It's Like That - Run-DMC

Written by：Lawrence Smith/Joseph Ward Simmons/Darryl McDaniels

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

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

Money is the key to end all your woes

Your ups 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 flies 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'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 life span

Like a bum eating out of a garbage can

You notice one time he was your man

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

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

But you laid in the bed where the bums have laid

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

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

One thing I know 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 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 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 and that's the way it is huh

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

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

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

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