
The officer goes to the store to check with the owner if he had arrested the suspect. He runs from the police officer, but the officer eventually arrests him. Consequently, a police officer catches him picking up the bag where the money had been dropped. The other man runs away, while the young man picks up his bag. The money is inferred to be stolen from the store. The man drops what he had in his hand, revealing money. The man walks into a grocery store, but at the entrance, he collides with a man running out of the store. The video shows the group and Akon performing as well as tells the story of a young man in Cleveland where the group was first formed. On December 31 of the same year, the video appeared at number 89 on BET’s Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2007 countdown. On March 7, 2007, the music video officially debuted on Yahoo! and other websites. It debuted at number eighty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue date Apand reached number six, making it the highest charting Bone Thugs-N-Harmony single in 10 years. The song entered the Billboard charts in the issue dated April 7, 2007.

The song is about the struggles that the members of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Akon went through on the streets. Akon produced and is featured on the song. This particular song features Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone. It was released in February 2007 as the first single from their album Strength & Loyalty.

“I Tried” (also known as “I Tried (So Hard)”) is the title of a song recorded by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony featuring Akon.
