Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) lyrics
Take the bass line out, uh-huhJigga, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, yeahLet it bump though
It’s the hard knock life for usIt’s the hard knock life for usInstead of treated, we get trickedInstead of kisses, we get kickedIt’s the hard knock life
From standin’ on the corners boppin’To drivin’ some of the hottest cars New York has ever seenFor droppin’ some of the hottest verses rap has ever heardFrom the dope spot, with the smoke Glock fleein’ the murder sceneYou know me wellFrom nightmares of a lonely cell, my only hellBut since when y’all n- know me to fail? F- nawWhere all my n- with the rubber grips, bust shots?
And if you with me, mom, I rub on your -, and what-notI’m from the school of the hard knocks, we must notLet outsiders violate our blocks, and my plotLet’s stick up the world and split it 50-50, uh-huhLet’s take the dough and stay real jiggy, uh-huhAnd sip the Cris’ and get pissy-pissyFlow infinitely like the memory of my n- Biggie, babyYou know it’s hell when I come throughThe life and times of Shawn Carter, n-, Volume 2
It’s the hard knock life for us
It’s the hard knock life for usInstead of treated, we get trickedInstead of kisses, we get kickedIt’s the hard knock life
I flow for those ‘dro’ed outAll my n- locked down in the 10 by 4, controllin’ the houseWe live in hard knocks, we don’t take over, we borrow blocksBurn ’em down and you can have it back, daddy, I’d rather thatI flow for chicks wishin’, they ain’t have to strip to pay tuitionI see your vision mama, I put my money on the longshotsAll my ballers that’s born to clockKnow I’ma be on top whether I perform or not
I went from lukewarm to hot, sleepin’ on futons and cotsTo King size, green machines, to green 5’sI’ve seen pies, let the thing between my eyes analyze life’s illsThen I put it down type brailleI’m tight grill with the phony, rappers y’all might feel we homiesI’m like still, y’all don’t know me, sh-I’m tight grill when my situation ain’t improvin’I’m tryna murder everything movin’, feel me
It’s the hard knock life for us
It’s the hard knock life for usInstead of treated, we get trickedInstead of kisses, we get kicked
It’s the hard knock life for usIt’s the hard knock life for usInstead of treated, we get trickedInstead of kisses, we get kickedIt’s the hard knock life
I don’t know how to sleep, I gotta eat, stay on my toesGot a lot of beef, so logically, I prey on my foesHustling’s still inside of me, and as far as progressYou’d be hard-pressed to find another rapper hot as meI gave you prophecy on my first joint, and y’all lamed outDidn’t really appreciate it ’til the second one came outSo I stretched the game out, etched your name outPut Jigga on top, and drop albums non-stop for ya, n-
It’s the hard knock life for usIt’s the hard knock life for usInstead of treated, we get trickedInstead of kisses, we get kicked