i remember the day when i took him in my heart and all my old ways denied hey and my old friends sayin i wasn t the same made a change in my life oh felt like a bum in the slum no control on my tongue and i cursed and i lied i played the game for the fame i was lame for the dames and the devil was my ally i was in jail made bail and the demons in my head made me do something stupid i was in love wit my girl but we didn t get along so i blamed it on the cupid let unemployment hunt me didn t nobody want me answer my major when i tried everything everything didn t work then i finally tried the savior hay i done tried it all runnin in the streets i done tried it all goin to the club i done tried it all tryin to play the thug i done tried it all oh after i tried the rest i was trippin cause i should ve tried the best runnin with a no i should ve tried a yes open up my heart and then my mouth confessed yes i thought i d recover quickly but without god my life was still a little tricky hay and i wasn t really picky living for lust thank god the girly wasn t sickly oh i turned around i was sound cause the lord that i found man his love just hit me i can t deny i was high this is good you should try but it s not the sticky icky now i m a happy camper finally changed my pamper ready for the throw down yeah i m a bold soldier nothing to hide like a brother on the low down i tell them all worldwide inside outside internet on the cable when i tried everything everything didn t work but the holy one is able hay i done tried it all runnin in the streets i done tried it all tryin to play the thug i done tried it all goin to the club i done tried it all oh after i tried the rest i was trippin cause i should ve tried the best runnin with a no i should ve tried a yes open up my heart and then my mouth confessed yes  yes i never know how good your love could be but now i see my life is so much better then i ever dreamed you rescued me hay i done tried it all runnin in the streets i done tried it all goin to the club i done tried it all tryin to play the thug i done tried it all oh after i tried the rest i was trippin cause i should ve tried the best runnin with a no i should ve tried a yes open up my heart and then my mouth confessed yes