[Intro: RM, SUGA]
They call me try-hard
Our generation has had it hard
Hurry, chase 'em
Thanks to those that came before us I'm spread too thin
They call me try-hard
Our generation has had it hard
Hurry, chase 'em
My teachers were born with it all

[Verse 1: j-hope]
At a part-time job, it's "all for experience"
At school, there's the teachers
My superiors use violence
In the media they go on about "the generation that's given up"

[Refrain: RM]
Change the rules, change change
The ones' that came before us want to,want to maintain
But we can't do that, BANG BANG
This ain't normal
This ain't normal

[Pre-Chorus: V, Jimin]
Ah, stop going on about "effort" and more "effort"
Ah, it makes my skin crawl
Ah, try harder, ah, try harder
Ah, you really don't have a chance
As expected from the ones before us
[Chorus: Jung Kook, Jin, Jimin]
Ah, stop going on about "effort" and more "effort"
Ah, it makes my skin crawl
Ah, try harder, ah, try harder
Ah, you really don't have a chance
As expected of them, they meet your expectations
As expected of them, they've earn their name
As expected of them, can just take it all
As expected of them, those that came before us

[Post-Chorus: j-hope, RM]
They call me try-hard
Our generation has had it hard
Hurry, chase 'em
Thanks to those that came before us I'm spread too thin
They call me try-hard
Our generation has had it hard
Hurry, chase 'em
My teachers were born with it all

[Verse 2: SUGA]
I have crow-tit legs,and you have stork's legs
They said, their legs are worth a million bucks
My legs are shorter, so how do you expect me to keep up?
They say "It shouldn't matter
Since we're coming from the same place"
Never Never Never
[Refrain: RM]
Change the rules, change change
The ones' that came before us want to, want to maintain
But we can't do that, BANG BANG
This ain't normal
This ain't normal

[Pre-Chorus: V, Jimin]
Ah, stop going on about "effort" and more "effort"
Ah, it makes my skin crawl
Ah, try harder, ah, try harder
Ah, you really don't have a chance
As expected from the ones before us

[Chorus: Jimin]
Ah, stop going on about "effort" and more "effort"
Ah, it makes my skin crawl
Ah, try harder, ah, try harder
Ah, you really don't have a chance
(As expected of them)

[Bridge: Jung Kook, Jung Kook & RM]
It's my fault, you're joking, right?
This is fair? Oh are you crazy?
This is right?
You must be kiddin' me, you must be kiddin' me
You, you must be kiddin’ me
[Pre-Chorus: V, Jimin]
Ah, stop going on about "effort" and more "effort"
Ah, it makes my skin crawl
Ah, try harder, ah, try harder
Ah, you really don't have a chance
As expected from the ones before us

[Chorus: Jung Kook, Jin, Jimin]
Ah, stop going on about "effort" and more "effort"
Ah, it makes my skin crawl
Ah, try harder, ah, try harder
Ah, you really don't have a chance
We're try-hards, we meet your expectations
We're try-hards, we've earned that name
We're crow-tit, lets all just get along well together
We're try-hards, try hards

[Post-Chorus: SUGA, j-hope]
They call me try-hard
Our generation has had it hard
Hurry, chase 'em
Thanks to those that came before us I'm spread too thin
They call me try-hard
Our generation has had it hard
Hurry, chase 'em
My teachers were born with it all