Don't if feel like the wind is always howling?. Don't it seem like there's never any light. Once a day don't you wanna throw the towel in?. It's easier than putting up a fight. It's the hard knock life for us. It's the hard knock life for us. Instead of treated we get tricked. Instead of kisses we get kicked. It's the hard knock life. It's the hard knock life for us. It's the hard knock life for us. Instead of treated we get tricked. Instead of kisses we get kicked. It's the hard knock life. We live in hard knocks we don't take over we borrow blocks. I see you vision mama I put my money on the long shots. Now Ima be on top whether I perform or not. I went from lukewarm to hot sleepin' on futons and cots yeah. No one's there when your dreams at night get creepy. No one cares if you grow or if you shrink. No one dries when your eyes get wet and weepy. From all the crying you would think this place's a sink yeah. It's the hard knock life for us. It's the hard knock life for us. Instead of treated we get tricked. Instead of kisses we get kicked. It's the hard knock life. It's the hard knock life for us. It's the hard knock life for us