Every time I hear a brother call a girl a bitch or a ho /Tryna make a sister feel low / You know all of that gots to go
2001, Adam F featuring MOP, “Stand Clear”:
You get caught in the middle,tryna dribble on my court
2007 February 4, Kelefa Sanneh, “Friends, Feuds, Yelps, Sobs and a Swedish Nightingale”, inNew York Times[1]:
[…] Mr. Kelly’s verse outshines all the others (“I’mtryna keep it R&B/But these streets is a part of me,” he sings, ascending into falsetto); he gives the chorus a tuneful makeover too.
Catch me up in snowin, in my sliders and my shorts / Chickstryna get my brotha Flips to share his thoughts
2019, Amanda Koci, Henry Walter, Charlie Puth, Maria Smith, Victor Thellm Gigi Grombacher, Roland Spreckle, “So Am I”, performed byAva Max:
You're beautiful, but misunderstood / So why youtryna be just like the neighborhood?
2023 November 7 (date recorded), Chae Young Park [i.e.,Rosé];Bruno Mars [pseudonym; Peter Gene Hernandez] [et al.], “Apt.”, inRosie, performed by Rosé and Bruno Mars, New York, N.Y.:Atlantic Records; Seoul, South Korea:The Black Label, published18 October 2024:
Kissy face, kissy face / Sent to your phone, but / I'mtryna kiss your lips for real (uh-huh, uh-huh)
