hard knock life

Check the bassline out, uh huh
Jigga, uh huh, uh huh, uh huh, yeah
Let it bump though
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
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 nigh** **ares of a lonely cell, my only hell
But since when yall *****z know me to fail? ***** naw
Where all my *****z with the rubber grips, bust shots?
And if you with me, mom, I rub on your *****, 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
Lets take the dough and stay real jiggy
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
***** Volume 2, yall *****z get ready
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 flow for those droed out all my *****z
Locked down in the ten by fo, controllin the house
We live in hard knocks, we dont take over weborrow blocks
Burn em down and you can have it back, daddy, Id rather that
I flow for chicks wi*****n, 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 *****yze lifes ills
Then I put it down type braille
Im tight grill with the phony, rappers yall might feel we homies
Im like still, yall dont know me, *****t
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 know 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, till the second one came out
So I stretched the game out, xed your name out
Putjigga on top, drop albums non-stop for ya, *****
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