[00:00.00] 作词 : Lawrence Smith/Joseph Ward Simmons/Darryl McDaniels[00:01.00] 作曲 : Lawrence Smith/Joseph Ward Simmons/Darryl McDaniels[00:18.27]Unemployment at a record high[00:21.61]People coming, people going, people born to die[00:26.07]Don't ask me, because I don't know why[00:29.31]But it's like that, and that's the way it is[00:34.00]People in the world try to make ends meet[00:37.43]You try to ride car, train, bus, or feet[00:41.35]I said you got to work hard to want to compete[00:45.47]It's like that, and that's the way it is[00:49.79]Huh![00:57.75]Money is the key to end all your woes[01:01.17]Your ups and your downs, your highs and your lows[01:05.13]Won't you tell me last time that love bought you clothes?[01:09.07]It's like that, and that's the way it is[01:13.57]Bills fly higher every day[01:17.54]We receive much lower pay[01:21.39]I'd rather stay young, go out and play[01:24.99]It's like that, and that's the way it is[01:29.42]Huh![01:33.38]War's going on across the sea[01:36.86]Street soldiers killing the elderly[01:40.78]What ever happened to unity[01:44.74]It's like that, and that that's the way it is[01:49.25]Disillusion is the word“[01:52.76]That's used by me when I'm not heard[01:56.62]I just go through life with my glasses blurred[02:00.66]It's like that, and that's the way it is[02:05.03]Huh![02:20.86]You can see a lot in this lifespan[02:24.46]Like a bum eating out of a garbage can[02:28.43]You notice one time he was your man[02:32.41]It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is[02:36.21]You should've gone to school, you could've learned a trade[02:40.23]But you laid in bed where the bums have laid[02:44.31]Now all the time you're crying that you're underpaid[02:48.29]It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is[02:52.60]Huh![03:00.61]One thing I know is that life is short[03:04.09]So listen up homeboy, give this a thought[03:07.91]The next time someone's teaching why don't you get taught?[03:11.95]It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is[03:16.21]If you really think about it times aren't that bad[03:19.87]The one that stretches for success will make you glad[03:23.79]Stop playing start praying, you won't be sad[03:27.89]It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is[03:32.25]Huh![03:36.27]When you feel you fail sometimes it hurts[03:39.76]For a meaning in life is why you search[03:43.83]Take the bus or the train, drive to school on the church[03:47.75]It's like that, and that's the way it is[03:51.89]Here's another point in life you should not miss[03:55.51]Do not be a fool who's prejudice[03:59.45]Because we're all written down on the same list[04:03.52]It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is[04:08.05]Huh![04:15.24]You know it's like that, and that's the way it is[04:19.23]Because it's like that, and that's the way it is[04:23.24]You know it's like that, and that's the way it is[04:27.12]Because it's like that, and that's the way it is[04:31.19]You know it's like that, and that's the way it Is[04:35.14]Because it's like that, and that's the way it is