sometimes i m up sometimes i m down i can t make my livin around this town cause tricks ain t walkin tricks ain t walkin no more i said tricks ain t walkin no more tricks ain t walkin no more and i got to make my livin don t care where i go i need shoes on my feet clothes on my back get tired of walkin these streets all dressed in black but tricks ain t walkin tricks ain t walkin no more i said tricks ain t walkin no more tricks ain t walkin no more and i get four or five good tricks standin in front of my door please have mercy bad luck is on my head four or five good tricks is all the money i need but tricks ain t walkin tricks ain t walkin no more i said tricks ain t walkin no more tricks ain t walkin no more and i can t get a break don t care where i go i got a store on the corner sell this stuff cheap i got a market across the street where i sell my meat but tricks ain t walkin tricks ain t walkin no more i said tricks ain t walkin no more tricks ain t walkin no more and i can t get a break don t care where i go this way of livin sure is hard duckin and dodgin the cadillac ford but tricks ain t walkin tricks ain t walkin no more i said tricks ain t walkin no more tricks ain t walkin no more and if you think i m lyin follow me to my door