RUN DMC
IT'S LIKE
THAT
[Run]
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
[D.M.C.]
People in the world try to make ends meet
You try to ride car, train, bus, or feet
I said you got to work hard to want to compete
It's like that, and that's the way it is
Huh!
[Run & D.M.C. alternate lines for the remainder of
the song]
Money is the key to end all your woes
Your ups and your downs, your highs and your lows
Won't you tell me last time that love bought you
clothes?
It's like that, and that's the way it is
Bills fly higher every day
We receive much lower pay
I'd rather stay young, go out and play
It's like that, and that's the way it is
Huh!
War's going on across the sea
Street soldiers killing the elderly
What ever happened to unity?
It's like that, and that 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
Huh!
You can see a lot in this lifespan
Like a bum eating out of a garbage
can
You notice one time 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 bed where the
bums have laid
Now all the time you're crying that you're underpaid
It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
Huh!
One thing I knoe is that
life is short
So listen up homeboy, give this a thought
The next time someone's teaching why don't you get
taught?
It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
If you really think about it times aren't that bad
The one that stretches for success will make you glad
Stop playing start praying, you won't be sad
It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
Huh!
When you feel you fail sometimes it hurts
For a meaning in life is why you search
Take the boys on the train, drive to school on the
church
It's like that, and that's the way it is
Here's another point in life you should not miss
Do not be a fool who's prejudice
Because we're all written down on the same list
It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
Huh! (Repeat 4x)
You know it's like that, and that's the way it is
Because it's like that, and that's the way it is
IT'S TRICKY
This speech is my recital, I
think it's very vital
To rock (a rhyme), that's right (on time)
It's Tricky is
the title, here we go...
It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's
right on time
It's Tricky...it's Tricky (Tricky) Tricky (Tricky)
It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's
right on time
It's Tricky...Tr-tr-tr-tricky
(Tricky) Trrrrrrrrrrricky
Verse 1
I met this little girlie, her hair was kinda curly
Went to her house and bust her out, I had to leave
real early
These girls are really sleazy,
all they just say is please me
Or spend some time and rock a rhyme, I said "It's
not that easy"
It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's
right on time
It's Tricky...(How is it D?) It's
Tricky (Tricky) Tricky (Trrrrrricky)
It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's
right on time
It's Tricky...Tricky (Tricky) Tricky
Verse 2
In
They really (hawk) but we just (walk) because we have
no time
And in the city it's a pity cos
we just can't hide
Tinted windows don't mean nothin',
they know who's inside
It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's
right on time
It's Tricky...(How is it D?) Tricky
(Tricky) Tricky (Tricky)
It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's
right on time
It's Tricky...Tricky (Tricky) Tricky (Tricky) huh!
Verse 3
When I wake up people take up mostly all of my time
I'm not singin', phone keep ringin' cos I make up a rhyme
I'm not braggin', people naggin' cos they think I'm a star
Always tearin' what I'm wearin', I think they're goin'
too far
A girl named Carol follows Daryll
every gig we play
Then D dissed her and
dismissed her, now she's jockin' Jay
I ain't lyin',
girls be cryin' cos I'm on
TV
They even bother my poor father cos
he's down with me
It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's
right on time
It's Tricky...(How is it?) Tricky
(Tricky) Tricky (Tricky)
It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's
right on time
It's Tricky...Tr-tr-tr-tr-tr-tricky
(Tr-Tr-Tr-Tricky) Tr-tr-tr...
Verse 4
We are not thugs (we don't use drugs) but you assume
(on your own)
They offer coke (and lots of dope) but we just leave
it alone
It's like that y'all (y'all), but we don't quit
You keep on (rock!) shock! Cos this is it...