Listen to August Alsina, “Song Cry”

With his This Thing Called Life album on the way, August Alsina drops off "Song Cry." The emotional cut finds Alsina reminiscing about the trying times he's experienced over the last year and isn't afraid to let the song shed tears for him. Check it out above.

XXL caught up with Alsina for its latest issue and spoke to the artist about his roller coaster of a year. "I think more than anything, my health issues were the biggest eye-opener for me. I’m doing better with taking care of myself, but I don’t do my best," he said. "And that’s just because I’m naturally a hustler; that shit is just in my spirit. I just want to know how to be better. I’m always actively working on being a better me. So I think that alone put me in the hospital, because it was just exhaustion. I was putting a lot of people before myself. You know, this shit ain’t easy. And it’s just about trying to find balance. When your life transitions like that so suddenly, you’re dealing with a whole lot that people don’t know about. It just took a toll on me. I was in a coma for a while and I woke up with a tube down my throat. So it’s about balance. So as I go and as I grow, I’m learning, man."