why is IT so hard
Why is it so hard to make it in America
為何生活如此艱難
I try so hard to make it in America
我曾奮力嘗試於美國生存
A land with milk and honey
一個充滿著美好的地方（milk and honey同時是列儂在1984年發行的專輯，錄製於他生命的最後一月）
A land supposed to be built with love
一個應該充滿著愛的國度
It take love and understanding
但這一切需要愛與互相理解
To live and let live
珍視大家的生命
I was born in Gainesville florida
我出生於佛羅里達洲蓋恩斯維爾
I traveled for and wide then i moved to brooklyn New York
我四處流浪奔波，然後我搬去了布魯克林
Had hard times,for sometime I hole on
我也曾有過艱難的歲月，但是我堅持了下來
Why it is so hard to make it in America
為何生活如此艱難
I try so hard to make it in America
我曾奮力嘗試於美國生存
Seems like nothing is going right
看起來沒有什麼是正確的
So I said to myslef
所以我告訴我自己
I... .. gotta move way from here
我將來一定要搬出這裡
I went to upstate NewYork
我去了紐約城的北部
a little town they call Poughkeepsie
一個叫波基普西的小鎮
Got me a jobto get away from all this stress
上天給我一份工作，讓我擺脫這些煩惱吧
but I couldn't away
但我無法遠走
no matter how farI went
不管我走了多遠
Seem like nothing gonna change
看起來仍是沒有任何改變
Everything still remains the same
所有事物仍原封不動
Why is it so hard to make it in America
為何生活如此艱難
I try so hard to make it in America
我曾奮力嘗試於美國生存
Why is it so hard to make it in America
願生活永遠善待你