[Talib Kweli]   Yeah, yeah   New Talib Kweli   Yeah, you know what it is   Come on, come on, yeah   Hey yo *repeats*      [Hook: Mary J. Blige]   I try, I try (that's all we can do)   I try, you know I try   I try, I try (yeah)   I try, you know I try      [Verse 1: Talib Kweli]   K. West! Kweli!   Got searched on the plane, Arabic first name   Disturbed by the fame just like Kurt Cobain   Breath of life, kiss of death, my lips pursed the same   You flirt 'til she came   Nothin' hurt like the pain and torture   Daughters of the dust lookin' for a vein   Something to take in vain like the Lord's name   Put your hands together, got 'em all sayin'      [Hook: Mary J. Blige]   I try, I try   I try, you know I try   I try, I try   I try, you know I try      [Verse 2: Talib Kweli]   Yo, it's all ghetto in gear higher, the floor settle   More metal for beef that we don't let the law settle   I try to navigate the treacherous waters of   America's ghettos that set up the slaughteres   But there's more of us   Although we speak in different languages   We all pretty familiar with what anger is   Young and dangerous, ??   Get up on some gangsta shit   Guns to bang ya wit'   And we put it on records to entertain ya wit'   I'm grown with pains way deeper than Mike Seavers   Our uniforms is white sneakers and white T-shirts   On top of wife beaters   We like to light reefers   The 'hood need us for rappers, just ain't the right leaders   I put a lot into it   This is my product and I gotta move it   Stop the industry but you can't stop the music      [Interlude: Mary J. Blige]   An upside down kingdom where life is just not fair (upside down kingdom)   Some many sufferin' 'cause deep inside they're scared (so scared)   Fear pumped into their veins to keep them from their destiny   Where would they be if you and I don't care?      [Hook: Mary J. Blige]   I try, I try, you know I try   I try, I try, I try, you know I try      [Verse 3: Talib Kweli]   Yo, the things I'm seein' on the news is insane   A stock broker shoot his kid and throw himself in front of a train   A mother leave her baby home for two weeks all by himself   Three years old, eatin' ketchup and mustard, cryin for help   Tryin' to bring your struggle to life   The label want a song about a bubbly life   I have trouble tryin' to write some shit   To BANG in the club through the night   When people suffer tonight   Lord knows I try      [Hook: Mary J. Blige]   I try, I try, I try, you know I try   I try, I try, I try, you know I try      [Interlude: Talib Kweli]   Life is a beautiful struggle   People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle   Some people usin' the noodle, some people usin' the muscle   Some people put it all together, make it fit like a puzzle   Come on, say it now   Life is a beautiful struggle   People search through the rubble for a suitable hustle   Some people usin' the noodle, some people usin' the muscle   Some people put it all together, yeah      [Outro: Mary J. Blige]   I try, I try, you know I try   I try, oh Lord I try   Everyday I      [Mary J. Bliges harmonizes with the beat]      Upside down kingdom   Oh, they're so scared   Everyday on the news we can't look around with   something somewhere   I try, I try, you know I try   I try, I try, I try, you know I try   Lord knows, Lord knows we try   Yeah