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 tryin make ends meet, You try to ride car, train, bus or feet. I said you got to work hard, you want to compete, It`s like that and that`s the way it is.
Money is the key to end all your woes, Your ups, your downs, your highs and your lows. Won`t you tell me the last time that love bought you clothes? It`s like that, and that`s the way it is. Bills rise higher, every day, we recieve much lower pay, I`d rather stay young, go out and play, It`s like that, and that`s the way it is.
Wars going on across the seas, street soldiers killing the elderly, Whatever 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.
You can see a lot in this life-span, Like a bum eating out of a garbage can. You noticed one thing, he was your man, It`s like that, what, and that`s the way it is. You should`ve gone to school, you could`ve learned a trade, But you laid in the beds where the bums have laid. Now all the time you are crying that you`re underpaid, 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...