Disturbed by the fame just like Kurt Cobain

from Talib Kweli (Ft. Mary J. Blige) – I Try Lyrics on Rap Genius

Meaning

Kurt Cobain was a the popular lead in the pop-rock band Nirvana, after his suicide it became public issue that he felt hollow in his music because he was no longer passionate about his art and it drove him to suicide. Talib attempts to parallel the feeling Cobain felt about is unwanted attention, to the attention that he would receive in public with his Arabic name.

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