[Intro] Lotta money, need to spend it on the 40, mm You can’t help me, please don’t call me, no Mm, mm Tryna live ⸻ [Verse 1] Okay, I stepped up in this spot, I don’t know nobody Everybody actin’ cool, but I don’t know nobody I’m from the gutter, mess around, rob a snowmobiler At twenty-three, I needed cheese, I was a go-getter I bought a ticket for a flight, but I ain’t boardin’ it If you can tell me what I’m missin’, I’ll reward it Ain’t got a roof over my head, but I record it And every brother that I know would die for Jordans And every lady in the hood still takin’ pictures And all my homies got a problem with the sisters He bought a gun because he swear somebody’s with us And I’m just tryna live, and he just tryna live And she just tryna live, we just tryna live ⸻ [Chorus] I know it’s hard to live when you in the city I know it’s hard to live when you in the city I know it’s hard to live when you in the city I know it’s hard to live when you in the city ⸻ [Verse 2] Don’t you come around here, you can’t tell me what you ’bout My momma workin’ hard, my poppa in and out I’m tryna do it all, tryna get it figured out ’Cause if I make a call, you know they air it out And if I make a call, you know they pullin’ up They say you don’t have it all until you had enough She wanna get involved, but she don’t wanna trust She say she wanna love, but she don’t wanna love She tryna live And I’m just tryna live, and he just tryna live And she just tryna live, we just tryna live ⸻ [Chorus] I know it’s hard to live when you in the city I know it’s hard to live when you in the city I know it’s hard to live when you in the city I know it’s hard to live when you in the city ⸻ [Verse 3 – NEW] I seen a homie lose his house over late payments He said the system never loved us, it just re-names us I’m tryna climb up out the mud, but it still stains us And every win feel like a loss the way the pain stays with us My cousin hustlin’ for a job, but they don’t take felons He got a story in his chest nobody ain’t tellin’ He said he prayin’, but he feel like heaven ain’t mellin’ We all just tryna breathe before the world cave in I’m tryna live And he just tryna live, and she just tryna live And they just tryna live, we just tryna live ⸻ [Verse 4 – NEW] I saw a kid outside the store with his shoulders heavy Said he been runnin’ from his problems since he turned eleven He asked me, “Do it get better?” I said, “Not already… But if you keep your heart steady, life might let you breathe.” The city teach you how to dream, but not how to keep it Teach you how to fight for love, but not how to receive it Everybody scared to fall, so nobody leapin’ We all tryna find a moment where we feel we mean it We tryna live I’m tryna live, you tryna live We all just tryna live ⸻ [Bridge – NEW] And every night we pray the sirens don’t come close Tryna keep our heads above the water, we just float Tryna see a future, but the past won’t let us go Tryna heal the hurt, but the city’s movin’ slow If you ever feel alone, just know we feel it too Tryna make a better life with nothin’ left to lose Tryna find a reason, tryna find a truth Tryna live another day the best way we can do ⸻ [Chorus] I know it’s hard to live when you in the city I know it’s hard to live when you in the city I know it’s hard to live when you in the city I know it’s hard to live when you in the city ⸻ [Outro – NEW] We just tryna make it through the noise and the pressure Tryna find peace in a world full of tension Everybody dreamin’ but the dreams feel rented Everybody searchin’ for a life worth mentionin’ So if you hear this song, just know you ain’t alone Even when the sidewalks feel colder than stone We all gotta fight just to hold our own We all tryna live in a place we don’t own Tryna live… Tryna live… We just tryna live.
