I ain't gonna try no more
I ain't gonna try no more
I'm just gonna do it
Flowers don't have to try to bloom
They just bloom
The sun don't have to try to shine
It just do
So why do I have to try to be
Something other than me
I'm tryna stay real for me
And tryna stay true for you
What you expect for me to do
When tryin' doesn't work like it's supposed to
I ain't gonna try
I ain't gonna try no more
I ain't gonna try no more, no
I'm just gonna do it, yes
If there's ever anything I try to be
It's someone who speaks with honesty
A person who won't take personally
Or make assumptions about things that people say to me
I'll take it for what it is
No more, no less
Accept it as motivation
For me to do my best
I tried school, it was cool, aced all my classes
Tried working with the youth, but they some rude ass kids
Tried corporate America, you know the suit and tie thing
Took a couple years to figure out that it wasn't my thing
Money was nice, but I didn't have a life
Plus it put my whole game for a wife on ice
And I don't even watch sports, but I was feeling like a hockey puck
Let me quit before I go postal and they lock me up
Hit the studio, hit them other continents
My records hit the shelves, they hit me with compliments
I was tryin' new things, sorta tryin' to sing
Some people was like "What the hell is you doing?"
Look at him, ah, he just tryin' to be different
But I wasn't tryin', I am, look at my pigment
And look where I grew up at, and look where I been
No don't ever try to tell me that I'm tryin' again
I'm just doin' it
Just bein' me
It's all I ever wanted to be
I don't try, I'm just doin' it
I don't try, I'm just doin' it
I don't try, I'm just doin' it
I don't try, I'm just doin' it