The Way It Is

[Intro: Stat Quo] Yeah You know what? I'm always hearin' that life's a bitch, you know what I'm sayin'? But, that's one bitch you gotta live with And I ain't tryna get a divorce Shit, I ain't leavin' her till she ready to leave me, you feel me? [Verse 1: Stat Quo] Born in '78, day late, dollar short In and outta court, mama fightin' for child support Broke as fuck, every bill lay in the house Shorty grindin', tryna find a way up out It's rough when you're doin' it alone, I was influenced By them niggas out slangin' them stones, young and foolish Me [?], used to pull capers Break in niggas cars and cribs to get paper Henny with no chasers [?] Police would chase us, up and down apartments Now you in a car with dark tints, your life is taken over bullshit, dam near missed My graduation, the day I got signed, I could feel you Was like you [?] how could they kill you? Life ain't long enough [?] a real motherfucker from us (that's fucked up) [Hook: Stat Quo] The poor get poorer, the rich get richer My back against the wall, I'ma rob me a nigga Cause that's the way the shit be Rather worryin' about it, that's the way it is Life's too short to struggle too long Today you're here, tomorrow you're gone And that's the way the shit be Rather worryin' about it, that's the way it is [Verse 2: Scarface] Street life's dangerous, but ain't no thing for us To ride on strangers, who's not in the game with us Don't feel no pain, it ain't no changin' us Straight up real, homie, cause that's how it came to us [?] the struggle to sell dope [?] for profit, tryna come up out this hellhole Money and fast cars [?] Them niggas who flash hard, they closing they curtains Got homies in jail now, stumbled and fell down [?], damn, they don't come around Stick to the basics, ain't playin' no games here We come from the ghetto, ain't sayin' no names here [?] streets, the harder the beats Won't allow me to fall victim cause I gotta eat And I got a baby now, that I gotta feed This is the lifestyle that I gotta leave [Hook: Stat Quo] The poor get poorer, the rich get richer My back against the wall, I'ma rob me a nigga Cause that's the way the shit be Rather worryin' about it, that's the way it is Life's too short to struggle too long Today you're here, tomorrow you're gone And that's the way the shit be Rather worryin' about it, that's the way it is [Verse 3: Stat Quo] [?] means a lot, one is all I got Cause if I get got outta [?], blowin' this reefer Takin' me deeper, it's cheaper to keep a life that is There's a price to live, understand me? One day of joy, 364 days of bullshit happen and what's gon' happen Is the stress builds up, pressure will get ya to where you wanna kill yourself I paint that picture, squeeze Barrel in your mouth, swallow the shot Frame drops, six feet deep, your flesh rot And that's real talk on that ass, [?] Keep fallin' through the hourglass, the hourglass [Hook: Stat Quo] The poor get poorer, the rich get richer My back against the wall, I'ma rob me a nigga Cause that's the way the shit be Rather worryin' about it, that's the way it is Life's too short to struggle too long Today you're here, tomorrow you're gone And that's the way the shit be Rather worryin' about it, that's the way it is