'It's Alright' | ||||
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Single by Memphis Bleek and Jay-Z | ||||
from the album Streets Is Watching and Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life | ||||
B-side | 'The Doe' | |||
Released | April 21, 1998 | |||
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Recorded | 1997 | |||
Genre | East Coast hip hop | |||
Length | 4:03 | |||
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Hard Knock Life. It is produced by Damon Dash and Mahogany Music, who sample ' Once in a Lifetime ' by the Talking Heads and 'The Hall of Mirrors' by Kraftwerk for the track's beat. Its B-side is 'The Doe' by Diamonds in da Rough. Jan 01, 2010 Although greatest hits compilations of Jay-Z have been released internationally before, this was the first of its kind to be released in the United States, in which it was released in Standard Edition, Deluxe Edition, and Collector's Edition Box Set as well as a 3-disc deluxe vinyl. Jay-Z tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including big pimpin, numb encore, empire state of mind, dirt off your shoulder, forever young. Nov 18, 2019 All 15 songs featured in All American season 2 episode 6: Hard Knock Life, with scene descriptions. Ask questions and download or stream the entire soundtrack on Spotify, YouTube, iTunes, & Amazon. Created Date: 1:51:11 PM. It's the hard-knock life! (Imitating Miss. Hannigan) You'll stay up till this dump shines Like the top of the Chrysler Building. Yank the whiskers from her chin Jab her with a safety pin Make her drink a mickey finn I love you, Miss Hannigan (whistle) Get to work! (whistle) Strip them beds! (whistle) I said get to work! It's the hard-knock life for us.
'It's Alright' is the only single by Memphis Bleek and Jay-Z that was released from the Streets Is Watching soundtrack for the film of the same name. It was later featured as a bonus track on Jay-Z's third album, Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life. It is produced by Damon Dash and Mahogany Music, who sample 'Once in a Lifetime' by the Talking Heads and 'The Hall of Mirrors' by Kraftwerk for the track's beat. Its B-side is 'The Doe' by Diamonds in da Rough.
Music video[edit]
The video was filmed in Cancun, Mexico. Cameo appearances are made by Damon Dash, Kareem 'Biggs Burke, Ja Rule and DJ Clue?.
Formats and track listings[edit]
CD[edit]
- 'It's Alright' (Clean Version) (4:04)
- 'The Doe' (Clean Version) (4:14)
Vinyl[edit]
A-side[edit]
- 'It's Alright' (Clean Version)
- 'It's Alright' (Dirty Version)
- 'It's Alright' (TV track)
B-side[edit]
- 'The Doe' (Clean Version)
- 'The Doe' (Dirty Version)
- 'The Doe' (TV track)
See also[edit]
Its A Hard Knock Life Auto Tuners
External links[edit]
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
'It's the Hard Knock Life' | |
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Song by Annie and Orphans | |
Published | 1977 |
Composer(s) | Charles Strouse |
Lyricist(s) | Martin Charnin |
'It's the Hard Knock Life' is a song from the musical Annie[1] with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin.[2][3][4] The song is about the hardships faced by children living in an orphanage.
In the 2014 film adaptation, the lyrics in the line 'No one cares for you a smidge, when you're in an orphanage', have been changed to 'no one cares for you a bit, when you're a foster kid'. As well as the line 'You'll stay up 'til this dump shines like the top of the Chrysler building', has been changed to 'Make my bathroom shine, but don't touch my medicine cabinet'.[citation needed]
Hard Knock Life Lyrics
Cover versions[edit]
- The song is sampled in the Jay-Z song 'Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem).'[5] The Jay-Z version is parodied in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember.
- The song is sampled in the Lil' Romeo track 'We Can Make It Right' from his second album Game Time.
- Play covered the song in 2004 for their third studio album Don't Stop the Music which was later featured 20th Anniversary DVD release of Annie. The cover was panned by critics.[citation needed]
- The song is sampled in Lukas Graham's 2014 single 'Mama Said'.[6]
References[edit]
- ^Haun, Harry. 'Thirty-Five Years Young: Despite a Hard-Knock Life, Annie's Hardly Showing Her Age'. The New York Observer. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ^'Musicnotes.com: Unsupported Browser or Operating System'.
- ^'It's the Hard Knock Life – ANNIE to Close on Broadway January 5, 2014'. Broadway World. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ^'Annie Fun Facts'. Pittsburgh CLO. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ^'Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) by Jay-Z Songfacts'.
- ^'Lukas Graham's Mama Said'. WhoSampled. Retrieved February 25, 2016.