Hard Knock Life lyrics

[Chorus: Aileen Quinn as Annie & Orphans & SkiBs]
It's a hard-knock life for us
It's a hard-knock life for us
'Stead of treated, we get tricked
'Stead of kisses, we get kicked
It's a hard-knock life for us
It's a hard-knock life for us (Ayy, ayy)
'Stead of treated, we get tricked
'Stead of kisses, we get kicked (Skibs, heh, yeah)
It's a hard-knock life

[Verse 1: SkiBs]
Now I'm tryna get set as the best
But suddenly, all this music sh*t is gettin' me stressed
But yo, I ain't gon' let it get to me yet
So wе keep pushin', never set it to rеst
Yeah, you say this life is hard, I say we fightin' for it
And if you talkin' sh*t, well, we might just ignore it
Now I know I'ma make it like a psychic saw it
Ayy yo, you takin' off? I caught the flight before
Ayy, when you see me, I'm on top of my sh*t
Ayy yo, overseas kid, now I'm crossin' the grid
First, you know they always gon' start jockin' my sh*t
But then the next thing they do is start coppin' my sh*t
Yo, tryna be different, tryna stay out your course
So when this sh*t gets hard, that's when I say I want more
If you say I can't do it, b*tch, I'll knock you to the floor
This a hard-knock life, kid, I'm knockin' at your door, what's up?
[Chorus: Aileen Quinn as Annie & Orphans & SkiBs]
It's a hard-knock life for us (Ha, yeah, yeah)
It's a hard-knock life for us
'Stead of treated, we get tricked
'Stead of kisses, we get kicked
It's a hard-knock life for us
It's a hard-knock life for us (Ayy, ayy)
'Stead of treated, we get tricked
'Stead of kisses, we get kicked (Skibs, heh, yeah)
It's a hard-knock life

[Verse 2: SkiBs]
I'll go back to what you was thinkin' before
Ayy, y'all too late to go get it like someone's ringin' the door
I swear you motherf*ckers are just wasting my time
'Cause now this music ain't the only sh*t I got on my mind
I got to school, help my mom just to know I'm a pest
Got these teachers on my ass when I show up to class
Gotta give you the facts, give a f*ck about math
You say that we need it but that's something I'll never grasp
Ayy, to be honest, this life is f*cked, I promise
So choose how you gon' be remembered when you're gone, kid
So go get the biggest joint you gon' ever find
Rip that sh*t in one hit and write some clever lines
I've gotten f*cked with, yeah, I've been shot down
Thinkin' I'ma stop, not now, just to f*ck with you
I'ma ride around town with the top down
Smokin' weed with the homies, makin' cop sounds, heh (It's a hard-knock life—)