Yamin Semali - Try Too Hard Lyrics

I'd like to dedicate this to all the intelligent people
Because we get treated like a minority

You might do some stupid shit sometimes but you know who you are

It's a lot of us out here though

I can feel it

I make it look effortless
You would think that I was never stressed
But I try so hard
I try so hard

I dont know if I'll ever rest
But I ain't settling for second best
They say I try too hard
Now don't you try too hard

I never been about the middle ground
I'm searching for the perfect pitch on this little mound
Still double A, but f*ck it cuz I'm still around, but I'm never still, So my acronym is KIM for now
Playing on a tight rope like a berimbau
Living in the here and now
But mentally, I'm in Curaçao
Good weather and women, the things I've been about
The present is a gift, but I ain't pulled the ribbon out
Yet
No turning back so there's no other route left
Gotta go in, no matter what the outlet
I can taste the future mane, my mouth's wet
So when I spit, I always end the drought
Bet
Somebody oughta call a spotter, to get ya little bars up, I'm training like it's Sparta
Another song about this rap shit, why even bother
Shit sometimes I wanna quit
Times are harder but I'm sharper

I make it look effortless
You would think that I was never stressed
But I try so hard
I try so hard

I dont know if I'll ever rest
But I ain't settling for second best
They say I try too hard
Now don't you try too hard

My Clan's Destined, I always count it as a blessing, thinking back when we were freshmen, how we never dealt with yes men
I think I'm Curtis mayfield the way I leave Impressions
Haters are like craters, You can fall in their depression
Its competitive nature
It's even better they hate ya
I never look to heaven for saviors or reverends for prayers
You can seek the middle man to show you better behavior
But tell me how you really knowing if he ever forgave ya
I know we all need instruction, don't be getting me wrong
But the best helping hand is at the end of my arm
And that's the same hand that's been penning these songs
The other hand you'd be shaking when I give you my bond, your grip isn't strong
Damn right I overachieve
Cuz no one believes in your seeds til you show em the trees
Yo I got a way with words, and never dumb it down for grades on a curve
I don't owe you shit, I owe it to me

I make it look effortless
You would think that I was never stressed
But I try so hard
I try so hard

I dont know if I'll ever rest
But I ain't settling for second best
They say I try too hard
Now don't you try too hard

This is dedicated to all those out there with a mind of their own
Thinking outside limitations placed on them

Yo, man I ain't just trying to rap
We're more than musicians just like you're more than a listener

Whatever we set our minds to, man, I'm trying to get it, accomplish it
And it's done

I make it look effortless
You would think that I was never stressed
But I try so hard
I try so hard

I dont know if I'll ever rest
But I ain't settling for second best
They say I try too hard
Now don't you try too hard