I've come up hard, baby, but now I'm cool
I didn't make it, sugar, playing by the rules
I've come up hard, baby, but now I'm fine
Checking trouble, sugar, moving down the line
I'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 moving, I'm gonna go to town
I've come up hard, I come up gettin' down
There's only three things, that's for sure:
Taxes, death, and trouble
This I know, baby

Huh, right
Mhm

Uh, I've come up hard, baby, the Trouble Man
But then I 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 way
Oh, I've come up hard, baby

I know some places
And I see some faces
I've got good connections
They dig my directions
What people say, that's okay
They don't bother me
I'm ready to make it
Don't care what the weather
Don't care 'bout no trouble
Got myself together
Got the kind of protection
That's all around me
I'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 way
Oh, I've come up hard, baby, the Trouble Man
But then I got my share of what's mine
I've come up hard, now I'm fine
Checking trouble, sugar, moving down the line

Moving down the line
Moving down the line
Moving down the line, yeah, ooh
Moving down the line