I Try

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