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I Be Trying

by Cedric Burnside

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1.
Sometimes life ain’t What you expect it to be It can throw you Thangs you cannot see No matter how heartbreaking No matter wrecking your brain The world don’t It don’t owe you a thing The world can be so cold The world can be so cold The world can be so cold The world can be so cold When you are born That’s when it start It’s gon try to Tare your life a apart You got to be strong In the thick of the smoke You got to pray to God For a way to go The world can be so cold The world can be so cold The world can be so cold The world can be so cold
2.
Step In 02:35
I feel, like a bird with bird with broken wings Can’t fly, back up in the trees Like a addict, feenin for crack Tryna break the habit, but it keep on comin back Like a child, cryin’ all night long Hungry for some food, but it’s all gone Please Lord, step in I feel, like I’m lost and cant be found Boat with a hole, that’s slowly sinking down Like a bully, that put me to the test Got me paranoid, and I can’t get no rest Please Lord, step in Please Lord, step in
3.
I Be Trying 03:32
Thangs I used to do I try not to do no mo’ Places I used to go I try not to go no mo’ Words I used to say I try not to say no mo’ And people I used to hang around I try not to hang around no mo’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ But I’m only human I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ Tryna do the best I can Thangs I used to do I try not to do no mo’ Places I used to go I try not to go no mo’ Words I used to say I try not to say no mo’ And people I used to hang around I try not to hang around no mo’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ But I’m only human I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ Tryna do the best I can I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ But I’m only human I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ Tryna do the best I can I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ But I’m only human I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ Tryna do the best I can I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ But I’m only human I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ I be tryin’ Tryna do the best I can
4.
The world is really cruel The world is really cruel Always something going on But you and me baby We keep on going strong Cause you really show me You really show me baby That you really love me And you show me That you really love me And you show me baby That you really love me And you show me That you really love me And baby I Baby I know it Baby I know Yes I know baby Lets get married I need you right by me All the time Cause you really show me baby You really show me That you really love me And you show me That you really love me And you show me baby That you really love And you show me That you really love me You really show me That you really love me And you show me That you really love me And you show me baby that you really love me And you show me That you really love me And baby I Baby I know it Baby I know Yes I know baby
5.
A life filled with love Is the key I wish everybody in the world Could be Stop the hurt and pain, and love again Say sorry for what you did To family and friends ‘Cause love is love is, is the key ‘Cause love is love is, is the key Life is to short To stay mad Forgive and move on The reason for this song It takes a lot, to love somebody When they do you wrong Still love is love is, is the key Still love is love is, is the key Still love is love is, is the key Still love is love is, is the key Is the key Yes it is Is the key Yes it is Is the key Yes it is Is the key Yes it is
6.
Woke up this morning feeling crazy I really really don’t know why Sometimes I don’t know what to do But wipe the tears from my eyes Ask the Lord for revelation So I can see clearer Hoping by the end of the day I feel a little better But still, I keep on pushing as hard as I can Woke up this morning feeling crazy I really really don’t know why Sometimes I don’t know what to do But wipe the tears from my eyes Ask the Lord for revelation So I can see clearer Hoping by the end of the day I feel a little better
7.
Sometimes, you don’t see Snake in the grass, in front of you A few more, steps you take And it might, bite you You gotta look out for yourself You gotta look out for yourself You gotta look out for yourself You gotta look out for yourself Because that’s not what you want Some people, they yo friends But they want, to use you So be, careful who Who you talk to Aint no tellin what What they, they might do You gotta look out for yourself You gotta look out for yourself You gotta look out for yourself You gotta look out for yourself Because that’s not what you want Sometimes, you don’t see Snake in the grass, in front of you A few more, steps you take And it might, bite you You gotta look out for yourself You gotta look out for yourself You gotta look out for yourself You gotta look out for yourself Because that’s not what you want Some people, they yo friends But they want, to use you So be, careful who Who you talk to Aint no tellin what What they, they might do You gotta look out for yourself You gotta look out for yourself You gotta look out for yourself You gotta look out for yourself Because that’s not what you want You gotta look out for yourself You gotta look out for yourself You gotta look out for yourself You gotta look out for yourself Because that’s not what you want
8.
Pretty flower And she really really pretty as can be So beautiful And I think she really bloom just for me I keep her watered And her petals really smile in the sunshine Her stem is trim And I’m really really glad that she’s mine Imma keep on Doin’ what it takes To make her grow Imma keep on Doin’ what it takes I don’t want to let her go The softest flower And having her around is good for me Bloom every season ‘Cause I really really treat her like she need to be Imma keep on Doin’ what it takes To make her grow Imma keep on Doin’ what it takes I don’t want to let her go Imma keep on Doin’ what it takes To make her grow Imma keep on Doin’ what it takes I don’t want to let her go
9.
My woman told me I been doin her wrong I say baby nawl That’s not what been going on I don’t believe you no mo she said I don’t believe you no mo she said What make me think you won’t do it again What make me think it What really really really make me think You wont do it again I made a mistake before Thangs was goin fine I learned my lesson baby Learned my lesson the last time I don’t believe you no mo she said I don’t believe you no mo she said What make me think you won’t do it again What make me think it What really really really make me think You wont do it again I don’t believe you no mo she said I don’t believe you no mo she said What make me think you won’t do it again What make me think it What really really really make me think You wont do it again
10.
Just like a bird, without a feather You know I’m lost without your love Just like a bird without a feather You know I’m lost without your love You know I need your lovin’ Just like the angels need heaven above You know I shot that woman But I shot her because she done me wrong You know I shot my woman But I did it because she done me wrong Yea you know I love that woman She say she didn’t love no one but me You know I love that woman She say she didn’t love no one but me You know I caught her cheatin’ Now my home ain’t where it used to be
11.
Hands off that girl Yeah, yeah She don’t belong to you Hey mane, who is it? No need in lyin to you She’s mine, all mine all mine Keep your hands off that girl She don’t belong to you No need in lyin to you She’s mine, all mine all mine I love the way she walk She walk good I love the way she talk She talk good I love the way she walk Yea, yea yeah She walk good Keep you hands off that girl She don’t belong to you No need in lyin to you She’s mine, all mine all mine keep your hands off that girl She don’t belong to you No need in lyin’ to you She’s mine all mine, all mine Keep your hands off that girl She don’t belong to you Hey man who is it?
12.
Get Down 03:27
Come on yall Get down on the floor No matter if You young or old All that yall go to do All that yall go to do Just get on the floor and get down Don’t think about Whatcha gotta get done Just get out there Have yourself some fun All that yall go to do All that yall go to do Just get on the floor and get down Come on yall Get down on the floor No matter if You young or old All that yall go to do All that yall go to do Just get on the floor and get down Don’t think about Whatcha gotta get done Just get out there Have yourself some fun All that yall go to do All that yall go to do Just get on the floor and get down All that yall go to do All that yall go to do Just get on the floor and get down All that yall go to do All that yall go to do Just get on the floor and get down
13.
And I’m going, to be there baby Whenever you need me And I’m going, to love you baby Love you forever And I’m going, to be there baby Whenever you need me And I’m going, to love you baby Love you forever Sometimes I, I know We go through ups and downs Yes, we do But I wont you to know I’ll always be around And I, and I’m going, to be there baby Whenever you need me And I’m going, to love you baby Love you forever You turn my frown, into a smile Whenever you near me You say you love me Through up and downs Love me forever Sometimes I, I know We go through up and downs Yes, we do But I wont you to know I’ll always be around And I, and I’m going, to be there baby Whenever you need me And I’m going, to love you baby Love you forever You turn my frown, into a smile Whenever you near me You say you love me Through up and downs Love me forever Sometimes I, I know We go through ups and downs Yes, we do But I wont you to know I’ll always be around And I, and I’m going, to be there baby Whenever you need me And I’m going, to love you baby Love you forever And I’m going, to be there baby Whenever you need me And I’m going, to love you baby Love you forever And I’m going to love you baby Love you forever And I’m going to love you baby Love you forever

