About this song

Trying To Maintain is a track by Ice Cube, taken from the album “Death Certificate (Complete Edition)”, released October 29, 2021 on Priority Records. It runs 3:33 and carries an explicit content notice. Use the Deezer link above to stream the full song.

I'm just tryin' to maintain I'm just tryin' to maintain To everybody tryin' to maintain And keep they name out the main frame Yeah, we all in the same gang Yeah, we all with the bang, bang Been a vet, nigga, broke the Internet 'Cause they can't fuck with my intellect Yeah, nigga, all your followers Follow every word like swallowers Wanna catch it when I spit it Fuck a critic and his analytics I don't fit in your formula I only fit in your bitch, I'm warning ya Please don't feed the animals When they got they face covered in pantie hoes Niggas ain't na-nice Take your grandmomma chain and your lie 'Cause we all tryin' to maintain 'Cause we all tryin' to maintain I'm just tryin' to maintain I'm just tryin' to maintain To everybody tryin' to maintain With a little Mary Jane on the campaign We buy you in the fast lane Only act like this 'cause the black ain't Fuck your cancel culture, bitch You can't cancel a soldier, quit See, I thought I told ya Drunk or sober, tell you when it's over Slap the shit out a Troller I kill shit like Ebola I'm the son, I'm the solar Your baby mind is in a stroller Too much gang for the P brain I have no alliance to no Greek names Some of y'all down with the fucking royals I'm only down for the fucking soil That's right And I'm just tryin' to maintain And I'm just tryin' to maintain With all doin' insane (Crazy) With all blowin' out your brains I just wanna maintain Do what I do, let my nuts hang They insane, never explain 'Cause all we wanna do is them big thanks Checkmate if you trick me Out here lookin' for that clickbait You need to hustle on that computer I'm a rooster always thinkin' 'bout the future And I'ma smoke it like a chimney Sippin' on Henny, sayin' fuck 2020 Some of y'all ain't worth a penny I keep it one thousand and keep your doubt in Pull up, my niggas pile in Now I'm with the wolfs and we howling Profilin' and we stylin' Sad motherfuckers, get your pile in If you're just tryin' to maintain If you're just tryin' to maintain I'm just tryin' to maintain Yo, I'm just tryin' to maintain I'm just tryin' to maintain (I'm just tryin' to maintain, I'm just tryin' to maintain) I'm just tryin' to maintain

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More from Death Certificate (Complete Edition)

Full tracklist

  1. 01 The Funeral E 1:37
  2. 02 The Wrong Nigga To Fuck Wit E 2:48
  3. 03 My Summer Vacation E 3:56
  4. 04 Steady Mobbin' E 4:09
  5. 05 Robin Lench E 1:13
  6. 06 Givin' Up The Nappy Dug Out E 4:15
  7. 07 Look Who's Burnin' E 3:53
  8. 08 A Bird In The Hand E 2:17
  9. 09 Man's Best Friend E 2:05
  10. 10 Alive On Arrival E 3:11
  11. 11 Death E 1:02
  12. 12 The Birth E 1:22