It's Like That (feat. Carl Thomas)

Yeah, yeah-yeah

Oh, oh-woah

It's like, New York without the New York Yanks

Better yet, New York without the New York franks

It's like hot summers without no AC

Or never hitting numbers when you go to AC

It's like six years of your life, go ask Rob

I'm like, "Yo, how is it?" he like, "It's like hard"

Trying for that queen, but you nothing but a man

You wanna keep it clean but you can't

Why it gotta be (Be) like (Like) that? (That)

And what the life, see life is like a J shot, shoot it, son, they got

One point one second, you half court

I'm feeling the adrenaline like you half-caught

Like pink slips and dipping these ink tips to paper

Imagine if we fuck around and lose hip-hop

Imagine if it didn't exist

Imagine nothing shining your wrist

See, imagining to you is a risk

But think about it, like no chrome rims

And Timbs would be construction boots (Ill)

We probably wouldn't even substitute (Ill)

For words we use defining our likes

I'm coal mining these mics

To keep that gold nugget like Dave Meggett

Giant like a motherfucker, like Dave said it

But y'all ain't listening, ya paper gon' stack

Why it gotta be like that? That (That)

Just running, running fast as I can

I'm trying to be a person, but I gotta be the man

If I can't stand the life that I'm in

I gotta keep running 'cause I'm still gon' win

Yes, I got to go on

It's like that, it's like that, woah

Yes, I got to go on

It's like that, it's like that

It's like Slick Rick without the eye patch

More like, saying slick shit you won't catch

It's like bed time without your PJs

Or no fed time in out the PJs

Like, one minute you got it, then you broke

Like, what I do with it? I copped a few with it

Looking like a problem, but you won't get it solved

You working, but you won't get the job

It's like, who would of thought (Thought)

If you would've bought (Bought)

Into my religion, you'd be more like God

But you were steady swimming, so you more like cod

See, these fools is fish scale, converting to Ishmael

See, I see it like, A alike, B alike

I was taught, if you play alike, be alike

Hide and go seek if you want to go pop

And this is how you treat hip-hop?

Imagine if you didn't have that Phantom chrome sitting on a curb, ****

The word "****" wouldn't be a bit disturbing, ****

See, them roots are like begging for the rain

You entering my kingdom just a begging for the reign

Putting shit stain to paper, ink pain feeling like

Fifty-five licks on a slave ****'s back

And not a one of y'all stopping to help (Nah)

But why it gotta be like that? (Why?) That (That)

That, that, that, that (It's like that, it's like that)

That, that, that, that (It's like that, it's like that)

Just running, running fast as I can

I'm trying to be a person, but I gotta be the man

If I can't stand the life that I'm in

I gotta keep running 'cause I'm still gon' win

Yes, I got to go on

It's like that, it's like that, woah

Yes, I got to go on

It's like that, it's like that

Just running, running fast as I can

I'm trying to be a person, but I gotta be the man

If I can't stand the life that I'm in

I gotta keep running 'cause I'm still gon' win

Yes, I got to go on

It's like that, it's like that, woah

Yes, I got to go on

It's like that, it's like that

Yeah, oh, yeah

Oh, it's like that, it's like that

Yeah, it's like that, it's like that

Woah-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Yeah

And De La, I got the soul, yeah, huh

Say why can't I pay my bills? Yeah

It's like that, it's like that, it's like that