Hard Knock Life-Straight Up

[ti:Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) (Made Famous by Jay-Z) Complete] [ar:Hip Hop DJs United] [al:The Ultimate Salute To Jay-Z] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hard Knock Life (艰辛的生活) - Straight Up [00:03.72]Check the bassline out uh-huh [00:07.45]Jigga (bounce wit it) uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh yeahh [00:11.18]It's the hard knock life (uh-huh) for us [00:14.90]It's the hard knock life for us [00:17.80]Steada treated we get tricked [00:20.79]Steada kisses we get kicked [00:24.01]It's the hard knock life [00:25.65]From standin on the corners boppin [00:27.18]To drivin some of the hottest cars New York has ever seen [00:30.06]For droppin some of the hottest verses rap has ever heard [00:33.20]From the d**e spot with the smoke Glock [00:35.14]Fleein the murder scene you know me well [00:37.20]From nightmares of a lonely cell my only hell [00:40.58]But since when y'all niggaz know me to fail F**k naw [00:43.34]Where all my niggaz with the rubber grips bust shots [00:46.39]And if you with me mom I rub on your tits and what-not [00:49.40]I'm from the school of the hard knocks we must not [00:52.44]Let outsiders violate our blocks and my plot [00:55.52]Let's stick up the world and split it fifty/fifty uh-huh [00:58.31]Let's take the dough and stay real jiggy uh-huh [01:00.94] [01:01.50]And sip the Cris' and get pissy-pissy [01:03.75]Flow infinitely like the memory of my ni**a Biggie baby [01:07.52]You know it's hell when I come through [01:09.22] [01:09.84]The life and times of Shawn Carter [01:11.43]Ni**a Volume 2 y'all niggaz get ready [01:12.95]It's the hard knock life for us [01:15.68]It's the hard knock life for us [01:18.23] [01:18.74]Steada treated we get tricked [01:21.71]Steada kisses we get kicked [01:24.90]It's the hard knock life [01:26.69]I flow for those 'dro'ed out; all my niggaz [01:28.74]Locked down in the ten by fo' controllin the house [01:31.95]We live in hard knocks we don't take over we borrow blocks [01:34.61] [01:35.36]Burn em down and you can have it back daddy I'd rather that [01:38.42]I flow for chicks wishin they ain't have to strip to pay tuition [01:42.21]I see you vision mama I put my money on the longshots [01:45.57] [01:46.16]All my ballers that's born to clock [01:48.37]Now I'ma be on top whether I perform or not [01:51.45]I went from lukewarm to hot; sleepin on futons and cots [01:54.92] [01:55.61]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 [02:01.77]Then I put it down type braile [02:03.62]I'm tight grill with the phony rappers y'all might feel we homies [02:07.49]I'm like still y'all don't know me sh*t [02:09.72]I'm tight grill when my situation ain't improvin [02:12.76]I'm tryin to murder everything movin feel me [02:15.06]It's the hard knock life for us [02:16.73]It's the hard knock life for us [02:19.64]Steada treated we get tricked [02:22.69]Steada kisses we get kicked [02:25.87]It's the hard knock life for us [02:28.25] [02:28.90]It's the hard knock life for us [02:31.43] [02:31.97]Steada treated we get tricked [02:34.89]Steada kisses we get kicked [02:37.56] [02:38.12]It's the hard knock life [02:39.81]I don't how to sleep I gotta eat stay on my toes [02:42.11]Gotta a lot of beef so logically I prey on my foes [02:45.29]Hustling's still inside of me and as far as progress [02:48.60]You'd be hard-pressed to find another rapper hot as me [02:51.61]I gave you prophecy on my first joint and y'all lamed out [02:54.99]Didn't really appreciate it til the second one came out [02:58.15]So I stretched the game out X'ed your name out [03:00.85]Put Jigga on top and drop albums non-stop for ya nigguh [03:03.49]It's the hard knock life for us [03:05.52]It's the hard knock life for us [03:08.05] [03:08.59]Steada treated we get tricked [03:11.56]Steada kisses we get kicked [03:14.77]It's the hard knock life for us [03:17.18] [03:17.75]It's the hard knock life for us [03:20.14] [03:20.80]Steada treated we get tricked [03:23.70]Steada kisses we get kicked [03:26.96]It's the hard knock life [03:28.29] [03:39.30] It's the hard knock life [03:40.81] [03:51.46] It's the hard knock life