IЂ™ve come up hard baby
And now IЂ™m cool
DidnЂ™t make it sugar
Playing by the rules
IЂ™ve come up hard baby
But now IЂ™m fine.
In checking trouble sugar
Moving down the line
IЂ™ve come up hard baby
But thatЂ™s ok
Ђ™coz trouble man
DonЂ™t get in my way
IЂ™ve come up hard baby
IЂ™ve been for real
Gonna keep on moving
Gonna go to town
IЂ™ve come up hard
Come up and get down
ThereЂ™s only three things thatЂ™s for sure
Taxes death and trouble
This I know baby
Oh IЂ™ve come up hard baby
With a troubled mind
But then IЂ™ve got my share
Of whatЂ™s mine
Oh IЂ™ve come up hard baby
But thatЂ™s ok
Ђ™coz trouble man
DonЂ™t get in my way
Oh IЂ™ve come up hard baby
I know some places
And I see some faces
IЂ™ve got the connections
They dig my directions
What people say
ThatЂ™s ok
They donЂ™t bother me
IЂ™m ready to make it
DonЂ™t care what the weather
DonЂ™t care about no trouble
Got myself together
Got the kind of protection
ItЂ™s all around me
IЂ™ve come up hard but now IЂ™m cool
I didnЂ™t make it baby
Playing by the rules
Oh IЂ™ve come up hard baby
But thatЂ™s ok
Ђ™coz trouble man
DonЂ™t get in my way
Oh IЂ™ve come up hard baby
With the troubled mind
But then IЂ™ve got my share
Of whatЂ™s mine
IЂ™ve come up hard
But now IЂ™m fine
Checking trouble sugar
Moving down the line …