Way of the World

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Test. Test. One, two. It's the young man puttin' it down Comin' at ya with the flow and the funky sound All the problems in the world that I see today Hittin' each one of us in individual ways Now you just got home from a hard days work You need a good nights sleep cause your back got hurt But the car alarm keeps goin' off again And the lady upstairs got a new boyfriend Well if it ain't one thing, damn sure it's another You can't get sleep underneath your own covers No matter how you try to keep your personal tight Like Keith Sweat somethin' somethin' just ain't right Well take it from me. Ya know you're not alone Everybody's got a problem that they call their own And lifes hard timеs can make your head swirl But remеmber one thing: that's the way of the world [Chorus] That's the way of the world, baby When your man try to take your girl, baby And when you got the {right commited for your curl?}, baby That's the way of the world, baby. (That's the way of the world) That's the way of the world, baby When your man try to take your girl, baby And when you got the {right commited for your curl?}, baby That's the way of the world, baby [Verse 2] Listen up close cause I got to give a dose To the rump shakin' [bumpers?} from coast to coast It's the way of the world but it don't get me down Cause everybody's goin' through it you look around They say,"The grass is greener on the other side." That's why I seen you takin' that ride When you hit the other side of the mountain top You see the problems keep comin' and the pain don't stop See the beautiful people ain't all that cute It's just the same ol thing in a DK suit She got a hellafied body and a nice skin tone But she ain't that pretty when you get her back home [Nine?] looks alone cause she's a real fine lover But some things makeup just can't cover You soon discover the problems with this girl But ya gotta say,"It's just the way of the world." [Chorus] That's the way of the world, baby When your man try to take your girl, baby And when you got the {right commited for your curl?}, baby That's the way of the world, baby. (That's the way of the world) That's the way of the world, baby When your man try to take your girl, baby And when you got the {right commited for your curl?}, baby That's the way of the world, baby [Verse 3] Record companies try to throw careers off track Like a bunch of red ants crawlin' down my back Then they try to cut you off with no severance And make you say "WEEE!" like Ned Beatty in Deliverance Don't you understand that there's lives at stake And things run a lot deeper than the money you make When I walked in the door I was good as gold But since you can't work rap I'ma hit the road No doubt we all got our cross to bear And on more than one occasion think its just not fair "Who cares?" Well brother better care for yourself Because you won't find sympathy up on the shelf You rely on yourself and you're health [deprived?] Cause everything you need is found deep inside Like a rose on a bush it'll start to unfurl And when you recognize why, that's the way of the world [Chorus] That's the way of the world, baby When your man try to take your girl, baby And when you got the {right commited for your curl?}, baby That's the way of the world, baby. (That's the way of the world) That's the way of the world, baby When your man try to take your girl, baby And when you got the {right commited for your curl?}, baby That's the way of the world, baby. (That's the way of the world) That's the way of the world, baby If you eat some bad food it make you hurl, baby Find a rock when you're lookin' for a pearl, baby That's the way of the world, baby. (That's the way of the world) That's the way of the world, baby When your man try to take your girl, baby And when you got the {right commited for your curl?}, baby That's the way of the world, baby. See ya [Outro] Young MC, in the Y2K Brother don't play, hey hey, hey