It's like, New York without a New York yanksBetter yet, New York without the New York franksIt's like hot summers without no ACOr never hitting numbers when you go to ACIt's like six years of your life, go ask RobI'm like, Yo how is it?, he like, It's like hardTrying for that queen but you nothing but a manYou wanna keep it clean but you can'tWhy it gotta be, like, thatAnd what the life, see life is like a J shotShooters son, they gotOne point one second, you half courtI'm feeling the adrenaline like you half courtLike pink slips and dipping these ink tips to paperImagine if we fuck around and lose Hip hopImagine if it didn't existImagine nothing shining your wristSee, imagining to you is a riskBut think about it, like no chrome rimsAnd tims would be construction boots, illWe probably wouldn't even substitute, illFor words we use defining our likesI'm coal mining these micsTo keep that gold nugget like Dave MeggetGiant like a motherfucker, like Dave said itBut ya ain't listening, ya paper gon' stackWhy it gotta be like that?That, dadadat, dadat, dadat, dadat, dadat, dadat, dadat, datDat, dadadat, dadat, dat, dadadat, dadadat, dat, dat, dadat, dadatJust running, running, fast as I canI'm trying to be a person but I gotta be the manIf I, can't stand the life that I'm inI gotta keep running 'cause I'm still gon' winYes I got to go on, it's like that, it's like thatYes I got to go on, it's like that, it's like thatIt's like, Slick Rick without the eye patchMore like, saying slick shit you won't catchIt's like bed time without your PJ'sOr no fed timing in out the PJ'sIt's like, one minute you got it, then you brokeLike what I do with it? I copped a few with itLooking like a problem, but you won't get it solvedYou working but you won't get the jobIt's like, who would of thought, thoughtIt you would of bought, boughtInto my religion you'd be more like GodBut you were steady swimming so you more like codSee these fools is fish scale, converting to ish maleSee I see it like, A alike, B alikeI was taught, if you play alike, be alikeHow they don't see it for one to go popAnd this is how you treat Hip hop?Imagine if you didn't have that phantom chrome sitting on a curb niggaThe word nigga wouldn't be a bit disturbing niggaSee them roots are like begging for the rainYou entering my kingdom just a begging for the reignPutting shit stain to paperInk pain feeling like fifty five licks on a slave niggaz backAnd not a one of y'all stopping to hateBut why it gotta be like that?That, dadadat, dadat, dat, dat, dadat, dat, dadadat, dat, datDadadat, dadat, dadadat, dat, dat, dat, dat, dat, dadat, dadat, datJust running, running, fast as I canI'm trying to be a person but I gotta be the manIf I, can't stand the life that I'm inI gotta keep running 'cause I'm still gon' winYes I got to go on, it's like that, it's like thatYes I got to go on, it's like that, it's like thatJust running, running, fast as I canI'm trying to be a person but I gotta be the manIf I, can't stand the life that I'm inI gotta keep running 'cause I'm still gon' winYes I got to go on, it's like that, it's like thatYes I got to go on, it's like that, it's like that
Lyrics by De La Soul
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