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"Empty belly life! Rotten smelly life! Full of sorrow life! No tomorrow life! Santa Claus we never see Santa Claus, what's that? Who's he? No one cares for you a smidge When you're in an orphanage!" "It's the Hard-Knock Life" - "Annie" (1982 Film) . . . . . #musicalquotesdaily #positivequotes #annie #hardknocklife #positivevibesonly # ...
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Raw History Clips on Instagram: "In March 1982, Twelve-year-old Allison Smith is belting the opening of "It's the Hard-Knock Life" as Annie in the iconic musical. With its fast, rhythmic, street-tough chant delivered over a pounding piano, her performance unintentionally channeled the raw vocal energy of early hip-hop pioneers like Run-D.M.C. at the very moment that genre was exploding in her native New York City. Decades later, the vibe was so undeniable that Jay-Z famously sampled the song for
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