[01:15.34]It's hard enough for a black man tryin to make it today
[01:17.61]Strugglin to find the right way
[01:19.17]So I say, times is hard, word to God
[01:21.36]Recessions, depressions, the whole nine yards
[01:23.59]That itself makes a brother wanna break
[01:25.60]But being an entertainer puts the icing on the cake
[01:27.64]Cause I can remember when I looked up to Kurtis Blow
[01:30.22]And said that's where I gotta go
[01:31.97]So here I am, paid in the rap trade
[01:33.95]But still gettin played, for my darker shade
[01:36.17]That's not the only P-R-O-B-L-E-M
[01:38.16]Man, that's just the beginnin' of them
[01:40.48]For example, I can't walk the streets alone
[01:43.04]Without bein' known
[01:44.40]Don't get me wrong, cause deep in my heart I do love it
[01:46.35]But I can't even dig up my nose in public, huh
[01:48.72]MC Rell couldn't have said it no plainer
[01:50.66]Yeah, that's the life of an entertainer
[01:52.68]And the times are so hard to understand
[01:55.08]That it makes me a troubled man
[01:56.80]"I got so much trouble.. on my mind"
[02:13.49]I like women, but I hate womankind
[02:15.52]Love can be just too much for the mind
[02:17.65]Cause I've toured the world from state to state
[02:19.44]And wouldn't lay down tonight without havin' a mate
[02:21.90]Married girls in tight miniskirts
[02:23.92]That left they husband waitin' at the concert
[02:26.05]I don't discriminate with girls that I talk to
[02:28.13]I take em Mello-Yello to Chocolate Yoo-hoo
[02:30.20]But now I couldn't find the right girl to fit me
[02:32.24]Not even if she walked into my face and bit me
[02:34.26]You see it's hard to make a woman your wife
[02:36.24]When you've been humpin' married woman the most of your life
[02:38.36]You better believe that's true, word up
[02:40.35]Cause if it happened to me, then it can happen to you
[02:42.43]I'm not tryin' to say that a woman is scandalous
[02:44.96]I'm just showin' you who the troubled man is
[02:46.68]"I got so much trouble..on my mind"
[03:04.07]Brothers from the past
[03:05.27]In the streets of Bed-Stuy almost average in class
[03:07.76]Some of them are cool, some of them at times can be a bother
[03:09.83]Thinkin' I got jobs to give like Roy Rogers
[03:11.96]I try to explain I'm not on tour yet
[03:13.89]And they say, "You think you're all that? Yeah, I bet!"
[03:16.22]So when I see 'em on the solo tip
[03:18.09]I gotta throw joints to prove my point
[03:20.03]Just when I thought that I had the neighborhood support
[03:22.71]Here comes another battle to be fought, huh
[03:24.73]You know they even tried to start a AIDS rumor
[03:26.60]Diggin' the kind of life, that would maybe doom a
[03:28.63]Brother of my priniciple, you'd think some of these people
[03:30.87]Would be more sensible, because a lie like that
[03:33.02]Didn't bring my *** flow to an end
[03:35.03]Maaaaaaaan, I'm still gettin' skins!
[03:37.24]And the beat goes on until the thrill is gone
[03:39.23]And life is the same old song
[03:41.16]And maybe one day you can understand
[03:43.44]What it's like to be a troubled man
[03:45.02]"I got so much trouble..on my mind"

It's hard enough for a black man tryin to make it today
Strugglin to find the right way
So I say, times is hard, word to God
Recessions, depressions, the whole nine yards
That itself makes a brother wanna break
But being an entertainer puts the icing on the cake
Cause I can remember when I looked up to Kurtis Blow
And said that's where I gotta go
So here I am, paid in the rap trade
But still gettin played, for my darker shade
That's not the only P-R-O-B-L-E-M
Man, that's just the beginnin' of them
For example, I can't walk the streets alone
Without bein' known
Don't get me wrong, cause deep in my heart I do love it
But I can't even dig up my nose in public, huh
MC Rell couldn't have said it no plainer
Yeah, that's the life of an entertainer
And the times are so hard to understand
That it makes me a troubled man
"I got so much trouble.. on my mind"
I like women, but I hate womankind
Love can be just too much for the mind
Cause I've toured the world from state to state
And wouldn't lay down tonight without havin' a mate
Married girls in tight miniskirts
That left they husband waitin' at the concert
I don't discriminate with girls that I talk to
I take em Mello-Yello to Chocolate Yoo-hoo
But now I couldn't find the right girl to fit me
Not even if she walked into my face and bit me
You see it's hard to make a woman your wife
When you've been humpin' married woman the most of your life
You better believe that's true, word up
Cause if it happened to me, then it can happen to you
I'm not tryin' to say that a woman is scandalous
I'm just showin' you who the troubled man is
"I got so much trouble..on my mind"
Brothers from the past
In the streets of Bed-Stuy almost average in class
Some of them are cool, some of them at times can be a bother
Thinkin' I got jobs to give like Roy Rogers
I try to explain I'm not on tour yet
And they say, "You think you're all that? Yeah, I bet!"
So when I see 'em on the solo tip
I gotta throw joints to prove my point
Just when I thought that I had the neighborhood support
Here comes another battle to be fought, huh
You know they even tried to start a AIDS rumor
Diggin' the kind of life, that would maybe doom a
Brother of my priniciple, you'd think some of these people
Would be more sensible, because a lie like that
Didn't bring my *** flow to an end
Maaaaaaaan, I'm still gettin' skins!
And the beat goes on until the thrill is gone
And life is the same old song
And maybe one day you can understand
What it's like to be a troubled man
"I got so much trouble..on my mind"