Lately I be feeling
Like everybody building
I'm chilling on the first floor
Got this rain on my shoulder
So open your arms like umbrella
And save me from the downpour
And even if it's too late
I'll wait at heaven's gate
Cause you saving me is just a fantasy
But I won't plea
Keep your eyes on me
Cause I wanna joke like Chris Rock
I wanna rap like K Dot
I wanna act like The Rock
I wanna be like Odell
But I'm just a trying man
Oh well
It's been a while
But I reckon I reconcile
So you niggas better hold your tongue
Cause you weren't there through everything I overcome
I was tempted and pressured into picking up a loaded gun
But I stood firm
Even when I'm supposed to run
I'm a trying man
Nobody can tell me who I am
I'm a trying man
Scraping every penny I can get
If you turn your back on me
Make sure you have no regret
I'm chasing my dreams but I'm far off
Yet My footprints are legendary
So when you tell my story
Make sure you include
The traumas that trespass
The struggles that intrude
My will made from steel
So this drama I will outlast
A nigga had to force heal
I never really foreseen breaking the door seal
I'm putting up a force field
Or giving you my shoes
So you can tell me how the course feel
Cause everyday I travel miles
But haven't reach a milestone
Tryna do this on my own
You know, you gotta be down to push
Even if it's four flat
No cap
Like you never wore hat
No slack
You gotta be down to go to war for me
Just like my niggas did for blacks
In other words
Set me free
I'm a trying man
Nobody can tell me who I am
I'm a trying man
Scraping every penny I can get
If you turn your back on me
Make sure you have no regret