[00:02.79]Check the bassline out uh-huh
[00:07.54]Jigga （bounce wit it） uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh yeahh
[00:10.66]Let it bump though
[00:11.47]It s the hard knock life （uh-huh） for us
[00:14.44]It s the hard knock life for us!!
[00:17.61]Steada treated we get tricked
[00:19.99]Steada kisses we get kicked
[00:23.87]It s the hard knock life!!
[00:25.48]From standin on the corners boppin
[00:26.89]to drivin some of the hottest cars New York has ever seen
[00:29.97]For droppin some of the hottest verses rap has ever heard
[00:32.99]From the **** spot with the smoke Glock
[00:34.75]fleein the murder scene you know me well
[00:37.08]from nigh****ares of a lonely cell my only hell
[00:40.10]But since when y all *****z know me to fail ***** naw
[00:43.18]Where all my *****z with the rubber grips bust shots
[00:45.60]And if you with me mom I rub on your ***** and what-not
[00:48.98]I m from the school of the hard knocks we must not
[00:52.96]let outsiders violate our blocks and my plot
[00:55.78]let s stick up the world and split it fifty/fifty uh-huh
[00:58.71]Let s take the dough and stay real jiggy uh-huh
[01:01.93]And sip the Cris and get pissy-pissy
[01:04.10]Flow infinitely like the memory of my ***** Biggie baby!
[01:07.48]You know it s hell when Ie through
[01:10.50]The life and times of Shawn Carter
[01:12.01]***** Volume 2 y all *****z get ready
[01:14.64]It s the hard knock life for us
[01:16.70]It s the hard knock life for us!!
[01:19.78]Steada treated we get tricked
[01:22.35]Steada kisses we get kicked
[01:26.13]It s the hard knock life!!
[01:27.65]I flow for those dro ed out all my *****z
[01:30.32]locked down in the ten by fo controllin the house
[01:32.94]We live in hard knocks we don t take over we borrow blocks
[01:36.17]Burn em down and you can have it back daddy I d rather that
[01:39.60]I flow for chicks wi*****n they ain t have to strip to pay tuition
[01:43.53]I see you vision mama I put my money on the longshots
[01:46.76]All my ballers that s born to clock
[01:48.88]Now I ma be on top whether I perform or not
[01:51.70]I went from lukewarm to hot sleepin on futons and cots
[01:55.68]to King Size dream machines the green fives
[01:57.80]I ve seen pies let the thing between my eyes *****yze life s ills
[02:01.58]Then I put it down type braile
[02:04.26]I m tight grill with the phony rappers y all might feel we homies
[02:08.39]I m like still y all don t know me *****t!
[02:10.81]I m tight grill when my situation ain t improvin
[02:13.48]I m tryin to murder everything movin feel me !
[02:16.81]It s the hard knock life for us
[02:18.88]It s the hard knock life for us!!
[02:22.16]Steada treated we get tricked
[02:24.93]Steada kisses we get kicked
[02:28.46]It s the hard knock life for us
[02:31.53]It s the hard knock life for us!!
[02:34.66]Steada treated we get tricked
[02:37.34]Steada kisses we get kicked
[02:40.91]It s the hard knock life!!
[02:42.22]I don t how to sleep I gotta eat stay on my toes
[02:45.05]Gotta a lot of beef so logically I prey on my foes
[02:47.97]Hustling s still inside of me and as far as progress
[02:51.35]you d be hard-pressed to find another rapper hot as me
[02:54.02]I gave you prophecy on my first joint and y all lamed out
[02:57.40]Didn t really appreciate it til the second one came out
[03:00.57]So I stretched the game out X ed your name out
[03:03.80]Put Jigga on top and drop albums non-stop for ya nigguh!
[03:06.32]It s the hard knock life for us
[03:09.00]It s the hard knock life for us!!
[03:11.97]Steada treated we get tricked
[03:15.04]Steada kisses we get kicked
[03:18.38]It s the hard knock life for us
[03:21.20]It s the hard knock life for us!!
[03:24.42]Steada treated we get tricked
[03:27.55]Steada kisses we get kicked
[03:30.67]It s the hard knock life!!
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[03:43.53]It s the hard knock life!!
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[03:55.82]It s the hard knock life!!