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| fromartist Album = [[O (Omarion album)|O]]

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| Namealbum = [[O = I'm(Omarion Trynaalbum)|O]]

| released = {{Start date|2005|04|06}}

| Artist = [[Omarion]]

| Recorded recorded = 2004

| Cover = Omarion - I'm Tryna.jpg

| studio =

| from Album = [[O (Omarion album)|O]]

| venue =

| Format = [[Music download]], [[CD single]]

| Releasedgenre = {{Start[[Contemporary date|2005|04R&B|06}}R&B]]

| Length length = {{Duration|m=4|s=22}}

| Writer = [[Harvey Mason, Jr.]]<br>[[Tank (American singer)|Durrell Babbs]]<br>Damon Thomas<br>[[J. Valentine]]<br>Antoine Dixon

| label = [[Epic Records|Epic]]/[[Sony BMG|Sony]]

| Recorded = 2004

| Writer writer = [[Harvey Mason, Jr.]]<br>[[Tank (American singer)|Durrell Babbs]]<br>Damon Thomas<br>[[J. Valentine]]<br>Antoine Dixon

| Genre = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]

| Producer producer = [[The Underdogs (duo)|The Underdogs]]

| Length = {{Duration|m=4|s=22}}

| Label prev_title = [[EpicTouch Records|Epic]]/[[Sony(Omarion BMGsong)|SonyTouch]]

| prev_year = 2005

| Producer = [[The Underdogs (duo)|The Underdogs]]

| Writer next_title = [[J.Let Me Hold ValentineYou]]

| next_year = 2005

| Last single = "[[Touch (Omarion song)|Touch]]"<br>(2004)

| Misc misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|GbNYKQuOxts|"I'm Tryna"}}}}

| This single = "'''I'm Tryna'''"<br>(2005)

| Next single = "[[Let Me Hold You]]"<br>(2005)

| Misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|GbNYKQuOxts|"I'm Tryna"}}}}

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"'''I'm Tryna'''" is a song from American [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] [[singer]] [[Omarion]]. It was released on April 6, 2005 as the third and final single off his debut album ''[[O (Omarion album)|O]]''. It was [[Record producer|produced]] by production team [[The Underdogs (duo)|The Underdogs]] and written by R&B singer-songwriter [[J. Valentine]]. It also featured instrumentals by fellow American R&B singer [[Tank (American singer)|Tank]]. The song failed to chart in the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] but peaked at number 53 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart. A music video for the single, directed by frequent collaborator [[Chris Stokes (director)|Chris Stokes]], was made and featured Omarion looking back on his relationship with his ex-girlfriend (played by [[Danielle Polanco]]).

==Music video==

Directed by [[Chris Stokes (director)|Chris Stokes]] (who previously directed the video for "[[O (Omarion song)|O]]"),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mvdbase.com/person.php?id=C59|title=Chris Stokes|publisher=mvdbase.com|accessdate=August 23, 2014}}</ref> the video shows Omarion in his car waiting outside his ex-girlfriend's house. He reminisces about the times they spent together and how on two occasions of looking at another woman and answering his cell phone while making out irritated her and left him. He spots his ex-girlfriend with hisher new boyfriend (who resembles Omarion) as they enter her house. Omarion exits his car to enter her house and the video ends with "to be continued...". The ex-girlfriend is played by [[Danielle Polanco]], who previously appeared in his video for "[[Touch (Omarion song)|Touch]]".

==Credits and personnel==

;RecordingCredits are adapted from the liner notes of ''O''.<ref name="credits">{{cite AV media notes|year=2004|title=[[O (Omarion album)|O]]|publisher=[[Epic Records]]. [[Sony Urban Music]]|type=booklet|id=EK 92818}}</ref>

;Recording

* Recorded and mixed at The Underlab, [[Los Angeles, CA]]

;Personnel<ref name="credits"/>

* [[The Underdogs (duo)|The Underdogs]] – producer

* Dave "Natural Love" Russell – recorderrecording, editing, mixer

* Dablin "Hobby Boy" Howard – recorderrecording, editing

* Eric Dawkins – background vocals

* [[Tank (American singer)|Durrell Babbs]] – background vocals

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== References ==

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==External links==

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