Got to Be the Way It Is

Hungry man got to eat

Ah, the working man got to get off his feet

Oooh, the lazy man got to stay in bed

Ah, the hazy man got to straighten out his head

Work it out

Work it out

Got to be ... the way it is

Got to be the way it is

Got to be the way it is, yeah

Oh, got to be the way it is

The middle man got to get his cut, oh

Ah that quiet man got to keep his mouth shut, yeah

Oh that old lyin' man you know he got to out and tell a lie

Ah the man with the jones, you know he got to get himself high

Uh-huh

Work it out

Work it out

Got to be ... the way it is

Whoa, got to be the way it is

You got to work it out

Work it out yeah

Oh work it out

Ah, got to be the way it is

Mmm-hmm-mmm, yeah, yeah, mmm, etc, ....

You got a thing

You always talkin' about

Don't need to tell it anymore

Just get up and work it out

But if you ain't hung up on nothin', oh

You know what you got to do

Ah, you got to get up on your feet

And work out your own boogaloo, yeah

Uh-huh

Work it out

Work it out

Got to be ....

You got to work it out

Got to be ...

The way it is

Got to be ...

The way it is

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