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