I've come up hard, baby, now I'm cool
Didn't make it sugar, playing by the rules
I've come up hard, baby but now I'm fine
In checking trouble sugar, moving down the lineI've come up hard, baby, but that's okay
'Cause Trouble Man don't get in my way
I've come up hard, baby, I've been for real
Gonna keep on moving, gonna go to townI've come up hard, I come up and get down
There's only three things that's for sure
Taxes, death and trouble
This I know, babyOh, that's rightOh, I've come up hard, baby, with troubled mind
But then I've got my share of what's mine
Oh, I've come up hard, baby, but that's okay
'Cause Trouble Man don't get in my wayOh, I've come up hard, babyI know some places and I see some faces
I've got the connections, they dig my directions
What people say, that's okay
They don't bother meI'm ready to make it, don't care what the weather
Don't care about no trouble, got myself together
Got the kind of protection
It's all around meI've come up hard but now I'm cool
I didn't make it, baby, playing by the rules
Oh, I've come up hard, baby, but that's okay
'Cause Trouble Man don't get in my wayOh, I've come up hard, baby, with troubled mind
But then I've got my share of what's mine
I've come up hard, now I'm fine
I'm checking trouble sugar, moving down the line
Moving down the line, moving down the line
Moving down the line, yeah, moving down the line