Trying

Written by Douglas Firestein

I was the number one act
The king of the roster
The white girl went platinum
Now it’s her that you foster

I took all of the heat
Put the label on the map
Now when I need help
You just turn your back

The papers glorified me
The people idolized me
The government kept me down
Because my skin was brown

Do you…
Remember those days
Me up on the stage
Serenading all the girls
I miss life in that world

Do you…
Want me to forget
The times that were best
now you ask me to sell out?

(Oooh…)
I guess I’m trying now

I hide in a mail sack
Until the lights go down
Executives working late
Perfect time to make my rounds

Tie them to the office desk
Cut off both their feet
Then fax away the evidence
So they can’t walk all over me

The papers glorified me
The people idolized me
The government kept me down
Because my skin was brown

Do you…
Remember those days
Me up on the stage
Serenading all the girls
I miss life in that world

Do you…
Want me to forget
The times that were best
now you ask me to sell out?

(Oooh…)
I guess I’m trying now

Right about now
I’m looking like a jerk
I guess i misunderstood
Just how faxes work

Do you…
Remember those days
Me up on the stage
Serenading all the girls
I miss life in that world

Do you…
Want me to forget
The times that were best
now you ask me to sell out?

(Oooh…)
I guess I’m trying now