i tried to tell em i tried to tell em i tried to tell em oh yea i tried to tell em ooh me oh my i tried to tell em oh yea i tried to tell em yea yea you see me getting to the money like im supposed to sliding through the city in my old school i tried to tell em ooh me oh my i tried to tell em oh yea i tried to tell em pull up in the phantom no it wasnt tinted no congratulations they just asked me if its rented matter fact it is it cost me 1200 a day and ive had it for a month did i just fuck up your day by the way i was broke for 90 of my life they was cutting off my lights i almost cut my wrists twice no need for the police for what we was from the streets i tried to ask jesus for peace instead i got a jesus piece i never was the one fam never a front man but now these niggas filming only right i gotta stunt man walk into the building to the side you tryna to front man jealous of my sun tan fuck man i tried to tell em oh yea i tried to tell em ooh me oh my i tried to tell em oh yea i tried to tell em yea yea you see me getting to the money like im supposed to sliding through the city in my old school i tried to tell em ooh me oh my i tried to tell em oh yea i tried to tell em  i tried to tell em i tried to warn em told em im a slap you with my iron im bout my money he aint listen thought i was bsing huh then i made the news cuz the robbery got messy now he know im bout that shit but now its too late i had to turn the city into baghdad and kuwait i tried to tell em man im a walking felony i done been to hell and back and aint scared to go to jail again aint nothing bout me flawed and you can bet that bet i whip a whip right off the lot and probably wreck that bet i drop the work into the pot and whip a wet sack bet i hit the block up with this rock and then collect racks i tried to tell em oh yea i tried to tell em ooh me oh my i tried to tell em oh yea i tried to tell em yea yea you see me getting to the money like im supposed to sliding through the city in my old school i tried to tell em ooh me oh my i tried to tell em oh yea i tried to tell em i tried to tell em but they aint believe me i dropped on they ass and i ran through a check i made it look easy but they aint see all of the grind they aint see all of the time somedays i wake up so hungry i couldnt even drop a rhyme uh now im jumping on them flights for the shows nickname me bomb cuz im bout to blow look at the look on they faces like i never told them i was gon make it you niggas is too busy hating i was on my grind like i was skating now im jumping out of foreigns i remember my car needed maintenance but i tried to tell em i was getting to the money i dont owe nobody shit cant take shit from me and i tried to tell em but aint nobody listen so if you cant take the heat that a young nigga bringin fuck out the kitchen i tried to tell em oh yea i tried to tell em ooh me oh my i tried to tell em oh yea i tried to tell em yea yea you see me getting to the money like im supposed to sliding through the city in my old school i tried to tell em ooh me oh my i tried to tell em oh yea i tried to tell em