I Try Songtext
von Joe Smooth

Lord knows I try
Lord knows I try

Cost of living is skyrocketing today
People livin′ in the streets 'cause they couldn′t pay
Money's passin' through hands sent to foreign lands
Instead of here at home to help your brother man
Perpetrating the guise of a holy man
You say you′re doin′ good, but I can't seem to understand
You′re livin' so high up on your hill
Askin′ me to give and usin' me to foot the bill

But Lord knows I try
But Lord knows I try


You′re workin' on your ways to put me in a state of siege
To take away my rights, so does democracy
Fighting star wars that were really never meant to be
I'm cryin′ out to you, please let the people see
I′m strugglin' hard, seems like I′m doin' time
To make ends meet and to keep my dreams alive
Although it′s hard, one day I know I'll be
The one on top out from under this hypocrisy

′Cause Lord knows I try
The Lord, He knows I try
Lord knows I try
The Lord knows I try

The cost of living is skyrocketing today
All the people can't find a place, a place to stay
Oh, is that the way that democracy is gonna treat you and me?
I know we can change, I know we have the power to change
You and me have, you and me have the power and the authority
Forever to bring about a change, to make a change
We know that there's gonna be a change, we have the power