i come up hard baby but now i’m cool
i didn’t make it sugar playing by the rules
i come up hard baby but now i’m fine
i’m checking trouble sure moving down the line
i come up hard baby but that’s ok
because trouble man don’t get in my way
i come up hard baby
i’ve been for real baby
going to keep moving going to roll to town
i come up hard come on get down
there’s only three things that’s for sure
taxes death and trouble
this i know baby this i know child
yeah let the sweat through you baby
got me singing yeah yeah ooh
i come up hard baby i had to fight
took care of my business with all my might
i come up hard i had to win
then start all over and win again
i come up hard but that’s ok
because trouble man don’t get in my way
4
i know some places and i’ve seen some faces
i got good connections aimed in my direction
when people say that’s ok they don’t bother me
i’m ready to make it don’t care about the weather
don’t care about no trouble got myself together
i feel the kind of protection that’s all around me
5
i come up hard baby
i’ve been for real baby
with the trouble man
moving going to town
i come up hard come on get down
there’s only three things for sure
taxes death and trouble
this i know baby
this i know baby
hey ain’t gon’ let it sweat me baby
i come up hard but now i’m cool
i didn’t make it baby playing by the rules
i come up hard baby but now i’m fine
i’m checking trouble sugar hey moving down the line
Artist: Marvin Gaye
Year: 1972
Decade: 70s
Language: en
Word Count: 170