[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 tryin to make ends meet   You try to ride car, train, bus, or feet   I said you got to work hard, you 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, your downs, your highs and your lows   Won't you tell me the last time that love bought you clothes?   It's like that, and that's the way it is   Bills rise 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!   Wars going on across the sea   Street soldiers killing the elderly   Whatever happened to unity?   It's like that, and 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 noticed one time he was your man   It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is   You should have gone to school,   you could've learned a trade   But you laid in the 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!   It's Run DMC Jam Master Jay (x6)   One thing I know 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 flexes with successes 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 bus or the train, drive to school or 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 prejudiced   Because we're all written down on the same list   It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is Huh!   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   (Repeat these lines til fade)