It's the Hard Knock Life

And she has that...

I'm trying to think of her, what is her line in Hard Knock Life? Do you remember what you had to do? She-

"Like ashtrays and art."

[laughs] Instantly right there.

Jay-Z had claimed that when he grew up, he loved the cast album to Annie and made up this whole story and got the rights from Charlie Strauss and Martin Sharnan to do his own kind of version written over it, as it were.

The hard knock life from Annie, as only Sean Carter could do it.

All my niggas locked down in a 10x4 Controlin' our house, we livin' hard knocks We don't take over, we ball blocks Burn em down and you can have it back, daddy I'd rather that I float for chicks wishin' They ain't have to strip to pay tuition I see your vision, mama Ballers, that's born to clock No one will be on top, whether I perform or not I went from lukewarm to hot Sleeping on futons and cots to king size Green machines to green fives to scene pies Let the thing between my eyes analyze life's ills Then I put it down tight, real I'm tight, real with the phony Rappers, y'all might feel we homies I'm like steel, y'all don't know me I'm tight, real when my situation ain't improving I'm trying to murder everything moving Got a lot of beef, so logically, I pray on my foes.

Hustlin' still inside of me.

away from the u.s so of course he's working with he's being resourceful like we've seen them doing the africa episodes previously so gotta get back in on that adjustment period

and in a bit of stage direction from the uh production that you forgot about annie's eardrums are ruptured dun dun dun No? No Annie fans in the house? Or Little Orphan Annie? Hard Knock Life? Tough

Room.

I saw it when I was a kid, but I don't remember hardly any of it.

It's

a hard knock life.

If you need a child

wrangler.

it's a

heart

what's your favorite song from annie watched Annie in so long I have never seen it on a stage obviously like I think Hard Knock Life is a banger like the choreo that they do while they're freaking scrubbing those floors wait

let's cast it too but my favorite song is probably Maybe

Number seven, which rapper sold early CDs directly from his car trunk in the mid-1990s before founding No Limits Records? That's Master P.

Number eight, which 1998 Jay-Z song sampled Annie without initial clearance? It's Hard Knock Life.

Number nine, which rapper declined major brand endorsements in 2010s to maintain lyrical authenticity? It's Kendrick Lamar.

Number 10, which 2001 Jay-Z album title referenced the recording sessions at Electric Lady Studios? It's The Blueprint.