Why is it so hard
To make it in America
I try so hard
To make it in America

A land of milk and honey,
A land supposed to be built with love
It take love and understanding
To live and let live

I was born in Gainesville florida
I traveled far and wide
then i moved to brooklyn,New York
Had hard times...But sometimes I hold on

Why is it so hard
To make it in America
I try so hard
To make it in America

Seems like nothing was going right
So I say to myself
I got to move away from here
I went to upstate New York
a little town they call Poughkeepsie
got me a job
to get away from all this stress
but I couldn’t get away
no matter how far I went
seems like nothing gonna change
Everything still remains the same

Why is it so hard
To make it in America
I try so hard
To make it in America

Why
Tell me tell me
We gotta make a change in America
Helping somebody