JAY-Z - Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)

Music video by JAY-Z performing Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem). © 2006 S. Carter Enterprises, LLC., Distributed by Roc Nation Records, LLC
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[@DanielAlebachew-xw2fm]

Who is listening in 2024?

[@real_name_hidden_for_ever]

meeeeeeee❤️❤️❤️

[@sarahlee9046]

❤ meeeee

[@shortsclips-ko2lt]

Me❤

[@candaceelainesweatt]

4/24/2024..

[@abbeygiles4621]

Great input.

[@inexpugnabilis]

One of the best hip hop songs of all time!

[@Fernando-uz6yl]

😊

[@Gabe94dotcom]

True 👍

[@derrickgriffines9050]

Not only for its flow .. which is impeccable but also what it stood for..

[@inexpugnabilis]

@@derrickgriffines9050 exactly!

[@BeelySalasBlair-uy5wn]

It's great 💛

[@TheCooIBlackGuy]

25 years later and it's still a BANGER 🔥🔥🔥

[@ELVset]

Fax

[@marianmillings2278]

Real talk👊

[@janemorgan154]

Gosh that long ago… how to make me feel old in 1 comment 😂 but boy what a great tune

[@TheCooIBlackGuy]

@@janemorgan154 likewise lol

[@kiddalingur]

kinda makes u miss the old times

[@SJ20KGAMING]

“As far as progress, you’ll be hard pressed to find another rapper hot as me”. Words he stood by. 🦾❤️

[@esdrasvincent5184]

One of my all time favorite Jay-Z songs

[@Gabe94dotcom]

True ❤

[@vongolaprimo9180]

fr

[@andrewharris4778]

mine as well I know Im Canadian and was not totally exposed to the horrible knocks but still had it very hard and poor ......but we survived .............thank our God

[@Paff1991]

Comes from the Streets, will go to the Streets to People with deep down love.

[@Empixre]

this is without a doubt one of Jay-zs most iconic songs straight heat 🔥🔥

[@GrantWarren2024]

Same with me

[@jamaribeamon5473]

The best

[@pookeyblow]

Mark The 45 King produced this song. Rest In Peace 🕊

[@WillMay-fr9ps]

Jay spoke his success into existence way back then..he said I'm gonna be on top whether I perform or not.... POWERFUL

[@VNSVinyll]

Jay-Z spoke for the streets. When no one else did. One of New York's own. Each song is a classic. Because each song stood for something.

[@Gabe94dotcom]

True ❤😊

[@noneofyourbusiness1114]

DMX was dominating during this time though.

[@silentambition2080]

​@noneofyourbusiness1114 yeah with the help of Rockefeller records and Jay-Z working with Def Jam on Backstage dvd

[@angelicaterry3367]

@@noneofyourbusiness1114 stop this song dominated when it was released

[@johndough3809]

Not really, there were plenty. You’re trying to gas him up 😂

[@drupac40]

This song still goes harder than anything out out in the last ten years

[@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb]

Facts

[@toyimuthimuni]

All the way from Africa. Congratulations on the book of HOV. What you've been able to accomplish is nothing shot of a little magical and aloooot of hard work. Cried like a girl when you touched Johannesburg for the Mandela global citizen❤. Love hov

[@user-eb8cz4lj8h]

Jay was good before Beyonce. 😢

[@gumuru]

"I went from lukewarm to hot"

[@willstoltzfus5986]

One of my favorite Jay-Z songs

[@linusmaro1201]

mh I like tha song I'm one of them

[@AEVAQ.]

2PAC Alive 🆕York 🈳🦞🪦Esperanta☦️do y cnow

[@prowesa3240]

I wasn't even born when this track was made nd im 20years old .....its Timeless 🙌🔥

[@user-zt5yf1gw4n]

I was a 9 year old kid when this came out and now I got my 9 year old singing this song .

[@GMANKOOL23]

This needs to be in 4K

[@Melispottv]

If does good on CZcams (views) 4k will come.

[@danyulwilliams9823]

This is one of my favorite JAY Z songs ever!! ❤❤❤❤💙💙💙💙💚💚💚💚

[@BEE-FANCY]

Let’s stick up the world and split it 50/50 uh-huh
I was lucky to see this performed live in Paris, the crowd went wild, all 78 thousand of them. A moment in my lifetime I’ll never forget, a million thank yous Mr Carter

[@SS-no5jp]

Lucky cherish for life 🎉

[@jgwmain]

This song is a pure classic.

[@herbgotti6028]

This the song that turned him into a superstar 💯 I remember when it first hit the radio it was playing outta every house, car, and boombox on the block #TheGoodOleDays 💯💯

[@eetv7840]

Yeap, it was number 2 on the UK charts, only Cher stop it from going number 1

[@EmmAPestilenciA]

I was in Wayne County jail then, (1999) and the radio was always on " WJLB" back when they still said "where hip hop lives" lol but yeah this was played constantly. So whenever I hear it I am transported back in time to my cell

[@Dudja]

Legendary track right here

[@monogee]

RIP, DA 45 KING!!! You Produced A Banger Right Here!!!

