It's a hard knock life, hell of a ride
You better hold on tight, step to the side
When the shit is on sight, gotta survive
You won't make it through the night, I'm getting the vibe that
It's a hard knock life, hell of a ride
You better hold on tight, step to the side
When the shit is on sight, gotta survive
You won't make it through the night, I'm getting the vibe that
It's a hard knock life
It's survival of the fit
Can't see the light shit darker the abyss
And it get tense when it spark through the tints
Big bulldog and it bark through the fence
Ain't nobody gon' come to your defense when you need it
Bound to take a loss the street are undefeated
Throwing bullets back off the block Willie Beamen
Low wit' the iron but I never been anemic
Cold world like an icebox
It's a hard knock life when the price drop
They order more guns when they plot on a nice watch
Make your life stop with the right shot
Bang, I don't claim no set
Heard it all before the same ol' the threat
No safe bets being hand down
I'm a stand my ground and never back down
It's a hard knock life, hell of a ride
You better hold on tight, step to the side
When the shit is on sight, gotta survive
You won't make it through the night, I'm getting the vibe that
It's a hard knock life, hell of a ride
You better hold on tight, step to the side
When the shit is on sight, gotta survive
You won't make it through the night, I'm getting the vibe that
It's a hard knock life
Nobody said it was easy
Live life like the roll of a dice Parcheesi
Everybody wanna see a milli quick like Weezy
But won't put in the work
It's a hard knock life till your foot in the dirt
Stabbed in the back or you hit wit' a burst
Sent to the morgue where you get it the worse
Every bullet got a name on it, last and a first
Shit a get you clapped in a rush
Can't make it out without a scratch or a cut
They shoot first won't pass in the clutch
Money on your head if you cap for the bucks
You ain't a player or a stunna'
So don't get yourself plugged by a gunner
It'll get ugly like UGGs in the summer
Son of a gun and that pop is a mother
It's a hard knock life, hell of a ride
You better hold on tight, step to the side
When the shit is on sight, gotta survive
You won't make it through the night, I'm getting the vibe that
It's a hard knock life, hell of a ride
You better hold on tight, step to the side
When the shit is on sight, gotta survive
You won't make it through the night, I'm getting the vibe that
It's a hard knock life