It’s Like That

Lyrics

[Intro: Carl Thomas] Yeah, yeah-yeah Oh, oh-woah [Verse 1: Dave] It's like, New York without the New York Yanks Better yet, New York without the New York franks It's like hot summers without no AC Or never hitting numbers when you go to AC It's like six years of your life, go ask Rob I'm like, "Yo, how is it?" he like, "It's like hard" Trying for that queen, but you nothing but a man You wanna keep it clean but you can't Why it gotta be (Be) like (Like) that? (That) And what the life, see life is like a J shot, shoot it, son, they got One point one second, you half court I'm feeling the adrenaline like you half-caught Like pink slips and dipping these ink tips to paper Imagine if we fuck around and lose hip-hop Imagine if it didn't exist Imagine nothing shining your wrist See, imagining to you is a risk But think about it, like no chrome rims And Timbs would be construction boots (Ill) We probably wouldn't even substitute (Ill) For words we use defining our likes I'm coal mining these mics To keep that gold nugget like Dave Meggett Giant like a motherfucker, like Dave said it But y'all ain't listening, ya paper gon' stack Why it gotta be like that? That (That) [Chorus: Carl Thomas] Just running, running fast as I can I'm trying to be a person, but I gotta be the man If I can't stand the life that I'm in I gotta keep running 'cause I'm still gon' win Yes, I got to go on It's like that, it's like that, woah Yes, I got to go on It's like that, it's like that [Verse 2: Posdonus & Carl Thomas] It's like Slick Rick without the eye patch More like, saying slick shit you won't catch It's like bed time without your PJs Or no fed time in out the PJs Like, one minute you got it, then you broke Like, what I do with it? I copped a few with it Looking like a problem, but you won't get it solved You working, but you won't get the job It's like, who would of thought (Thought) If you would've bought (Bought) Into my religion, you'd be more like God But you were steady swimming, so you more like cod See, these fools is fish scale, converting to Ishmael See, I see it like, A alike, B alike I was taught, if you play alike, be alike Hide and go seek if you want to go pop And this is how you treat hip-hop? Imagine if you didn't have that Phantom chrome sitting on a curb, nigga The word "nigga" wouldn't be a bit disturbing, nigga See, them roots are like begging for the rain You entering my kingdom just a begging for the reign Putting shit stain to paper, ink pain feeling like Fifty-five licks on a slave nigga's back And not a one of y'all stopping to help (Nah) But why it gotta be like that? (Why?) That (That) [Pre-Chorus: Posdonus & Carl Thomas] That, that, that, that (It's like that, it's like that) That, that, that, that (It's like that, it's like that) [Chorus: Carl Thomas] Just running, running fast as I can I'm trying to be a person, but I gotta be the man If I can't stand the life that I'm in I gotta keep running 'cause I'm still gon' win Yes, I got to go on It's like that, it's like that, woah Yes, I got to go on It's like that, it's like that Just running, running fast as I can I'm trying to be a person, but I gotta be the man If I can't stand the life that I'm in I gotta keep running 'cause I'm still gon' win Yes, I got to go on It's like that, it's like that, woah Yes, I got to go on It's like that, it's like that [Outro: Carl Thomas] Yeah, oh, yeah Oh, it's like that, it's like that Yeah, it's like that, it's like that Woah-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh Yeah And De La, I got the soul, yeah, huh Say why can't I pay my bills? Yeah It's like that, it's like that, it's like that