We from the school, the School of Hard Knocks   Who's ready to rock?   (Ready to rock)   Are you ready to rock?   (Ready to rock)   Round'n up suckaz knock 'em, knock 'em out the box      We from the school, the School of Hard Knocks   Who's ready to rock?   (Ready to rock)   Are you ready to rock?   (Ready to rock)   Round'n up suckaz knock 'em, knock 'em out the box      Since back in the days   All up in this   The year 2 G's   Come again      Graduate at 13, the streets made me a scholar   Flood the microphone, one by one, hear 'em holler   The sure shoots, rock box, rhymin' on blasted beats   Mics on my side, they call me, Hip Hop Along Cassidy      Rap'n catastrophe but only time will tell   Could we excel and rock bells like LL   Made me feel I was ill, music euphoria   Went to the doctor, D.O.C. gave me the formula      Hey, young world, the world is yours   Turned my whole wide world into metaphors   You kept me straight when times got hard   So, let me reminisce over you, my God   Old school, bring it back      We from the school, the School of Hard Knocks   Who's ready to rock?   (Ready to rock)   Are you ready to rock?   (Ready to rock)   Round'n up suckaz, knock 'em, knock 'em out the box      We from the school, the School of Hard Knocks   Who's ready to rock?   (Ready to rock)   Are you ready to rock?   (Ready to rock)   Round'n up suckaz, knock 'em, knock 'em out the box      Like back in the days   Reminiscent, all up in this   That's how we do this   Come on, G's, come on      I came through the door, I said it before   We pioneers, redefining hardcore   You want more MC's and DJ's   Dues we pays, 8 out of 7 days      In many ways, I've seen a lot go around   Pound for pound from SD to Boogie Down   We've been around 'bout as round as they come   From all yes y'all's, to dum, ditty, dum, dum      See, this is philosophy on the industry   That there ain't no other brothaz 'bout as bad as we   You see my squad stays on point   Rock this funky joint, can you dig it?   Set me up, here we come      This is how we do   Party people in the place   This is how we do   1, 2, 3, say      We from the school, the School of Hard Knocks   Who's ready to rock?   (Ready to rock)   Are you ready to rock?   (Ready to rock)   Round'n up suckaz, knock 'em, knock 'em out the box      We from the school, the School of Hard Knocks   Who's ready to rock?   (Ready to rock)   Are you ready to rock?   (Ready to rock)   Round'n up suckaz, knock 'em, knock 'em out the box      Who's down?   Dance well to the funky sound   Who's down?   To make some noise and scream out loud      Who's down?   And throw your hands in the air right now   Who's down?   Jump around, jump around