tryna

verb

1. (auxiliary, slang)a future modal indicating intent

   “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”

   “You get caught in the middle, tryna dribble on my court”

   “[…] Mr. Kelly’s verse outshines all the others (“I’m tryna 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 / Chicks tryna get my brotha Flips to share his thoughts”

   “You're beautiful, but misunderstood / So why you tryna be just like the neighborhood?”