[00:00.00] Unemployment at  a record  high
[00:12.90]People coming, people going, people born to die
[00:16.98]Don't ask me, because I don't know  why
[00:20.01]But it's like that, and that's the way it  is
[00:24.06][ D.M.C.]
[00:24.72]People in  the world try to make ends  meet
[00:27.81]You try to ride car, train, bus, or feet
[00:31.17]I said you got to work  hard to want  to  compete
[00:35.19]It's like that, and that's the way  it  is
[00:39.45]Huh!
[00:40.05][Run & D.M.C. alternate lines  for the remainder of the song]
[00:46.86]Money is the key to end  all  your woes
[00:50.16]Your ups and your downs, your  highs and  your lows
[00:53.73]Won't you tell me last time that love  bought  you clothes?
[00:57.63]It's like that, and that's the way it  is
[01:01.50]Bills fly higher  every day
[01:05.34]We receive much  lower pay
[01:08.61]I'd rather stay young, go out and play
[01:12.42]It's like that, and that's the way it  is
[01:16.38]Huh!
[01:23.97]War's going on across the sea
[01:27.12]Street  soldiers  killing  the elderly
[01:30.93]What  ever  happened to unity?
[01:34.74]It's like that, and that that's the way it  is
[01:38.79]Disillusion  is the word
[01:42.39]That's used by me when  I'm not heard
[01:45.69]I  just go through  life  with my glasses  blurred
[01:49.65]It's  like that, and that's the way it  is
[01:53.61]Huh!
[02:00.75]You can see a lot in this lifespan
[02:04.35]Like a bum  eating out of a garbage can
[02:08.28]You notice one time  he was your man
[02:11.85]It's like that (what?) and that's the way  it is
[02:15.42]You should've gone to school, you could've learned  a trade
[02:19.26]But you laid in  bed  where the bums have laid
[02:22.98]Now all the time you're crying  that you're underpaid
[02:26.73]It's like that (what?) and that's the way  it  is
[02:37.74]Huh!
[03:08.19]One thing I knoe is that life is  short
[03:11.10]So listen up homeboy, give  this a thought
[03:14.85]The next time someone's teaching why don't you get taught?
[03:18.78]It's like that (what?) and that's the way it  is
[03:22.65]If you really think about it times  aren't that bad
[03:26.16]The one that stretches for  success will make you  glad
[03:29.91]Stop playing start praying, you  won't be  sad
[03:33.69]It's like that (what?) and  that's the way it is
[03:36.66]Huh!
[03:36.75]When you feel you fail  sometimes it hurts
[03:38.55]For a meaning in life is why you search
[03:39.36]Take the boys on the train, drive to school on the church
[03:40.41]It's like that, and that's the way it is
[03:41.31]Here's another point in life you should not miss
[03:42.90]Do not be a fool who's prejudice
[03:43.95]Because we're all written down on the same list
[03:45.42]It's like that (what?) and that's the way it  is
[03:46.56]Huh! (Repeat 4x)
[03:46.83]You know it's like that, and that's the way  it  is
[03:57.63]Because it's like that, and that's the way it  is