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 longshots Now Imma 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