Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Janette Hoppe #44 Inner City Life

it's a hard knock life
this inner city life

a year younger
than most of my friends
it's been a hard slog life
since way back then

it's a hard knock life
this inner city life

it's been a hard knock life for me
from the start
no-one cares for you
when you have a tender heart
my folks couldn't care less about me
tried to ship me off to another family

it's a hard knock life
this inner city life

no-one gives a damn about you
when your skins not white
it's a hard knock life
this full of sorrow life
and justice ain't justice
unless you are white

it's a hard knock life
this inner city life

older than my years
I came into this life
sliding sideways
this full of sorrow life
this good for nothing life
but all I can say is I did it my way

it's a hard knock life
it's a hard knock life
it's a hard knock life!


*It's the Hard Knock Life from Annie the musical - music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin.  It's the Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) by Jay Z.







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