i come up hard baby but now i m cool i didn t make it sugar playin by the rules i come up hard baby but now i m fine i m checkin trouble sugar movin down the line i come up hard baby but that s okay cause trouble man don t get in my way i come up hard baby i ve been for real gonna keep movin gonna go to town i come up hard baby i m gettin down there s only three things that for sure taxes death and trouble this i know baby this i know sugar girl i ain t gon let it sweat me baby got me singin yeah yeah whoa i come up hard i ve had to fight take 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 okay cause trouble man don t get in my way i know some places and i ve seen some faces i ve got good connections they dig in my directions what people say that s okay they don t bother me ready to make it don t fool with no women don t care bout no trouble got myself together i feel a kind of protection is all around me this i know baby girl i ain t gonna let it sweat me baby i come up hard but now i m cool i didn t make it sugar playin by the rules i come up hard baby but now i m fine i m checkin trouble sugar movin down the line