Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) (Ghetto Anthem)-Jay-Z

[ti:Hard Knock Life (The Ghetto An] [ar:Jay-Z] [al:Urban's Finest - Rap Classics] [by:] [offset:0] [00:03.20]Check the bassline out uh-huh [00:06.57] [00:07.86]Jigga (bounce wit it) uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh yeahh [00:11.20]Let it bump though [00:11.96]It's the hard knock life (uh-huh) for us [00:14.74]It's the hard knock life for us [00:17.97]Steada treated we get tricked [00:20.97]Steada kisses we get kicked [00:24.11]It's the hard knock life [00:25.53]From standin on the corners boppin [00:27.27]To drivin some of the hottest cars New York has ever seen [00:30.32]For droppin some of the hottest verses rap has ever heard [00:32.75] [00:33.28]From the d**e spot with the smoke Glock [00:35.21]Fleein the murder scene you know me well [00:37.45]From nightmares of a lonely cell my only hell [00:40.45]But since when y'all niggaz know me to fail F**k naw [00:43.52]Where all my niggaz with the rubber grips bust shots [00:46.52]And if you with me mom I rub on your tits and what-not [00:49.71]I'm from the school of the hard knocks we must not [00:52.91]Let outsiders violate our blocks and my plot [00:55.95]Let's stick up the world and split it fifty/fifty uh-huh [00:59.09]Let's take the dough and stay real jiggy uh-huh [01:02.17]And sip the Cris' and get pissy-pissy [01:04.53]Flow infinitely like the memory of my ni**a Biggie baby [01:08.45]You know it's hell when I come through [01:10.77]The life and times of Shawn Carter [01:12.48]Ni**a Volume 2 y'all niggaz get ready [01:14.65]It's the hard knock life for us [01:16.97]It's the hard knock life for us [01:20.20]Steada treated we get tricked [01:23.31]Steada kisses we get kicked [01:26.36]It's the hard knock life [01:27.94]I flow for those 'dro'ed out; all my niggaz [01:30.55]Locked down in the ten by fo' controllin the house [01:33.44]We live in hard knocks we don't take over we borrow blocks [01:36.66]Burn em down and you can have it back daddy I'd rather that [01:39.61]I flow for chicks wishin they ain't have to strip to pay tuition [01:43.57]I see you vision mama I put my money on the longshots [01:47.24]All my ballers that's born to clock [01:49.29]Now I'ma be on top whether I perform or not [01:52.11]I went from lukewarm to hot; sleepin on futons and cots [01:55.94]To King Size dream machines the green fives [01:58.38]I've seen pies let the thing between my eyes analyze life's ills [02:01.97] [02:02.60]Then I put it down type braile [02:04.56]I'm tight grill with the phony rappers y'all might feel we homies [02:08.53]I'm like still y'all don't know me sh*t [02:10.70]I'm tight grill when my situation ain't improvin [02:13.92]I'm tryin to murder everything movin feel me [02:16.83]It's the hard knock life for us [02:19.40]It's the hard knock life for us [02:22.52]Steada treated we get tricked [02:25.64]Steada kisses we get kicked [02:28.65]It's the hard knock life for us [02:31.89]It's the hard knock life for us [02:35.00]Steada treated we get tricked [02:38.11]Steada kisses we get kicked [02:41.10]It's the hard knock life [02:42.52]I don't how to sleep I gotta eat stay on my toes [02:45.38]Gotta a lot of beef so logically I prey on my foes [02:48.42]Hustling's still inside of me and as far as progress [02:51.03]You'd be hard-pressed to find another rapper hot as me [02:54.38]I gave you prophecy on my first joint and y'all lamed out [02:57.74]Didn't really appreciate it til the second one came out [03:00.94]So I stretched the game out X'ed your name out [03:03.54]Put Jigga on top and drop albums non-stop for ya nigguh [03:06.43] [03:07.15]It's the hard knock life for us [03:09.24]It's the hard knock life for us [03:12.35]Steada treated we get tricked [03:15.39]Steada kisses we get kicked [03:18.63]It's the hard knock life for us [03:21.75]It's the hard knock life for us [03:24.86]Steada treated we get tricked [03:27.93]Steada kisses we get kicked [03:31.03]It's the hard knock life [03:32.78] [03:43.52]It's the hard knock life [03:45.11] [03:55.97]It's the hard knock life