Hard knock lifejay-ztake the baseline out...uh huhjigga..uh huh uh huh uh huhannie sample:it's the hard knock life for us (uh-huh)it's the hard knock life for usstead of treated...we get trickedstead of kisses...we get kickedit's the hard knock life!!verse 1:from standing on the corners boppin...to driving some of the hottest cars new york has ever seen...for dropping some of the hottest verses rap has ever heard...from the dope spot...where the smoke lockfleeing the murder scene...you know me wellfrom nightmares of a lonely cell...my only hellbut since when ya'll niggas know me to bail? fuck nawwhere all my niggas with the rubber grips...bust shotsand if you with me ma i rubbing your tits...and what noti'm form 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 huhlet's sip the crys and get pissy pissy...flow imminently like the memory of my nigga biggie, baby!you know it's hell when i come through...the life and times of shawn carter nigga volume 2...ya'll niggas get readyannie sample:it's the hard knock life for usit's the hard knock life for ussteada treated...we get trickedsteada kisses...we get kickedit's the hard knock life!!verse 2:i flow for those droned out...all my niggas locked down in the 10 by 4 controlling the housewe live in hard knocks we don't take over...we bomb blocksburn 'em down and you can have 'em back daddy, i'd rather thati flow for chicks wishing...they ain't have to strip to pay tuitioni see you vision mama...i put my money on the longshotsall my ballers thats born to glock now i'ma be on top whether i perform or noti went from lukewarm to hotsleeping on guitars and cots...the king size, dream machine to griefi've seen pies let the thing between my eyes analyze life's illsthen i put it down tight grilli'm tight grill with the phony...rappers you might feel we homeysi'm like still you don't know me...shiti'm tight grill when my situation ain't improvingi'm trying to murder everything moving, feel me!!annie sample:it's the hard knock life for usit's the hard knock life for usstead of treated...we get trickedstead of kisses...we get kickedit's the hard knock life for usit's the hard knock life for usstead of treated...we get trickedstead of kisses...we get kickedit's the hard knock life!!!verse 3:i don't know how to sleep..i gotta eat..stay on my toesgotta a lot of beef so logically i prey on my foeshustlin still inside of me and as far as progressyou be hardpressed to find another rapper hot as mei gave you prophecy on my first joint...and ya'll lamed outdidn't really appreciate it till the second one came outso i stretched the game out..x'ed your name output jigga on top..and drop albums non-stop for ya niggaannie sample:it's the hard knock life for usit's the hard knock life for usstead of treated...we get trickedstead of kisses...we get kickedit's the hard knock life for usit's the hard knock life for usstead of treated...we get trickedstead of kisses...we get kickedit's the hard knock life!!it's the hard knock life!!it's the hard knock life!!miv07@juno.com