about

I Be Trying might be the title of the new record from two-time GRAMMY nominee Cedric Burnside, but it’s also a mission statement in an era when plenty of us have discovered what “the blues” really means. Recorded over three days at Royal Studios in Memphis (the home studio of Al Green and Hi Records in the 60s and 70s), this album is the ultimate statement of purpose for a critically acclaimed artist who has proudly carried the mantle of Mississippi Hill Country blues around the world.

Over thirteen tracks, Burnside delivers his bruised but unfettered truth over blistering guitar and deep pocket drums—a sound birthed in his soul but developed and perfected on the road. But no matter how far he travels, the righteous sound he makes could only come from one place. I Be Trying is the sound of modern Mississippi.

Produced by second-generation Memphis soul trailblazer Boo Mitchell (“Uptown Funk”) and featuring guest appearances from Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars) and Zac Cockrell (Brittany Howard), I Be Trying takes the sound that Burnside learned from his grandfather, blues legend R.L. Burnside, and reinterprets it into a modern, bold Black American sound that expands the sonic landscape while respecting and honoring its roots.

credits

released June 25, 2021

Recorded and Mixed at Royal Studios, Memphis, TN
with additional recording at Single Lock Studios, Florence, AL

Produced, Engineered and Mixed by Boo Mitchell
with Associate Producer and Assistant Engineer Ben Tanner
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound

Cedric Burnside: guitar and vocals on all, drums on 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12
Reed Watson: drums and percussion on 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13
Luther Dickinson: guitar on 2, 6
Zac Cockrell: bass on 8
Caleb Elliott: cello on 3, 13
Portrika Burnside: vocals on 3

Recording notes:
All guitar and vocals were run through 2 Coil Audio CA70S mic preamps.
Cedric used Al Green’s famed “Mic #9” on “The World Can Be So Cold.”
Drums were tracked “Willie Mitchell” style with a single Mono RCA 77DX overhead through our 536 MCI preamps.

All songs written by Cedric Burnside except:
“Bird Without a Feather” by R.L. Burnside
“Hands Off That Girl” by Junior Kimbrough

The Team:
Management: Reed Watson and Matthew Thompson
Label: Reed, Addy and Ben at Single Lock Records
US Booking: Josh Brinkman at Crossover Touring
UK Booking: Rupert Orton at PRB Booking
AUS Booking: Brian Taranto at Love Police
Financial: Lucia Turino and Pete Frostic at The Greenroom Resource
Publishing: Amy Patton at One Riot
Publicity: Matt Hanks and Max Lefkowitz at Shorefire Media
Transportation and Support: Chuck Duncan

Cover photography by Dale Gunnoe
Additional photography by Abraham Rowe
Album packaging by Joshua Hardman

C & P 2021 Single Lock Records
www.cedricburnside.net
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