| JAY-Z의 싱글 | ||||
| "Can I Get A..." (1998) | → | Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) (1998) | → | "Money, Cash, Hoes" (1998) |
| Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) | ||||
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| 수록 음반 | <colbgcolor=#fff,#1f2023> Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life | |||
| 아티스트 | JAY-Z | |||
| B-Side | "Money, Cash, Hoes (Remix) (Radio Edit)" (카세트 싱글) | |||
| 발매일 | 1998년 10월 27일 | |||
| 녹음 기간 | 1998년 | |||
| 스튜디오 | 더 힛 팩토리 (뉴욕 주 뉴욕)[1] 플래티넘 아일랜드 스튜디오 (뉴욕 주 뉴욕)[2] | |||
| 장르 | 이스트 코스트 힙합 | |||
| 재생 시간 | 3:58 (앨범 버전) | |||
| 레이블 | Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam | |||
| 송라이터 | Shawn Carter, Mark James,[3] Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin | |||
| 프로듀서 | The 45 King | |||
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1. 개요
JAY-Z의 싱글이며 그의 3집 앨범 Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life의 두번째 싱글로 1998년 10월 27일에 발매되었다. 유명 뮤지컬 애니에 나오는 동명의 곡 'It’s The Hard Knock Life'에서 샘플링을 따왔다. 1982년 영화 버전의 원곡.2. 오디오/뮤직 비디오
| 오디오 (앨범 버전) |
| 뮤직 비디오 |
3. 가사
| [Intro] Take the bass line out Uh-huh, Jigga Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, yeah Let it bump though [Chorus] 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! [Verse 1] From standin' on the corners, boppin' To drivin' some of the hottest cars New York has ever seen From droppin' some of the hottest verses rap has ever heard From the dope spot, with the smoke Glock Fleein' the murder scene, you know me well From nightmares of a lonely cell, my only hell But since when y'all niggas know me to fail? Fuck naw Where all my niggas with the rubber grips, bust shots And if you with me, mama, rub on your tits, and what-not I'm from the school of the hard knocks, you must not Let outsiders violate our blocks and my plot Let's stick up the world and split it 50/50, uh-huh Let's take the dough and stay real jiggy, uh-huh And sip the Cris' and get pissy-pissy Flow infinitely like the memory of my nigga Biggie, baby! You know it's hell when I come through The life and times of Shawn Carter, nigga, Volume 2 Y'all niggas get ready! [Chorus] 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! [Verse 2] I flow for those 'dro'ed out All my niggas locked down in the 10 by four, controllin' the house We live in hard knocks We don't take over, we borrow blocks Burn 'em down and you can have it back Daddy, I'd rather that I flow for chicks wishin', they ain't have to strip to pay tuition I see your vision, mama I put my money on the longshots All my ballers that's born to clock Know I'ma be on top whether I perform or not I went from lukewarm to hot Sleepin' on futons and cots to King Size Green machines, to green 5's I've seen pies, let the thing between my eyes analyze life's ills Then I put it down type Braille I'm tight grill with the phony Rappers, y'all might feel we homies I'm like, "Still, y'all don't know me." Shit, I'm tight grill when my situation ain't improvin' I'm tryna murder everything movin' - feel me? [Chorus] 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! [Verse 3] I don't know how to sleep, I gotta eat, stay on my toes Got a lotta beef, so logically, I prey on my foes Hustlin' is still inside of me, and as far as progress You'd be hard-pressed to find another rapper hot as me I gave you prophecy on my first joint, and y'all lamed out Didn't really appreciate it 'til the second one came out So I stretched the game out, etched your name out Put Jigga on top and dropped albums non-stop for ya, nigga! [Chorus] 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! |
4. 차트 성적
빌보드 R&B 차트에서 10위, 빌보드 핫 100에서 1999년 3월 넷째 주에 15위를 기록했고 4주 연속 20위권에,[4] 16주 비연속 40위권에 머물러 있었다.[5]1999년 빌보드 R&B 연말 차트에서 53위, 1999년 빌보드 핫 100 연말 차트에선 89위에 올랐다.