[@lubanzi_official]

😤Am I the only one who's in need of a new Hov album? It's been 6yrs since he dropped 4:44 & that was a classic🙌🏽💯

[@yrnkevinsmithC-137]

U aren't

[@user-gv8ii9iu1f]

This hit had me grinding harder from Brooklyn NY I seen that life salute stay strong and healthy with focus on enhancement.peace my great people!

[@vividmeeesh]

This is that time that God had kept safe for a day like this ❤️✝️💯 memories

[@brookephillips1516]

I must say this is a good song, I've been listening to rap for 30yrs now & it's nice I still remember it!! I understand hard knocks in life now especially with age.

[@brookephillips1516]

As love follows the true heart with staying Real, so yes I'm a lover in fabulous people as their Smile for Representation to what anyone Loves...
Stand on style and vibe, with energy in the feeling to show a true cheek rising...!! 😁😁❤️😊😉😁

[@user-kl4zc9ow5d]

Out of all rappers Jay-Z is a real hustler

[@C500X]

Timeless Masterpiece 🔥🔥🔥

[@djasnepas]

R.I.P. MARK AKA 45 KING!!! 1 LV

[@yaboitim1]

Damn. This hits so hard to this day still.

[@emendoza3028]

a timeless classic!

[@delittantarts419]

Absolutely 💯

[@bigjohnson721]

Timeless music hov always delivers

[@yasermgdeomae9981]

تقديم الموسيقى الخالدة دائما ❤❤

[@dialecticalmonist3405]

I know, right? Annie was such an awesome movie.

[@AyeGhxst]

Loved Vol. 2 so much such a classic album!!

[@joegrinefine]

My personal favorite of the lot….🧠🫀🎯💯

[@dabrocheez1605]

Even tho Jay spit harder on previous joints when I heard this rite here i knew he was here to for the long run str8 ☝🏽

[@mlopez5384]

This video brings me back to my youth in Brooklyn. Jay captured a moment in time!! That’s one of the realest things without a doubt!!!

[@reggie_lamayne]

I wasn't born when this dropped but issa banger!🔥

[@funeats8201]

I miss this era so much. The world sucks now.

[@FlawlessAvery]

THE DEFINITION OF REAL RAP !!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@delittantarts419]

Es

[@ramziyak8618]

R🎉

[@drogbambumalanga8894]

for my younger brother Jonathan ugochukwu Abanifi,died on 01-10-98.still feels like yesterday rip bro .see you at the resurrection

[@takudzwamazwienduna]

This could just be my favorite track of all time, It made me a hip hop fan when I was just 7 (1999), one of my very few childhood memories.

[@athaliahkhola959]

this is not just a song this is a poem

[@PROD5VE]

Jay Z is a huge inspiration to me and I WILL produce a song for him one day.

[@LTN9696]

A classic no doubt! Damn that took me back.

[@juanantonioortiznunez8474]

An ANTHEM🙌🏻

[@Gabe94dotcom]

True ❤

[@earthsaylove]

RIP 45 KING FOREVER! 🤲🏾💫🕊️

[@Colloht]

Never gets old

[@jerrytwist4124]

This tune is still 🔥🔥🔥

[@thecunninlynguist]

Rip 45 king. Gave hov his breakthrough single

[@caligulaprobablemente]

we need a 4k restoration, king.

[@GMANKOOL23]

Same thing I said

[@kleberbarros5350]

Greatest rapper of all time 👑💯🐐

[@user-zz5wb4fm2x]

Jay-Z go hard this time

[@Jeff07241]

Instant Classic!

[@44godson]

🙌 always one if the dopest tracks brought into the world.

[@marvemarge9624]

The classic that’s never forgot truly amazing ❤ much love

[@davidsmoots9502]

Real hood anthem!

[@traviszxz]

We needed this🔥

[@nerdbamarich2063]

That Annie sample..Damn this takes me right back to the 90s...

[@damagedone56]

Remember being 8 years old watchin this on BET for the 1st time ever

[@Iggy1977]

When hip-hop was still cool.

[@shonnadiamond6285]

THE LEGEND!

[@sethaost4212]

I get chills when I come back here time to time 999 don’t give up bros smoke one 😶‍🌫️❤️

[@beaniegee5129]

Back when MTV, BET, VH1 and The Box played a lot of music videos

[@beaniegee5129]

Timeless classic

[@davidgrady5862]

Same year my daughter was born bumped it then and still jump it now.

[@schuylerhecht8253]

I just got real nostalgic reminiscing my summer of 98'...that was a hot NYC summer that year.

