<P> "It's the Hard Knock Life" is a song from the musical Annie with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin . The song is about the hard times while living in an orphanage . </P> <P> 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". </P> <Ul> <Li> The song is sampled in the Jay - Z song "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)." </Li> <Li> Howard, Rajesh, and Stuart sing this song in the 23rd episode of Season 8 of The Big Bang Theory entitled "The Maternal Combustion" as a humorous reaction to Howard's wife Bernadette forcing them to participate in chores and clean the kitchen . </Li> <Li> Dr. Evil and Mini Me sing a version in Austin Powers in Goldmember . </Li> <Li> 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 . </Li> <Li> The song is sampled in Lukas Graham's 2014 single "Mama Said". </Li> <Li> Cher Lloyd performed a cover of both the original version and Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) during the second live shows week of the seventh series of the British X Factor in 2010 . The song was also performed the same year by Cher at a funeral in Chicago . </Li> <Li> In the Lego Ninjago Movie, as Lloyd (Dave Franco) ponders his destiny as the Green Ninja, his uncle, Master Wu (Jackie Chan) flutes the song before Lloyd heads home, with the song playing as he did so . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The song is sampled in the Jay - Z song "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)." </Li>

Annie ost (2014) - it's a hard-knock life