Hard Knock Life (The Ghetto Anthem) (The Ghetto Anthem Radio Edit)

Check the bassline out uh-huh
Jigga(bounce wit it)uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh yeahh
Let it bump though
Its the hard knock life(uh-huh)for us
Its the hard knock life for us
Steada Treated we get tricked
Steada kisses we get kicked
Its 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 **** 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 yall ****** know me to fail **** naw
Where all my ****** with the rubber grips bust shots
And if you with me mom I rub on your tits and what-not
Im from the school of the hard knocks we must not
Let outsiders violate our blocks and my plot
Lets stick up the world and split it fifty/fifty uh-huh
Lets take the dough and stay real jiggy uh-huh
And sip the Cris and get pissy-pissy
Flow infinitely like the memory of my ***** Biggie baby
You know its hell when I come through
The life and times of Shawn Carter
Steada treated we get tricked
***** Volume 2 yall ****** get ready
Steada kisses we get kicked
I flow for those droed out all my ******
Its the hard knock life
Locked down in the ten by fo controllin the house
Annie sample]
Its the hard knock life for us
Its the hard knock life for us
We live in hard knocks we dont take over we borrow blocks
Burn em down and you can have it back daddy Id rather that
I flow for chicks wishin they aint have to strip to pay tuition
I see you vision mama I put my money on the longshots
All my ballers thats born to clock
Now Ima 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
Ive seen pies let the thing between my eyes analyze lifes ills
Then I put it down type braile
Im tight grill with the phony rappers yall might feel we homies
Im like still yall dont know me ****
Im tight grill when my situation aint improvin
Im tryin to murder everything movin feel me
Its the hard knock life for us
Its the hard knock life for us
Steada treated we get tricked
Steada kisses we get kicked
Its the hard knock life for us
Its the hard knock life for us
Steada treated we get tricked
Steada kisses we get kicked
Its the hard knock life
I dont how to sleep I gotta eat stay on my toes
Gotta a lot of beef so logically I prey on my foes
Hustlings still inside of me and as far as progress
Youd be hard-pressed to find another rapper hot as me
I gave you prophecy on my first joint and yall lamed out
Didnt really appreciate it til the second one came out
So I stretched the game out Xed your name out
Put Jigga on top and drop albums non-stop for ya nigguh
Its the hard knock life for us
Its the hard knock life for us
Steada treated we get tricked
Steada kisses we get kicked
Its the hard knock life for us
Its the hard knock life for us
Steada treated we get tricked
Steada kisses we get kicked
Its the hard knock life
Its the hard knock life
Its the hard knock life