“Trying While I’m Tired”
(Ann Marie style — emotional R&B/HipHop, pain + ad libs)
[Intro – soft, exhausted]
Yeah…
(mmm…)
I’m tired for real…
(so tired…)
Still waking up fighting though…
(yeah…)
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[Verse 1]
Mentally numb, emotionally drained (drained…)
Every smile in this house hide pain (hide pain…)
Physically weak but I still move strong (still do…)
Act like I’m okay when everything wrong
Too many nights I cried in silence (silence…)
Family wounds turn love to violence (hurt me…)
I be tryna heal but the scars too deep
Can’t even rest, I barely sleep (mmm…)
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[Hook]
I’m tired and trying… (trying…)
But this pain keep multiplying (keep on…)
Emotionally dumb, I can’t say what I feel (what I feel…)
Fake a smile so nobody know it’s real
I’m tired and trying… (yeah…)
Heart so heavy, soul been dying
Family pain got me losing myself
Still I carry it all by myself…
(by myself…)
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[Verse 2]
They don’t see the pressure buildin’ up (nah…)
Everybody take but don’t give enough
I done gave love till I went cold (went cold…)
Now my heart feel broke and old
Screaming inside but I stay quiet
Too hurt to care, too tired to fight it
But I’m still here, ain’t gave up yet
Even with pain wrapped around my neck
(yeah… yeah…)
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[Outro – emotional]
I’m still trying though…
(even when it hurt…)
Still standing somehow…
(mmm…)
Maybe one day this pain gon’ let me breathe…
But right now…
I’m just tired…
(so tired…)