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{{notability|Music|date=March 2015}}

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{{Infobox singlesong

| Name = I'm Tryna

| Artistname = [[Omarion]]I'm Tryna

| Cover cover = Omarion - I'm Tryna.jpg

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

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

| artist = [[Omarion]]

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

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

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

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

| Recorded recorded = 2004

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

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

| venue =

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

| Producergenre = [[TheContemporary Underdogs (duo)R&B|The UnderdogsR&B]]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

| prev_year = 2005

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

| next_year = 2005

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

}}

"'''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==

Credits 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

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== References ==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

* {{MetroLyrics song|omarion|im-tryna}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->

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[[Category:Epic Records singles]]

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[[Category:Songs written by Harvey Mason, Jr.]]

[[Category:Songs written by J. Valentine]]

[[Category:Songs written by Damon Thomas (record producer)]]

[[Category:Songs written by Tank (American singer)]]

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