Verse 1
Beyond Broadway, Near The Sticks
It’s Double Wides And Ranch Style Bricks
Homeless Camps, Monthly Food Stamps
Tumbleweed Trash On The Off Ramp
Abandoned Barns, Low Ridin’ Cars
Findin’ Old Playboys In The Backyard
Chain Link Fences, Dirt Bike Princes
Beer And Cigarettes Are Basic Expenses
Chorus
The Asphalt’s A Little Rougher
Growin’ Up’s A Little Tougher
It’s Where What You Had Was All You Got
And A Hard Knock Life Needs A Few More Knocks
Over There In Antioch
Verse 2
Barkley Square’s Where I Took My Licks
Teeth First In A Gravel Ditch
Ya Run From Cops, Don’t Get Caught
Snitch On Ya Friends You’re Kickin’ Rocks
News At Five Says First In Crime
Down Power Lines Get Last In Line
Trucks On Blocks On Every Block
Close Your Windows, Lock Your Locks
Chorus
The Asphalt’s A Little Rougher
Growin’ Up’s A Little Tougher
It’s Where What You Had Was All You Got
And A Hard Knock Life Needs A Few More Knocks
Over There In Antioch
Bridge
Tattoos, Juvenile Court And Out On Bail
More Than A Few Nights Spent In The County Jail
Might Not Be Ya Mama’s Ideal Kinda Crowd
But We’re A “Walk A Mile In Our Shoes” Kinda Proud Cause
Chorus
The Asphalt’s A Little Rougher
Growin’ Up’s A Little Tougher
It’s Where What You Had Was All You Got
And A Hard Knock Life Needs A Few More Knocks
Over There In Antioch
