Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)

Jigga (bounce wit it)  uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh  yeahh
Let it bump though
It's the hard knock life (uh-huh) for us
It's the hard knock life  for us
Steada treated  we get tricked
Steada kisses  we get kicked
It's the hard knock life
From standin on the corners boppin
To drivin some of the hottest cars New York has ever seen
For droppin some of the hottest verses rap has ever heard
From the d**e spot  with the smoke Glock
Fleein the murder scene  you know me well
From nightmares of a lonely cell  my only hell
But since when y'all niggaz know me to fail  F**k naw
Where all my niggaz with the rubber grips  bust shots
And if you with me mom I rub on your tits  and what-not
I'm from the school of the hard knocks  we must not
Let outsiders violate our blocks  and my plot
Let's stick up the world and split it fifty/fifty  uh-huh
Let's take the dough and stay real jiggy  uh-huh
And sip the Cris' and get pissy-pissy
Flow infinitely like the memory of my ni**a Biggie  baby
You know it's hell when I come through
The life and times of Shawn Carter
Ni**a Volume 2  y'all niggaz get ready
It's the hard knock life  for us
It's the hard knock life  for us
Steada treated  we get tricked
Steada kisses  we get kicked
It's the hard knock life
I flow for those 'dro'ed out; all my niggaz
Locked down in the ten by fo'  controllin the house
We live in hard knocks  we don't take over we borrow blocks
Burn em down and you can have it back daddy  I'd rather that
I flow for chicks wishin  they ain't have to strip to pay tuition
I see you vision mama  I put my money on the longshots
All my ballers that's born to clock
Now I'ma be on top whether I perform or not
I went from lukewarm to hot; sleepin on futons and cots
To King Size  dream machines  the green fives
I've seen pies let the thing between my eyes analyze life's ills
Then I put it down type braile
I'm tight grill with the phony  rappers y'all might feel we homies
I'm like still  y'all don't know me  sh*t
I'm tight grill when my situation ain't improvin
I'm tryin to murder everything movin  feel me
It's the hard knock life  for us
It's the hard knock life  for us
Steada treated  we get tricked
Steada kisses  we get kicked
It's the hard knock life  for us
It's the hard knock life  for us
Steada treated  we get tricked
Steada kisses  we get kicked
It's the hard knock life
I don't how to sleep  I gotta eat  stay on my toes
Gotta a lot of beef  so logically  I prey on my foes
Hustling's still inside of me  and as far as progress
You'd be hard-pressed  to find another rapper hot as me
I gave you prophecy on my first joint  and y'all lamed out
Didn't really appreciate it  til the second one came out
So I stretched the game out  X'ed your name out
Put Jigga on top  and drop albums non-stop for ya  nigguh
It's the hard knock life  for us
It's the hard knock life  for us
Steada treated  we get tricked
Steada kisses  we get kicked
It's the hard knock life  for us
It's the hard knock life  for us
Steada treated  we get tricked
Steada kisses  we get kicked
It's the hard knock life
It's the hard knock life
It's the hard knock life