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I’m Trying Lyrics by Retep

Self Over Status

2017

Verse1
Change is the one thing that will never change
Couple looks in the mirror never knew it ever came
Ive been ok it went away coming back within a maze
Next thing I know im running late into a different day
People look amazed I look afraid of what I say
Im snapping when I hear my name
Acting when a Que is made
Laughing cuz its all sherades
All the egg is on your face
Packaging whats on my plate
Never fake so ask myself a q and a

Hook
Im trying to be (To be)
The best pete I can be (Can be)
But everything falls back on me
Im trying im trying

Verse 2
I see my flaws these people see my face
I wear a mask then people play there game
They do it for the sport even belicheck would have them stay
They sit for the anthem and have a jersey to grace there name
They chasing the reins complacent to pain a willing slave to the trade
But quick to start placing the blame from the statements they made
Im erasing there stage to start embracing my change from basement to fame
Till a tombstone starts encasing my bane
Sometimes I stay awake on a dark knight
With writers block in a bar fight
So much every line I write looks two faced in the starlight
Not to mention when I turn the tide theres a solar eclipse
And if a fan starts the wave its a tsunami orbiting this
Because people are always around but never know
Rumors swirl never listen up just let em go
Mind your business but please have your interest show
I wanna feel something doing something ive never done before
I wish I could start over with a few people
No regrets but standing up to the mistakes that will unseat you
My past darker than my current journey
Thats why I when I say I see the light it still disturbs me
Ironically blinded by the darkness thats why I show it mercy
Light and dark versing for the blindside to secure me
The loser sends condolences for the other one trying to turn me
If you try to hurt me im certain it won't concern me



Verse 3
Pressure builds and i dont know how to handle it
So I dismantle the manuscript and re write it as john wick
Fighting these demons violence is constant
Its part of my content the drama that I live
Is what I give cuz not cursing is my gift
People tell me to change think it would better me
I tell them to stop looking for a better me
The better you is your enemy
If you slip into my melodies
You would see the better me is my energy
Im inspired off my own potential
You can be where im at if your inner fight lets you
Never throw in your towel if it doesnt sweat you
Im a apollo mission to my creed nothing can protect you
If you keep going who knows I might let loose
Promote you to challenger to be the bearer of bad news
Open mind closed mouth tongue in cheek is a taboo
Im ai to your practice warewolf to a half moon
Some people want to join me but im doing my thing
I appreciate support but im choosing my gang
I see these other rappers no doubt im a fan
My taste in music dont support who I am
You do what you get in return I do what I can
Im cooking a lightning strike they a flash in the pan
I swear im not hating I just wanna make it pro
But what they be doing now is what I was doing 5 years ago
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Retep

Retep

About “I’m Trying” by Retep

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"I’m Trying" appears on "Self Over Status" in 2017.

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