Definition of "tryna"

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

1993, “U.N.I.T.Y.”, in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah

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

2001, Adam F featuring MOP (lyrics and music), “Stand Clear”

[…] 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.

2007 February 4, Kelefa Sanneh, “Friends, Feuds, Yelps, Sobs and a Swedish Nightingale”, in New York Times‎

Catch me up in snowin, in my sliders and my shortsChicks tryna get my brotha Flips to share his thoughts

2019, Stormzy (lyrics and music), “Vossi Bop”

You're beautiful, but misunderstoodSo why you tryna be just like the neighborhood?

2019, Amanda Koci, Henry Walter, Charlie Puth, Maria Smith, Victor Thellm Gigi Grombacher, Roland Spreckle (lyrics and music), “So Am I”, performed by Ava Max