you better stop fooling if you want to get along with me we grew up on the block and we know about poverty so tell all your high falutin friends we just can t compete it s only been a little while and i just got on my feet and i m still a struggling man doing the best that i can i can only take it girl i can only make it girl long as you you understand that baby stop your complaining cause i m aiming to make the gray forget those social plans i m the man and this is my parade why should we prove to mr jones that we re doing fine he ll find out soon enough so let s not pay him no mind and i m still a struggling man doing the best that i can i can only take it girl i can only make it girl long as you you understand yeah la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la i know we can make it girl but i need the love you kill you just compared today to the way we used to live those good times just won t come unless we struggle and fight as long as you love me girl i know everything s alright i m still a struggling man doing the best that i can i can only take it girl i can only make it girl long as you you understand i m still a struggling man doing the best that i can take it girl make it girl long try and understand it yeah i m still a struggling man doing the best that i can i can only take it girl i can only make it girl