[00:00.00]Jay-Z  -  Hard Knock Life（VOL.2）
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[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!!