I made a G today, but you made it in a sleazy way
Aww, yeah
And only time we chill is when we kill each other
Things will never be the same, that's just the way it is
And let's change the way we treat each other
Come on, come on, that's just the way it is
I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere
That's the sound of my tool, you say it ain't cool?
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
It ain't a secret don't conceal the fact
Things will never be the same, that's just the way it is
My mama didn't raise no fool
And I ain't never did a crime, I ain't have to do
Well hey, well, that's the way it is
Take the evil out the people they'll be acting right
There's war in the streets and war in the Middle East
Come on, come on, that's just the way it is
It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes
That's just the way it is
First ship 'em dope and let 'em deal the brothers
'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the pay backs
And that's how it's supposed to be
You gotta learn to hold ya own
Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero
Come on, come on, that's just the way it is
But some things will never change
What we gotta do, to survivem
Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers
Now tell me, what's a mother to do?
They get jealous when they see ya, with ya mobile phone
One less hungry mouth on the welfare
I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black
And still I see no changes, can't a brother get a little peace?
Unless we share with each other
Aww, yeah
Two shots in the dark, now Huey's dead
It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other
'Cause mo' black and white is smokin' crack tonight
Things will never be the same, that's just the way it is
Comin' back after all these years
Aww, yeah
You see, the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do
I see no changes, all I see is racist faces
Things will never be the same, that's just the way it is
We gotta start makin' changes
Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
So the police can bother me
Give 'em guns, step back, watch 'em kill each other
Things will never be the same, that's just the way it is
I don't trust this, when they try to rush I bust this
Crack you up and pimps smack you up
My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch
And although it seems heaven sent
One better place, let's erase the wasted
Bein' real don't appeal to the brother in you
I'd love to go back to when we played as kids
You gotta operate the easy way
The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks
And I never get to lay back
Things will never be the same, that's just the way it is
Come on, come on, that's just the way it is
Aww, yeah
We ain't ready, to see a black President
Cops give a damn about a negro
We under, I wonder what it takes to make this
Aww, yeah
Aww, yeah
Don't let 'em jack you up, back you up
Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares
And as long as I stay black, I gotta stay strapped
Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs
But now, I'm back with the facts givin' 'em back to you
That's just the way it is
Is life worth living, should I blast myself?
Some buck that I roughed up way back
Try to show another way but you stayin' in the dope game
It's time to fight back that's what Huey said
We gotta make a change
Rat-a-tat, tat, tat, tat, that's the way it is
But things changed, that's the way it is
Sellin' crack to the kid, I gotta get paid
But tell the cops, they can't touch this
How can the devil take a brother, if he's close to me?
