[00:10.000]Unemployment at a record highs
[00:13.000]People coming, people going, people born to die
[00:17.000]Don't ask me, because I don't know why
[00:20.000]But it's like that, and that's the way it is
[00:25.000]People in the world tryin to make ends meet
[00:27.000]You try to ride car, train, bus, or feet
[00:31.000]I said you got to work hard, you want to compete
[00:35.000]It's like that, and that's the way it is
[00:39.000]Huh!
[00:47.000]Money is the key to end all your woes
[00:50.000]Your ups, your downs, your highs and your lows
[00:54.000]Won't you tell me the last time that love bought you clothes?
[00:57.000]It's like that, and that's the way it is
[01:01.000]Bills rise higher every day
[01:05.000]We receive much lower pay
[01:08.000]I'd rather stay young, go out and play
[01:12.000]It's like that, and that's the way it is
[01:16.000]Huh!
[01:24.000]Wars going on across the sea
[01:27.000]Street soldiers killing the elderly
[01:31.000]Whatever happened to unity?
[01:35.000]It's like that, and that's the way it is
[01:39.000]Disillusion is the word
[01:42.000]That's used by me when I'm not heard
[01:46.000]I just go through life with my glasses blurred
[01:49.000]It's like that, and that's the way it is
[01:54.000]Huh!
[02:00.000]You can see a lot in this lifespan
[02:04.000]Like a bum eating out of a garbage can
[02:08.000]You noticed one time he was your man
[02:12.000]It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
[02:15.000]You should have gone to school, you could've learned a trade
[02:19.000]But you laid in the bed where the bums have laid
[02:23.000]Now all the time you're crying that you're underpaid
[02:27.000]It's like that and that's the way it is
[03:08.000]One thing I know is that life is short
[03:11.000]So listen up homeboy, give this a thought
[03:15.000]The next time someone's teaching why don't you get taught?
[03:19.000]It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
[03:22.000]If you really think about it times aren't that bad
[03:26.000]The one that flexes with successes will make you glad
[03:30.000]Stop playing start praying, you won't be sad
[03:33.000]It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
[03:38.000]Huh!
[03:40.000]Check this out
[03:46.000]You know it's like that, and that's the way it is
[03:50.000]Because it's like that, and that's the way it is