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PARTYNEXTDOOR

DIE TRYING

Release date: 14th February 2025

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Drake carries the weight of 'Die Trying', his verses threading indecision and grief through a track that finds PARTYNEXTDOOR and Yebba in supporting roles. The chorus circles a familiar impasse, stay or leave, try or quit, whilst the first verse sketches a portrait of emotional exhaustion: a decade without tears, a father dispensing bleak counsel over drinks, a future that doesn't sound too bright. Drake credits God as 'her' and admits the two weren't seeing eye to eye this year, a detail that lands quietly amid the song's broader resignation. PARTYNEXTDOOR's post-chorus offers a catalogue of grand gestures, flowers, diamonds, jets, undercut by the suggestion that outside voices are shifting the dynamic. Yebba closes with a fragment about pushing someone away, the outro cutting off mid-line. The production, credited to Jordan Ullman, holds the three voices in a spare arrangement that lets the lyrical detail breathe. The track runs three minutes fifteen seconds and appears as the fifteenth entry on '$ome $exy $ongs 4 U', released in February 2025.

"DIE TRYING" is a track by PARTYNEXTDOOR, from the album $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, released 14th February 2025. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about PARTYNEXTDOOR.

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PARTYNEXTDOOR

PARTYNEXTDOOR

Lyrics

DIE TRYING

[Intro: Drake]

Yeah

[Chorus: Drake]

Girl, I can't decide if I should stay and say I tried

Or I should leave and say goodbye

It's killin' me inside

[Verse 1: Drake]

If I could just get next to you, I'd probably be alright

But we're so busy in this life

We always say, "Some other time"

Why won't my tears work? It's been a decade since I've cried

I got no dog left in the fight

The bark don't match the bite

Me and my old man, we just get fucked up every night

He said, "Son, these hoes just don't love you"

I said, "I'll keep that in mind"

Those ain't words to live by, wouldn't call that sound advice

Our future doesn't sound too bright

But I just nod and say, "You're right," I do

[Chorus: Drake]

Girl, I can't decide if I should stay and say I tried

Or I should leave and say goodbye

It's killin' me inside

[Post-Chorus: PARTYNEXTDOOR]

And all my (My) presents to show my affection

Flowers and diamonds and jets through the sky

I'm not here to teach you a lesson (No)

I'm just a caring and passionate guy

Talks with your friends got you changin' your vibe

Talks with your friends got you changin'

Talks with your friends got you changin' your vibe

Talking to your friends

[Verse 2: Drake]

Girl, I miss my friends, you know too much of them have died

I wish that they were still alive

Just to see the silver lines

This year, me and God, we wasn't seein' eye to eye

I prayed to her from time to time

She was busy on another vibe

I can't vent to you through no text message and reply

I need to see you face to face

Gotta look you in the eye, I do

[Chorus: Drake]

Girl, I can't decide if I should stay and say I tried

Or I should leave and say goodbye

It's killin' me inside

[Post-Chorus: PARTYNEXTDOOR]

And all my presents to show my affection

Flowers and diamonds and jets through the sky

I'm not here to teach you a lesson (No, no)

I'm just a caring and passionate guy

Talks with your friends got you changin' your vibe

Talks with your friends got you changin'

Talks with your friends got you changin' your vibe

Talking to your friends

[Outro: Yebba]

Ooh, another misunderstanding, of course

I pushed you away 'cause that's what I could afford

Ooh, we felt way too true and it hurts

So laughing or crying will only make it worse

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Track details

From $ome $exy $ongs 4 U

2025
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$ome $exy $ongs 4 U
$ome $exy $ongs 4 U
Drake
Release year
2025
  1. —NOKIA
  2. —GLORIOUS
  3. —GIMME A HUG
  4. —SOMETHING ABOUT YOU
  5. —MOTH BALLS
  6. —RAINING IN HOUSTON
  7. —SPIDER-MAN SUPERMAN
  8. —OMW
  9. —LASERS
  10. —PIMMIE'S DILEMMA
  11. —MEET YOUR PADRE
  12. —WHEN HE'S GONE
  13. —SOMEBODY LOVES ME
  14. —GREEDY
  15. —SMALL TOWN FAME
  16. —DEEPER
  17. —DIE TRYING

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Drake, Jordan Ullman, Kenneth Rockwell Ullman, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Yebba
Producer
Jordan Ullman
Engineer
Noel Cadastre, Prep Bijan
Guitar
Kenneth Rockwell Ullman
Keyboards
Jordan Ullman
Assistant Mastering Engineer
Dave Huffman
Assistant Mixing Engineer
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Mastering Engineer
Chris Athens
Mixing Engineer
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Recording Engineer
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