It’s like that    (video)    (intro)

 

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1. Unemployment at a record highs.

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    people coming, people going, people born to die.

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    Don't ask me, because I don't know why.

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    but it's like that, and that's the way it is.

 

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2. People in the world tryin’ to make ends meet,

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    you try to ride car, train, bus, or feet.

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    I said, you got to work hard, you want to compete,

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    it's like that, and that's the way it is. Huh!

 

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3. Money is the key to end all your woes,

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    your ups, your downs, your highs and your lows.

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

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

 

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4. Bills rise higher every day,

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    we receive much lower pay.

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    I'd rather stay young, go out and play,

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    it's like that, and that's the way it is. Huh!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5. Wars going on across the sea,

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    street soldiers killing the elderly.

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    Whatever happened to unity?

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

 

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6. Disillusion is the word,

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    that's used by me when I'm not heard.

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    I just go through life with my glasses blurred,

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    it's like that, and that's the way it is. Huh !

   

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7.You can see a lot in this lifespan,

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    like a bum eating out of a garbage can.

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    You noticed one time he was your man,

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

 

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

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    but you laid in the bed where the bums have laid.

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

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

 

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+ You know it's like that, and that's the way it is. (3x)

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+ Because it’s like that. Check this out !

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+ It’s Run DMC and Jam master Jay Run ! (4x)

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+ Run DMC and Jam master Jay ! (2x)   Check this out !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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9. One thing I know is that life is short,

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    so listen up, homeboy, give this a thought.

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

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

 

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

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    the one that flexes with successes will make you glad.

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    Stop playing, start praying, you won't be sad,

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

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    Huh!         Check this out !

 

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

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    because it's like that, and that's the way it is.

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

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    because it's like that, and that's the way it is. ...

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (Run DMC)