Why is it so hard To make it in America I try so hard To make it in America A land with 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 for and wide Then I moved to brooklyn, New York Had hard times So I say to myself Looks like nothing gonna change 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 can't away No matter how far I went Looks like nothing gonna change