Yo, why y'all had to bring this up man?   I mean it ain?t like I forgot but   It?s like I wouldn't thinkin? about it man   But now that you wanna talk about it   You got me all watery in the eyes, you know   But ah, it?s all good   I wanna tell y'all three man   I love y'all like y'all love me   But if y'all know what we talkin? bout   Fizz holla at ya boy      For the first three years, we was on coat fax   No deals, no money but everybody had our back   We knew it would happen and that was for a fact   Until then we was watching Cosby?s in the laundry mat      Scoungin? up change for a meal at Pizza Guy   No ride to Roscoe's, we made our own sunrise   Gettin? sick off cheetoes, skittles and benekos   Mark yellin? 'cause we eat his last taqeto      Wishin? for a bank account with at least two zero?s   Playin? ball all day, sharin? one Gatorade   No dogs of our own so we walked Bear and Jane   Playin? B-B bridges hoppin? over gates just to go swimmin?      Yeah we was bad   Tryin' a holla at older women, huh man   Times was hard, you know we didn?t get to much   But we always had each other man that was enough      We've been through thick and thin but we still here   No matter what goes down we are still friends till the end   Ups and downs yeah, that's a hard knock life   Yeah it's ride or die 'cause we're boys for life   Ya heard      We've been through thick and thin but we still here   No matter what goes down we are still friends till the end   Ups and downs yeah, that's a hard knock life   Yeah it's ride or die 'cause we're boys for life   Ya heard      It?s gettin? hard now, what are we to do now?   Years is passin? it?s time to make moves now   We got our act together faced the bad weather   Told ourselves it was either now or never      So we grabbed our stuff and started shoppin? at lables   Performed demos and did whatever it takes, damn   Every label slammed the door in our face   But we kept our heads up until we found the right place   Ya know      We've been through thick and thin but we still here   No matter what goes down we are still friends till the end   Ups and downs yeah, that's a hard knock life   Yeah it's ride or die 'cause we're boys for life   Ya heard      We've been through thick and thin but we still here   No matter what goes down we are still friends till the end   Ups and downs yeah, that's a hard knock life   Yeah it's ride or die 'cause we're boys for life   Ya heard      We found a home it?s on we in the game now   Chris and Max done made this thing crack now   We workin' with Tommy and Polly and D.Mack now   Took us a while but we got a name now      A platinum album with doe up in the bank now   No more loungin? around, we businessmen now   Epic helped us and put us in the right gear   Video and radio thanks for the great year      I?m glad the time it took was a struggle   So that when this time came we?d be grateful and humble   We thank God for makin? all this happen for us   We thank all our fans for havin? love in us   So come on      We've been through thick and thin but we still here   No matter what goes down we are still friends till the end   Ups and downs yeah, that's a hard knock life   Yeah it's ride or die 'cause we're boys for life   Ya heard      We've been through thick and thin but we still here   No matter what goes down we are still friends till the end   Ups and downs yeah, that's a hard knock life   Yeah it's ride or die 'cause we're boys for life   Ya heard      I know that your watchin? over me   Thank God that you brought the joy to me   Now B2K has a story   I love y'all just like y'all love me      I know that your watchin? over me   Thank God that you brought the joy to me   Now B2K has a story   I love y'all just like y'all love me      I know that your watchin? over me   Thank God that you brought the joy to me   Now B2K has a story   I love y'all just like y'all love me