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