[@heydind9800]

This song is amazing

[@ForqiveMqrkel-]

Love jay z man🔥🔥

[@Ayeitsreniyaa]

STILL AN BANGER❤️‍🔥

[@kyliesitcheron8522]

I thought this song was made from the 90s 😭🙏🇯🇲 am a born Jamaican woman 21 years and counting💔

[@therussshow]

The song is from the 90s though

[@kyliesitcheron8522]

Thanks for commenting I appreciate it .......................................... I was born 2002

[@maisharamoshaba9573]

When you so successful, CZcams becomes your recycle bin

[@innobrosanosh8965]

Am listening from Nigeria 2024

[@mohamedgaafar5184]

Timeless.

[@norieisapotato]

I love this song

[@LionnelOfficial]

Stick Up the world and split it 50/50🙏🏼amen

[@jessic178]

Hi still listening in 24 my boyfriend that passed love this track, frist time he heard it he was in the bath I always loved rap but I played this and it was like he understood the word’s love you Bubbles ❤

[@ArtemisMac111]

I love this Trackball because you can relate to it no matter where in the world you are from....respect to the best🎉

[@ALISONROSE96]

Interesting we get these uploads after the Beyoncé Philly show, everyone was talking like Jay would make an appearance, shocked he didn’t.

[@RETROJAM500X123]

We need a real HD remaster of this classic with good sound, not this fake HD one with bad sound...the audio is horrible.

[@stevenjenga7171]

Sometimes it is nice to trip on memories lane,it sincerely feels so good

[@joshuabrianallen4254]

Kinda got tear my eye Lml im 24yrs old man i may not have faced the hardships like the old days but ive seen alot of shit happen in the ghetto myself i grew up in a couple hoods man and i tell ya it was hard seeing people that look like me hustling like they was just to survive man but much respect to Jay-Z man salute 💯💯💯💯

[@TheAlkebulanTrust]

In the #BookOfHov...this is a super classic.

[@LaCheleWallace]

I sure did have this CD single spinning on repeat during the time.

[@InsultablePerson]

This hip-hop song goes very hard

[@dontelljones4713]

This was his best hit that really solidified him

[@s.c.8296]

Appreciate how he used the song from musical Annie for this song. Connecring these different worlds is what probably made him a great star.

[@celestialshoegazer]

This was the first Jay Z song, I ever heard.

[@marydabaddestwilliams5962]

Another classic 🥰 i love u jay😘

[@godwinashongatiseyecstasys9532]

The Anthem ❤❤❤❤

[@nathy-wordz]

The Greatest. One of Them. The Only One, the J. The H.O.V. That Nigga Jigga. Jay To The Z. JAY-Z. Thanx and Respect. 💥✨

[@jameschin4471]

wait a minute i no this music it was Annie movie original sound tracks when i was a child i love that movie this pop singer remix like rnb music i love it 😊thank u!!

[@mackavelly]

THE new york anthem

[@jamesemartinjr]

Rip 45 King the ancestors got you always pushing hiphop forward in the authentic direction thank you sir

[@tannerneth5083]

dusted off my headphones for this one

[@johantolli372]

I saw Jay-Z live at Peace and Love festival in Sweden back in 2010. He was the main event and hearing "Hard Knock Life" in the middle of an open field surrounded by forrest, in a crowd of 40.000 people was one of the greatest consert experiences ive ever had, and im not even that big of a Jay-Z fan.

[@user-sm8zf9vz9j]

Man, I feel like Jay has a lot of authority in his words but when he says "feel me?" I can't say that i do... He looks like a nice guy though. I hope rap becomes as big as he envisions it.

[@OutsideDuhBox]

Take the bass line out, uh-huh
Jigga, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, yeah
Let it bump though
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
From standin' on the corners boppin'
To drivin' some of the hottest cars New York has ever seen
For 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 n- know me to fail? F- naw
Where all my n- with the rubber grips, bust shots?
And if you with me, mom, I rub on your -, and what-not
I'm from the school of the hard knocks, we 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 n- Biggie, baby
You know it's hell when I come through
The life and times of Shawn Carter, n-, Volume 2
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
I flow for those 'dro'ed out
All my n- locked down in the 10 by 4, 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, sh-
I'm tight grill when my situation ain't improvin'
I'm tryna murder everything movin', feel me
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 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
I don't know how to sleep, I gotta eat, stay on my toes
Got a lot of beef, so logically, I prey on my foes
Hustling's 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 drop albums non-stop for ya, n-
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 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
It's the hard knock life
🔥 Still waiting for my hard knock life to end, ya heard?
Throw your boi a sub. ;)

[@maddievicky]

how did you know I was listening to this 🤨

[@boomagoo321]

Big Homey bout to drop The Album 😁

[@sku32956]

Wow still a great hook

[@user-vg1li9wv5o]

Covers every era!🦾

[@Lover-of-Creative-Priorities]

Jay made that Annie movie better with this song