[ti:Hard Knock Life]
[ar:Jay-Z]
[al:VOL.2]

[00:00.00]Jay-Z  -  Hard Knock Life(VOL.2)
[00:02.47]
[00:02.32]Check the bassline out, uh-huh
[00:06.54]Jigga (bounce wit it), uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh, yeahh
[00:11.35]Let it bump though
[00:11.89]It\ s the hard knock life (uh-huh) for us
[00:14.60]It\ s the hard knock life, for us!!
[00:17.64]Steada treated, we get tricked
[00:20.90]Steada kisses, we get kicked
[00:23.90]It\ s the hard knock life!!
[00:25.64]From standin on the corners boppin
[00:27.71]to drivin some of the hottest cars New York has ever seen
[00:29.98]For droppin some of the hottest verses rap has ever heard
[00:33.26]From the dope spot, with the smoke Glock
[00:35.18]fleein the murder scene, you know me well
[00:37.16]from nightmares of a lonely cell, my only hell
[00:40.50]But since when y\ all niggaz know me to fail? Fuck naw
[00:43.55]Where all my niggaz with the rubber grips, bust shots
[00:46.50]And if you with me mom I rub on your tits, and what-not
[00:49.82]I\ m from the school of the hard knocks, we must not
[00:52.83]let outsiders violate our blocks, and my plot
[00:56.01]let\ s stick up the world and split it fifty/fifty, uh-huh
[00:58.94]Let\ s take the dough and stay real jiggy, uh-huh
[01:02.06]And sip the Cris\  and get pissy-pissy
[01:04.52]Flow infinitely like the memory of my nigga Biggie, baby!
[01:08.47]You know it\ s hell when I come through
[01:10.76]The life and times of Shawn Carter
[01:12.50]nigga Volume 2, y\ all niggaz get ready
[01:14.94]It\ s the hard knock life, for us
[01:16.84]It\ s the hard knock life, for us!!
[01:19.88]Steada treated, we get tricked
[01:23.29]Steada kisses, we get kicked
[01:26.19]It\ s the hard knock life!!
[01:28.06]I flow for those \ dro\ ed out; all my niggaz
[01:30.33]locked down in the ten by fo\ , controllin the house
[01:33.20]We live in hard knocks, we don\ t take over we borrow blocks
[01:36.50]Burn em down and you can have it back daddy, I\ d rather that
[01:39.76]I flow for chicks wishin, they ain\ t have to strip to pay tuition
[01:43.43]I see you vision mama, I put my money on the longshots
[01:47.15]All my ballers that\ s born to clock
[01:49.16]Now I\ ma be on top whether I perform or not
[01:52.07]I went from lukewarm to hot; sleepin on futons and cots
[01:56.00]to King Size, dream machines, the green fives
[01:58.47]I\ ve seen pies let the thing between my eyes analyze life\ s ills
[02:02.06]Then I put it down type braile
[02:04.16]I\ m tight grill with the phony, rappers y\ all might feel we homies
[02:08.36]I\ m like still, y\ all don\ t know me, shit!
[02:10.90]I\ m tight grill when my situation ain\ t improvin
[02:13.97]I\ m tryin to murder everything movin, feel me?!
[02:16.88]It\ s the hard knock life, for us
[02:22.26]It\ s the hard knock life, for us!!
[02:22.34]Steada treated, we get tricked
[02:25.39]Steada kisses, we get kicked
[02:28.67]It\ s the hard knock life, for us
[02:32.20]It\ s the hard knock life, for us!!
[02:35.03]Steada treated, we get tricked
[02:37.97]Steada kisses, we get kicked
[02:41.02]It\ s the hard knock life!!
[02:42.54]I don\ t how to sleep, I gotta eat, stay on my toes
[02:45.29]Gotta a lot of beef, so logically, I prey on my foes
[02:48.28]Hustling\ s still inside of me, and as far as progress
[02:51.54]you\ d be hard-pressed, to find another rapper hot as me
[02:54.29]I gave you prophecy on my first joint, and y\ all lamed out
[02:57.53]Didn\ t really appreciate it, til the second one came out
[03:00.55]So I stretched the game out, X\ ed your name out
[03:03.37]Put Jigga on top, and drop albums non-stop for ya, nigguh!
[03:06.70]It\ s the hard knock life, for us
[03:09.18]It\ s the hard knock life, for us!!
[03:12.27]Steada treated, we get tricked
[03:15.24]Steada kisses, we get kicked
[03:18.49]It\ s the hard knock life, for us
[03:21.65]It\ s the hard knock life, for us!!
[03:24.72]Steada treated, we get tricked
[03:27.75]Steada kisses, we get kicked
[03:30.91]It\ s the hard knock life!!
[03:43.75].. It\ s the hard knock life!!
[03:55.90].. It\ s the hard knock life!!