The Way Things Are

[Verse 1]
Drop me in the woods as if I wanna see you naked
Girl if that were the case, you think you'd have this conversation?
Nah, I just came to pick your brain to pieces
Asked you how the summer's been, I've seen you planting trees
You sit on the rocks 'cause you're tired
I just can't relate, 'cause I'm wired
Going off to college, get your ass to Notre Dame
Ask you where you learned the things you know, and me, I'm still the same

[Chorus]
You say in the back of your best friend's car
Couldn't even teach ya, so you learned from afar
Say it's stacked, but we the ones who met the odds
Yeah, we growing up tall in the city
You say in the back of your best friend's car
Couldn't even teach ya, so you learned from afar
Say it's stacked, but we the ones who met the odds, yeah
That's just the way things are (Ha, ha, ha)

[Verse 2]
Enfrente, Enfrente, Enfrente your casa
You looking at me for answers
One side of your brain is a sunrise, the other just seem like a monster
Enfrente, Enfrente your casa
You looking at me for answers
We take one step in the parlour, your parents gon' know where we were
Enfrente, Enfrente, Enfrente your casa
I wish the night could be longer
I wish I still had you right here, but that's just not how it is
That's just not how it is, that's just not how it is
That's just not how it is

[Bridge]
If I could somehow know all the lessons of my life in a day
I'd sit down and pray
I'd sit down and ask you if there ever was a way
Where do I learn the things I'll need to know when I'm of age?

[Chorus]
You say in the back of your best friend's car
Couldn't even teach ya, so you learned from afar
Say it's stacked, but we the ones who met the odds
Yeah, we growing up tall in the city
You say in the back of your best friend's car
Couldn't even teach ya, so you learned from afar
Say it's stacked, but we the ones who met the odds, yeah
That's just the way things are (Ha, ha, ha)

[Verse 3]
Pseudo motivational, they like the way she's speakin'
I hide in the dark, they can't even hear me breathing
Leaning on the ones you love while you're so good at leaving
While I just fake a smile, I wonder what you see in me
Do you even miss home?
I've made lots of friends, I don't want to let them go
Now you're back on the road, with a trunk full of gold
In the back of the car, ash marks on your pants and your arms
Remember we were young and afraid to be apart
Now you're learning all the lessons that your parents never taught

[Chorus]
In the back of your best friend's car
Couldn't even teach ya, so you learned from afar
Say it's stacked, but we the ones who met the odds
Yeah, we growing up tall in the city
You say in the back of your best friend's car
Couldn't even teach ya, so you learned from afar
Said it's stacked, but we the ones who met the odds, yeah
That's just the way things are (Ha, ha, ha)
(Ha, ha, ha)