Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
JAY-Z
Vocals
The Broadway Cast Of "Annie"
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Charles Strouse
Songwriter
Mark Howard James
Songwriter
Shawn Carter
Songwriter
Martin Charnin
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
DJ Mark the 45 King
Producer
Paul J. Falcone
Recording Engineer
Ken "Duro" Ifill
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
It's the hard knock life, for us
It's the hard knock life, for us
Steada treated, we get tricked
Steada kisses, we get kicked
It's 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 s rap has ever heard
From the dope 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 y'all know me to fail? Uh huh
Where all my brothers with the rubber grips, bust shots
And if you with me mom I rub on your tits, and what not
I'm from the school of the hard knocks, we must not
Let outsiders violate our blocks, and my plot
Let's stick up the world and split it fifty-fifty, uh huh
Let's take the dough and stay real jiggy, uh huh
And sip the cris' and get pissy pissy
Flow infinitely like the memory of my homie biggie, baby
You know it's hell when I come through
The life and times of Shawn Carter
Y'all volume 2, sing
It's the hard knock life, for us
It's the hard knock life, for us
Steada treated, we get tricked
Steada kisses, we get kicked
It's the hard knock life
Writer(s): Mark Howard James, Charles Strouse, Shawn Carter, Martin Charnin
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