I Tried-欧阳靖

[ti:I Tried] [ar:欧阳靖] [al:Say Something] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Tried - 欧阳靖 (MC Jin) [00:02.57]You know I had to say something [00:05.67]Jin do I wait for the beat to drop [00:08.39]Or do I start here [00:10.52]Check it forget waitin' [00:12.88]This ain't a feature this is my tape [00:15.03]Time waits for no man [00:16.19]So why the heck should I wait [00:17.62]I could probably run this town if I'd like [00:19.63]But I'm straight [00:20.60]Take a walk in my shoes if you choose size 8 [00:23.38]You might just feel the presence of the [00:25.23]Holy spirit [00:25.87]They say I'm a changed man [00:27.74]If the shoe fits wear it [00:29.19]I used to think that this was just all entertainment [00:31.79]So I did and said anything [00:33.30]I could get away with [00:34.80]Any consequences [00:35.99]I'm the one that's gotta live with it [00:37.70]The last thing [00:38.37]I'm tryna be now is a hypocrite [00:40.73]Cause it boils down to way more than [00:42.37]What I write ultimately [00:44.06]I'm defined by how [00:44.86]I live my life [00:45.88]Knew I had to change my ways and believe in what's right [00:48.55]'Til this day [00:49.22]I still got my own demons to fight [00:51.31]If I had to do it on my own no doubt [00:53.39]I'd be a goner [00:54.63]But I will be victorious cause [00:55.99]God is in my corner [00:57.39]The freedom of expression is truly a gift [00:59.80]It can be used to destroy or used to uplift [01:02.76]If I had to list my flaws there's plenty [01:04.98]I could mention [01:05.93]But through it all [01:06.59]I never had any bad intentions [01:08.98]Never thought the youth would take heed to [01:10.63]What I say first and foremost [01:12.10]I apologize for leadin' you astray [01:14.46]Movin' right along [01:15.53]Now's the time to right the wrongs [01:17.26]So I think long and hard before [01:18.80]I start to write a song [01:20.09]Cause as an artist for every track that you create [01:22.68]Ain't no way to know the type of impact you can make [01:25.58]On one person or society as a whole [01:28.57]I'm hopin' through these lines you can see inside my soul [01:31.28]Take a long hard look and you'll start to see the light [01:34.08]It's an autobiographical story of my life [01:36.94]On the cover just a plain book here's the missin' factor [01:39.93]I'm still the same book y'all just on a different chapter [01:42.72]The next generation is headed for disaster [01:45.53]Rappers blamin' parents and the parents blame the rappers [01:48.40]A lack of substance [01:49.48]What you hear is so hollow [01:51.12]I feel you you ain't here to be nobody's role model [01:53.93]I know you're tryna eat no lie so am I [01:56.55]You shouldn't be offended [01:57.47]If what I say just don't apply [01:59.48]We need more of the truth than the game instead of less [02:02.29]It's bigger than [02:02.77]Hiphop dead [02:03.97]Prez said it best [02:04.89]You're probly listenin' [02:05.66]Like who's this guy to tell me how to live [02:07.73]You're right [02:08.53]I don't know you but [02:09.50]I know I'm positive [02:10.70]If it's in my power to extend a helpin' hand [02:13.58]Not even as a rapper but as a fellow man [02:16.53]This is good versus evil it's time to choose a side [02:19.24]I will never be perfect but at least [02:21.11]I know I tried [02:23.60]Uh say something