Cee-Lo - Die Trying Lyrics
[Chorus]See there's no way and there's no howI'd ever stop now, Imma die tryin', I'mma die tryingAnd sometimes I get weak from walking the road I'm onBut I'mma keep on. I'mma die tryin', I'mma die tryin' (mmm..)Before we came being southern wasn't something to claimIn fact wasn't something too fly it was something to blameSmilin and juckin and jivin I was so ashamedThey gave the dirty an apparently appropriate nameI wrote about a revolution and sung from the soulSpoke with my spirit and mind my ambition was blindAnswering the call of god like a child obeyingPreaching the very same power they killed martin for sayingBut you can't break the hold and not holding your breathThought if I died for ya, that would be an honourable deathSo sincere my eyes begin to swell up in tearAnd it's clear my music may not do well up in hereOh my god being a nigger must be a good payin jobWith all the fringe benefits, ignorance is blissThere is a time and a place for everybody's tasteBut I know too much and I owe too much(Chorus)So here it is, an invitation to an open bookA painful past my heart is still broken lookI know you don't hate me it's not assured they anyone appreciate meSee i've been having a hard time selling my album's latelyIn recent news the source couldnt find any microphones to rate meUsing words I could scream an alternative to equate meWhich is true I'm in a box with a view would you still wanna date me?I could be a pretty good thug but it wouldnt compare to a great meThe final cross to bear is mine it's not a cross to shareBut isn't it ironic I still woulda bought a cross to wearThat obviously cost to wear but considerably less than the price that it costs to careNow I have another loss to spare I doubt em say that I can't winEven though I know talking intelligent just ain't inYou most likely to go broke when you just can't bendSo me and JJ both gon' have to pay bills(Chorus)ListenPeople still standin in line at the World Party for some Soul FoodTo get put back in that old moodThey say we like the new 'Loand we respect everything that you trying to do 'LoDo what you do but just do more that you knowIt's a catch 22 and I couldn't cryNow I'm under oath with them both and I couldn't lieCussed 'em said that I'm too dope and I coudln't flyBut you getting rich talkin shit so why shouldn't II'm just playing but I guess that couldn't go without sayingI'm just gon ride this revolution until they stop me where I'm stayinBut I ain't gotta lie to ya to make it sound fly to yaI keep my feet on the ground and bring the sky to ya(Chorus)
