Chords for Talib Kweli - I Try ft. Mary J. Blige

_ Yeah, _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [B] new talent [Em]
quality.
_ _ [Am] You know what it [B] is.
[Em] Come on.
_ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] I'm _ _ _ [Dm] trying.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G#m] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] West
_ _ _ _ [C] [E] first _ _ _ [Am] name man.
[B] like Kurt [Em] Cobain, breath of life, kiss of death.
My lips [Am] pursed, saying it's flour to sustain.
[B] Nothing hurt like [Em] pain in torture.
Throw this up to dust.
Look [Am] for fame, something to take.
[Em] Zain like more name.
Put my hands together.
Got it more sane.
_ [Am] I try.
_ _ [G] I try.
_ _ [C]
I [G#m] try.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Am] I [G] try.
[Am] _
[G] [C] I try.
I try, _ [B] I try, I [Em] try, I try, I try, I try, I try, I try, I try.
It's all ghetto, we get higher than [Am] four set of more [B] metal for beef, but we don't let [Em] the floor set up.
I try to navigate the [Am] treacherous waters of America, ghettos [B] that set up the [Em] smoking [E] breath.
But it's more of us, although we speak [Am] in different languages, we look [G] pretty familiar with what anger [B] is,
younger [Em] days' prayers, tricks, drinking lids, skittles, skips, shit, guns [Am] and banging, wet,
and we put in [G] the records to entertain and wet.
Our growing pains are [C] way deeper than mic [B] sneakers.
Our uniforms is white sneakers and [E] white T-shirts.
On [Em] top of white beaters, we like to light [A] reefers.
So her [G] need is [Am] for rappers [B] to think [C] bright leaders.
I put a lot into it.
This is my [B] product and I gotta move it.
Stop the industry, bitch, you can't [C] stop the music.
[E] An upside down [Am] kingdom where life is [B] just not fair.
[Em] _
So many suffering, [Am] cause deep [B] inside they're scared.
[Em] _ Fear pumped into [A] their veins to keep them from [Em] their destiny.
Where would [B] they [E] be if you [Em] and I don't care?
[Am] _ _
I [C] _ [G] try, _ _ [C]
I [B] try, _ you know [E] I [Em] try.
_ I [Am] [G] try, _ I [C] _ try, _ I [B]
try, _ you [Em] know I try.
The things we're seeing on the news [Am] is insane.
A star broke the shoe [Bm] to kill and throw himself in front of [Em] the train.
A mother leave her baby home for two weeks all [Am] by himself.
Two years old, he [B] can't catch up and must've cried for [Em] help.
Trying to bring a struggle to life.
[Am] The label want a song about a bubbly [Em] life.
I have trouble trying to [G] write some shit that's banging.
[E] Pump through the night, or [Em] beat the stuff of the night.
Lord knows I [Am] try.
I try, _ [G] I _ try, [C]
I [B] try, _ you [Em] know I try.
_ I [C] try, [G] _ _ [Am]
[G] I [C] try, _ _ I [B] _
try, you know [Em] I try.
Life is a beautiful struggle.
[Am] People search through the rubble for [B] a suitable hustle.
Some people [Em] using the noodles, some people using the muscles.
Some [Am] people put it all together, make [B] it fit like a puzzle.
Come on, [Em] say it now.
Life is a beautiful [Am] struggle.
People search through the rubble for [G] a suitable hustle.
Some people [Bm] using the [C#] noodles, some [Em] people using the muscles.
Some people put it all together, yeah.
[Am] _ _ _
_ _ [G] [C] I _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [B] try, _ you know [E] I [G] try.
_ I [C] try.
[G] _ _ [C]
I try.
_ _ Every [B]
day I _ think [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _
of you.
[Am] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Em] You. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ You.
Somehow [Am] or some [F] way.
_ _ [G] [C] I [G] try.
_ _ [C]
I [B] try.
_ _ _ [Em] I try.
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] I try. _
_ [C] I try.
_ [B] I try.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _