If I woulda tried harder
I would be all I can be
If I woulda tried harder
I could have sailed the seven seas
If I woulda tried harder
I would be a better man
I guess I shoulda tried harder
But I didn't, so here I am
Here I am
[Verse 1]
I should probably be a star by now
But I'm probably at the bar by now
If you're hearing this past 5, or even 4
If it's morning I'm probably somewhere on a cement floor
Even more so if we're on tour
Me and E explore the country wondering about the evening before
Trying to explain where the time went
While other rappers find a studio to grind in
Kinda like when Kobe finds a gym
But the flow be Iverson
Yes homie I am him ('practice?')
I don't practice a lot
It's not a habit I got
I'd rather smoke pot and kick it with Craig and them
But Craig and them ain't making benjamins
They're just sitting on the couch again, again and again
d***, free time, I always wasted it
I wonder what my life would've been like if I'd have gave a s***
[Hook]
If I woulda tried harder
I would be all I can be
If I woulda tried harder
I could have sailed the seven seas
If I woulda tried harder
I would be a better man
I guess I shoulda tried harder
But I didn't, so here I am
[Verse 2]
Back in high school, the s*** was a breeze
I smoked a bunch of trees and I still got B's
Got high as f*** on my SAT's
Both as far as score making, and right before taking them
I've never worked harder at a job than required
I've only worked hard enough not to be fired
It's like Office s***e
You'd have thought that Peter was there
Or Jennifer Aniston rocking minimum pieces of flair
I couldn't imagine what would've happened
If God wouldn't have made me good at rapping
It's only cause of that a good life I provide myself
But just think, what if I'd applied myself
I could be another level rich
Sponsored by a bubble beverage
On television talking about how good Dr. Pepper is
I wish I was as ambitious as 50 Cent
I could have went the same route that him and Diddy went
But alas...
[Hook]
If I woulda tried harder
I would be all I can be
If I woulda tried harder
I could have sailed the seven seas
If I woulda tried harder
I would be a better man
I guess I shoulda tried harder
But I didn't, so here I am
[Outro]
Michael Jordan, I ain't talking to you, nope
Oprah Winfrey, I ain't talking to you, nope
Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, I ain't talking to ya'll, nope
Tiger Woods, yeah, I possibly am talking to you
But Donald Trump I ain't talking to you
To my man who's the Pope, I ain't talking to you
To Chuck Norris, I ain't talking to you
Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, I ain't talking to you
Steve Jobs, rest in peace, but I ain't talking to you
To my mannnnnnnnnn- Neil Armstrong, I ain't talking to you
Or Lance Armstrong, I ain't talking to you
If your name is something that ends with Armstrong
I probably ain't talking to you
I would be all I can be
If I woulda tried harder
I could have sailed the seven seas
If I woulda tried harder
I would be a better man
I guess I shoulda tried harder
But I didn't, so here I am
Here I am
[Verse 1]
I should probably be a star by now
But I'm probably at the bar by now
If you're hearing this past 5, or even 4
If it's morning I'm probably somewhere on a cement floor
Even more so if we're on tour
Me and E explore the country wondering about the evening before
Trying to explain where the time went
While other rappers find a studio to grind in
Kinda like when Kobe finds a gym
But the flow be Iverson
Yes homie I am him ('practice?')
I don't practice a lot
It's not a habit I got
I'd rather smoke pot and kick it with Craig and them
But Craig and them ain't making benjamins
They're just sitting on the couch again, again and again
d***, free time, I always wasted it
I wonder what my life would've been like if I'd have gave a s***
[Hook]
If I woulda tried harder
I would be all I can be
If I woulda tried harder
I could have sailed the seven seas
If I woulda tried harder
I would be a better man
I guess I shoulda tried harder
But I didn't, so here I am
[Verse 2]
Back in high school, the s*** was a breeze
I smoked a bunch of trees and I still got B's
Got high as f*** on my SAT's
Both as far as score making, and right before taking them
I've never worked harder at a job than required
I've only worked hard enough not to be fired
It's like Office s***e
You'd have thought that Peter was there
Or Jennifer Aniston rocking minimum pieces of flair
I couldn't imagine what would've happened
If God wouldn't have made me good at rapping
It's only cause of that a good life I provide myself
But just think, what if I'd applied myself
I could be another level rich
Sponsored by a bubble beverage
On television talking about how good Dr. Pepper is
I wish I was as ambitious as 50 Cent
I could have went the same route that him and Diddy went
But alas...
[Hook]
If I woulda tried harder
I would be all I can be
If I woulda tried harder
I could have sailed the seven seas
If I woulda tried harder
I would be a better man
I guess I shoulda tried harder
But I didn't, so here I am
[Outro]
Michael Jordan, I ain't talking to you, nope
Oprah Winfrey, I ain't talking to you, nope
Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, I ain't talking to ya'll, nope
Tiger Woods, yeah, I possibly am talking to you
But Donald Trump I ain't talking to you
To my man who's the Pope, I ain't talking to you
To Chuck Norris, I ain't talking to you
Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, I ain't talking to you
Steve Jobs, rest in peace, but I ain't talking to you
To my mannnnnnnnnn- Neil Armstrong, I ain't talking to you
Or Lance Armstrong, I ain't talking to you
If your name is something that ends with Armstrong
I probably ain't talking to you