Hard Knock Life (The Ghetto Anthem)-JAY-Z

[00:02.61]Check the bassline out uh-huh [00:07.17]Jigga(bounce wit it)uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh yeahh [00:11.14]Let it bump though [00:12.46]It's the hard knock life(uh-huh)for us [00:14.30]It's the hard knock life for us [00:17.45]Steada Treated we get tricked [00:19.40]Steada kisses we get kicked [00:23.59]It's the hard knock life [00:24.62]From standin on the corners boppin [00:26.05]To drivin some of the hottest cars New York has ever seen [00:30.01]For droppin some of the hottest verses rap has ever heard [00:32.19]From the **** spot with the smoke Glock [00:34.83]Fleein the murder scene you know me well [00:37.29]From nigh**ares of a lonely cell my only hell [00:39.52]But since when y'all ****** know me to fail **** naw [00:42.80]Where all my ****** with the rubber grips bust shots [00:46.27]And if you with me mom I rub on your t**s and what-not [00:50.80]I'm from the school of the hard knocks we must not [00:52.61]Let outsiders violate our blocks and my plot [00:54.62]Let's stick up the world and split it fifty/fifty uh-huh [00:57.82]Let's take the dough and stay real jiggy uh-huh [01:01.06]And sip the Cris' and get pissy-pissy [01:04.36]Flow infinitely like the memory of my ***** Biggie baby [01:07.14]You know it's hell when I come through [01:10.37]The life and times of Shawn Carter [01:12.08]Steada treated we get tricked [01:13.50]***** Volume 2 y'all ****** get ready [01:15.04]Steada kisses we get kicked [01:28.28]I flow for those 'dro'ed out all my ****** [01:30.13]It's the hard knock life [01:31.65]Locked down in the ten by fo' controllin the house [01:33.90]Annie sample] [01:33.97]It's the hard knock life for us [01:35.79]It's the hard knock life for us [01:36.87]We live in hard knocks we don't take over we borrow blocks [01:42.19]Burn em down and you can have it back daddy I'd rather that [01:44.36]I flow for chicks wis*in they ain't have to strip to pay tuition [01:45.56]I see you vision mama I put my money on the longshots [01:47.98]All my ballers that's born to clock [01:51.86]Now I'ma be on top whether I perform or not [01:53.71]I went from lukewarm to hot sleepin on futons and cots [01:55.85]To King Size dream machines the green fives [01:58.17]I've seen pies let the thing between my eyes a**lyze life's ills [02:01.22]Then I put it down type braile [02:03.88]I'm tight grill with the phony rappers y'all might feel we homies [02:07.73]I'm like still y'all don't know me s*it [02:10.42]I'm tight grill when my situation ain't improvin [02:13.13]I'm tryin to murder everything movin feel me [02:16.58]It's the hard knock life for us [02:18.92]It's the hard knock life for us [02:21.90]Steada treated we get tricked [02:23.82]Steada kisses we get kicked [02:27.96]It's the hard knock life for us [02:31.29]It's the hard knock life for us [02:34.39]Steada treated we get tricked [02:36.14]Steada kisses we get kicked [02:39.77]It's the hard knock life [02:42.02]I don't how to sleep I gotta eat stay on my toes [02:44.69]Gotta a lot of beef so logically I prey on my foes [02:47.63]Hustling's still inside of me and as far as progress [02:51.25]You'd be hard-pressed to find another rapper hot as me [02:54.23]I gave you prophecy on my first joint and y'all lamed out [02:56.95]Didn't really appreciate it til the second one came out [03:00.44]So I stretched the game out X'ed your name out [03:03.22]Put Jigga on top and drop albums non-stop for ya nigguh [03:07.05]It's the hard knock life for us [03:08.77]It's the hard knock life for us [03:11.21]Steada treated we get tricked [03:13.15]Steada kisses we get kicked [03:16.90]It's the hard knock life for us [03:19.66]It's the hard knock life for us [03:24.40]Steada treated we get tricked [03:27.47]Steada kisses we get kicked [03:30.58]It's the hard knock life [03:32.55]It's the hard knock life [03:35.65]It's the hard knock life