[run]

Unemployment at a record high

People coming, people going, people born to die

Don't ask me, because i don't know why

But it's like that, and that's the way it is



[d.m.c.]

People in the world try to make ends meet

You try to ride car, train, bus, or feet

I said you got to work hard to want to compete

It's like that, and that's the way it is

Huh!



[run & d.m.c. alternate lines for the remainder of the song]

Money is the key to end all your woes

Your ups and your downs, your highs and your lows

Won't you tell me last time that love bought you clothes?

It's like that, and that's the way it is



Bills fly higher every day

We receive much lower pay

I'd rather stay young, go out and play

It's like that, and that's the way it is

Huh!



War's going on across the sea

Street soldiers killing the elderly

What ever happened to unity?

It's like that, and that that's the way it is



Disillusion is the word

That's used by me when i'm not heard

I just go through life with my glasses blurred

It's like that, and that's the way it is

Huh!



You can see a lot in this lifespan

Like a bum eating out of a garbage can

You notice one time he was your man

It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is



You should've gone to school, you could've learned a trade

But you laid in bed where the bums have laid

Now all the time you're crying that you're underpaid

It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is

Huh!



One thing i knoe is that life is short

So listen up homeboy, give this a thought

The next time someone's teaching why don't you get taught?

It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is



If you really think about it times aren't that bad

The one that stretches for success will make you glad

Stop playing start praying, you won't be sad

It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is

Huh!



When you feel you fail sometimes it hurts

For a meaning in life is why you search

Take the boys on the train, drive to school on the church

It's like that, and that's the way it is



Here's another point in life you should not miss

Do not be a fool who's prejudice

Because we're all written down on the same list

It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is

Huh! (repeat 4x)



You know it's like that, and that's the way it is

Because it's like that, and that's the way it is


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