow But now I see rain, well maybe she was a hoe No she wasn't She was cool with my mother We would laugh together, cry together, lay up under covers I went away for some days, came home to discover That she moved out, switched e-mails and changed numbers And you You ask, you wonder Why when it comes to love that I'm a fronter Girl I tried and I came out a punk, a chump A sissy, a pussy, my ass got dumped for nothin' man [Chorus]: We always had a choice At least we think we do I've always tried so hard I thought this to be true