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Oh yeahDidn't take nothing that |
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I didn't need' |
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Cause they didn't offer classes in what |
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I want to be |
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They didn't offer manhood responsibility |
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Had to learn it the hard way, earn my degree in the streets |
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Graduated from hard knocks, |
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I got my education |
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And hard knocks cared a little about the situation |
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Hard knocks, got the bumps and the bruises to prove it |
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Hard knocks |
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Can't bust through the ceiling without feeling the burn |
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And I ain't got nothing that |
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I didn't earn |
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Chasing that dollar, still hitting the books |
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Studying Donnie and |
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Stevie, I learn to sail the hooks |
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Talk about those hard knocks, got the bumps and the bruises to prove it |
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Hard knocks, got the rhyme and the reason to choose it |
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Hard knocks out on the streets |
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Hard knocks |
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Had a real good teacher named |
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Mr. LifeDidn't teach no chemistry but he taught me how to fight |
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Didn't teach biology but |
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I learned it from the birds and the bees |
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Said stay close to your friends, closer to your enemies |
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Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right |
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Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah that's right |
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Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, so right |
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I graduated from hard knocks, |
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I got my education |
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And hard knocks getting in and out of situations |
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Hard knocks, got the bumps and the bruises to prove it |
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Hard knocks, oh |
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LordFeeling at my soul, all the heads in pain |
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From my hard knocks |
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I've got the bumps and the bruises to prove it |
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Deep inside, oh yeah |
