Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)

* this version is final, no more corrections accepted<br><br>[Jay-Z]<br>Check the bassline out, uh-huh<br>Jigga (bounce wit it), uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh, yeahh<br>Let it bump though<br><br>["Annie" sample]<br>It`s the hard knock life (uh-huh) for us<br>It`s the hard knock life, for us!!<br>Steada treated, we get tricked<br>Steada kisses, we get kicked<br>It`s the hard knock life!!<br><br>[Jay-Z]<br>From standin on the corners boppin<br>to drivin some of the hottest cars New York has ever seen<br>For droppin some of the hottest verses rap has ever heard<br>From the dope spot, with the smoke Glock<br>fleein the murder scene, you know me well<br>from nightmares of a lonely cell, my only hell<br>But since when y`all niggaz know me to fail? Fuck naw<br>Where all my niggaz with the rubber grips, bust shots<br>And if you with me mom I rub on your tits, and what-not<br>I`m from the school of the hard knocks, we must not<br>let outsiders violate our blocks, and my plot<br>let`s stick up the world and split it fifty/fifty, uh-huh<br>Let`s take the dough and stay real jiggy, uh-huh<br>And sip the Cris` and get pissy-pissy<br>Flow infinitely like the memory of my nigga Biggie, baby!<br>You know it`s hell when I come through<br>The life and times of Shawn Carter <br>nigga Volume 2, y`all niggaz get ready<br><br>["Annie" sample]<br>It`s the hard knock life, for us <br>It`s the hard knock life, for us!!<br>Steada treated, we get tricked<br>Steada kisses, we get kicked<br>It`s the hard knock life!!<br><br>[Jay-Z]<br>I flow for those `dro`ed out; all my niggaz <br>locked down in the ten by fo`, controllin the house<br>We live in hard knocks, we don`t take over we borrow blocks<br>Burn em down and you can have it back daddy, I`d rather that<br>I flow for chicks wishin, they ain`t have to strip to pay tuition<br>I see you vision mama, I put my money on the longshots<br>All my ballers that`s born to clock<br>Now I`ma be on top whether I perform or not<br>I went from lukewarm to hot; sleepin on futons and cots<br>to King Size, dream machines, the green fives<br>I`ve seen pies let the thing between my eyes analyze life`s ills<br>Then I put it down type braile<br>I`m tight grill with the phony, rappers y`all might feel we homies<br>I`m like still, y`all don`t know me, shit!<br>I`m tight grill when my situation ain`t improvin<br>I`m tryin to murder everything movin, feel me?!<br><br>["Annie" sample]<br>It`s the hard knock life, for us <br>It`s the hard knock life, for us!!<br>Steada treated, we get tricked<br>Steada kisses, we get kicked<br>It`s the hard knock life, for us <br>It`s the hard knock life, for us!!<br>Steada treated, we get tricked<br>Steada kisses, we get kicked<br>It`s the hard knock life!! <br><br>[Jay-Z]<br>I don`t how to sleep, I gotta eat, stay on my toes<br>Gotta a lot of beef, so logically, I prey on my foes<br>Hustling`s still inside of me, and as far as progress<br>you`d be hard-pressed, to find another rapper hot as me<br>I gave you prophecy on my first joint, and y`all lamed out<br>Didn`t really appreciate it, til the second one came out<br>So I stretched the game out, X`ed your name out<br>Put Jigga on top, and drop albums non-stop for ya, nigguh!<br><br>["Annie" sample]<br>It`s the hard knock life, for us <br>It`s the hard knock life, for us!!<br>Steada treated, we get tricked<br>Steada kisses, we get kicked<br>It`s the hard knock life, for us <br>It`s the hard knock life, for us!!<br>Steada treated, we get tricked<br>Steada kisses, we get kicked<br>It`s the hard knock life!!<br>.. It`s the hard knock life!!<br>.. It`s the hard knock life!!