Hard Knocks Lyrics - Hard Knocks - Joe Cocker

Oh yeah 

Didn't take nothing that I didn't need 

'Cause they didn't offer classes in what I want to be 

They didn't offer manhood responsibility 

Had to learn it the hard way, earn my degree in the streets 

Graduated from hard knocks, I got my education 

And hard knocks cared a little about the situation 

Hard knocks, got the bumps and the bruises to prove it 

Hard knocks 

Can't bust through the ceiling without feeling the burn 

And I ain't got nothing that I didn't earn 

Chasing that dollar, still hitting the books 

Studying Donnie and 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 

Hard knocks, got the rhyme and the reason to choose it 

Hard knocks out on the streets 

Hard knocks 

Had a real good teacher named Mr. Life 

Didn't teach no chemistry but he taught me how to fight 

Didn't teach biology but I learned it from the birds and the bees 

Said stay close to your friends, closer to your enemies 

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right 

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah that's right 

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, so right 

I graduated from hard knocks, I got my education 

And hard knocks getting in and out of situations 

Hard knocks, got the bumps and the bruises to prove it 

Hard knocks, oh Lord 

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Feeling at my soul, all the heads in pain 

From my hard knocks 

I've got the bumps and the bruises to prove it 

Deep inside, oh yeah