Hard Knock Life-Original Cartel

[ti:Hard Knock Life] [ar:Original Cartel] [al:The Hip Hop Scene Volume 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hard Knock Life (艰辛的生活) - Original Cartel [00:11.70]It's the hard knock life for us [00:14.78]It's the hard knock life for us [00:17.76]Steada treated we get tricked [00:19.78] [00:20.43]Steada kisses we get kicked [00:23.16] [00:23.85]It's the hard knock life [00:25.53]From standing on the corners bopping [00:26.82]To driving some of the hottest cars new york has ever seen [00:29.23]For dropping some of the hottest verses rap has ever heard [00:32.60] [00:33.14]From the d**e spot with the smoke glock [00:35.12]Fleeing the murder scene you know me well [00:37.21]From nightmares of a lonely cell my only hell [00:40.50]But since when y'all niggaz know me to fail f**k now [00:43.01]Where all my niggaz with the rubber grips bust shots [00:45.57]And if you with me mom I rub on your tits and what-not [00:48.93]I'm from the school of the hard knocks we must not [00:51.86]Let outsiders violate our blocks and my plot [00:54.76]Let's stick up the world and split it fiftyfifty uh-huh [00:58.34]Let's take the dough and stay real jiggy uh-huh [01:01.24]And sip the cris' and get pissy-pissy [01:03.74]Flow infinitely like the memory of my ni**a biggie baby [01:07.68]You know it's hell when I come through [01:09.49]The life and times of shawn carter [01:11.03]Ni**a volume 2 y'all niggaz get ready [01:13.09]It's the hard knock life for us [01:15.13] [01:15.70]It's the hard knock life for us [01:18.00] [01:18.62]Steada treated we get tricked [01:21.00] [01:21.65]Steada kisses we get kicked [01:23.91] [01:24.77]It's the hard knock life [01:26.51]I flow for those 'dro'ed out all my niggaz [01:28.88]Locked down in the ten by fo' controlling the house [01:31.98]We live in hard knocks we don't take over we borrow blocks [01:35.16]Burn 'em down and you can have it back daddy I'd rather that [01:38.74]I flow for chicks wishing they ain't have to strip to pay tuition [01:42.25]I see you vision mama I put my money on the longshots [01:45.78]All my ballers that's born to clock [01:48.48]Now I'ma be on top whether I perform or not [01:51.57]I went from lukewarm to hot sleeping on futons and cots [01:55.16]To king size dream machines the green fives [01:57.54]I've seen pies let the thing between my eyes analyze life's ills [02:01.30]Then I put it down type braile [02:03.67]I'm tight grill with the phony rappers y'all might feel we homies [02:07.54]I'm like still y'all don't know me sh*t [02:10.05]I'm tight grill when my situation ain't improving [02:12.63]I'm trying to murder everything moving feel me [02:15.03]It's the hard knock life for us [02:16.78]It's the hard knock life for us [02:18.81] [02:19.68]Steada treated we get tricked [02:22.81]Steada kisses we get kicked [02:25.04] [02:25.82]It's the hard knock life for us [02:28.78]It's the hard knock life for us [02:31.25] [02:31.78]Steada treated we get tricked [02:34.84]Steada kisses we get kicked [02:37.40] [02:38.03]It's the hard knock life [02:39.53]I don't how to sleep I gotta eat stay on my toes [02:42.34]Gotta a lot of beef so logically I prey on my foes [02:45.31]Hustling's still inside of me and as far as progress [02:48.32]You'd be hard-pressed to find another rapper hot as me [02:51.38]I gave you prophecy on my first joint and y'all lamed out [02:54.75]Didn't really appreciate it till the second one came out [02:58.06]So I stretched the game out x'ed your name out [03:00.52]Put jigga on top and drop albums non-stop for ya nigguh [03:03.76]It's the hard knock life for us [03:05.67]It's the hard knock life for us [03:07.77] [03:08.42]Steada treated we get tricked [03:10.96] [03:11.48]Steada kisses we get kicked [03:14.70]It's the hard knock life for us [03:17.62]It's the hard knock life for us [03:20.66]Steada treated we get tricked [03:23.87]Steada kisses we get kicked [03:26.74]It's the hard knock life [03:28.23] [03:39.15]It's the hard knock life [03:40.36] [03:51.30]It's the hard knock life [03:52.71]Hard Knock Life - Original Cartel