[bad word] up hard, baby
But now I'm cool
I didn't make it, sugar
Playin' by [bad word]  [bad word] up hard, baby
But now I'm fine
I'm checkin' trouble, sugar
Movin' down the line
 [bad word] up hard, baby
But that's okay, cause
Trouble man
Don't get in the way
 [bad word] up hard, baby
I'm in for real, baby
Gonna keep movin'
Gonna go to town
 [bad word] up hard [bad word] up, gettin' down
There's only three things
That's for sho'
Taxes, death and trouble, h'oh!

This I know, man, is
This I know, sugar
Girl, ain't gon' let it sweat me, baby

Got me singin'
Yeah! Yea-aah!
Hoo-ooo-ooo [bad word] up hard, baby
I had to fight
Took care of my bid'ness
Wit' all my might
 [bad word] up hard, awful hard
I had to win
Then start all over
And win again
 [bad word] up hard
But that's okay, 'cause
Trouble man
Don't get in my way
Hey, hey!

I know some places
And I see some faces
I've got the connections
I dig my directions
What people say, that's okay
They don't bother me, oh yeah 

I'm ready to make it
Don't care what the weather
Don't care 'bout no trouble
Got myself together
I feel the kind of protection
That's all around me
 [bad word] up hard, baby
I be for real, baby
With a trouble minds
Movin', goin' to town
 [bad word] up hard [bad word] up, gettin' down
There's only three things fo' sho'
Taxes, death and trouble

Ooh, this I've known, baby, ooo!
This I've known, baby
Ain't gon' let it sweat me, baby
Woo!

'I'm on the ground, yeah, yeah!' 

Woo, [bad word] up hard
But now I've cooled
I didn't make it, baby
Playin' by [bad word] [bad word] up hard, baby
Now, I'm fine, I've
Checkin' trouble, sugar
Hey, movin' down the line
FADES:
Oooh.