[Run]
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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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[D.M.C.]
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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
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Huh!
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[Run & D.M.C. alternate lines for the remainder of the song]
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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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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
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Huh!
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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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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
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Huh!
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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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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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Huh!
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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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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!
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When you feel you fail sometimes it hurts
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For a meaning in life is why you search
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Take the bus or the train, drive to school or the church
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It's like that, and that's the way it is
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Here's another point in life you should not miss
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Do not be a fool who's prejudiced
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Because we're all written down on the same list
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It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
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Huh!
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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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[Repeat these lines til fade]
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It's Like That
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Run-DMC |