Joe Cocker - Hard Knocks lyrics

rate me

Oh yeah!

Didn't take nothin' that I didn't need

'Cause they didn't offer classes in what I wanted 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

Gettin' in and out of situations

Hard knocks

Got the bumps and the bruises to prove it

Hard knocks!

........................ without feelin' the burn

And I ain't got nothin' that I did not earn

Chasin' that ooooh still hittin' the books

Studying Donnie and Stevie

Learn to sail the hooks

Talk about those hard knocks

Got the bumps and the bruises to prove it

Hard knocks

.................

Hard knocks

I torn 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

Even closer to your enemies

oh yeah yeah yeah

Graduated from hard knocks

I got my education

And hard knocks

Gettin' in and out of situations

Hard knocks

Got the bumps and the bruises to prove it

Hard knocks!<br />

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Thanks to razvan