It's Like That (feat. Carl Thomas) (Explicit)

It's Like That - De La Soul

It's like New York without a New York yanks

Better yet New York without the New York franks

It's like hot summers without no A C

Or never hitting numbers when you go to A C

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 like that

And what the life see life is like a J shot

Shooters son they got

One point one second you half court

I'm feeling the adrenaline like you half court

Like pink slips and dipping these ink tips to paper

Imagine if we f**k 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 tims 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 Megget

Giant like a motherf**ker like Dave said it

But ya ain't listening ya paper gon' stack

Why it gotta be like that

That dadadat dadat dadat dadat dadat dadat dadat dat

Dat dadadat dadat dat dadadat dadadat dat dat dadat dadat

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)

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 sh*t you won't catch

It's like bed time without your PJ's

Or no fed timing in out the PJ's

It's 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)

It you would of 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 ish male

See I see it like A alike B alike

I was taught if you play alike be alike

How they don't see it for one to go pop

And this is how you treat Hip-hop

Imagine if you didn't have that phantom chrome sitting on a curb ni**a

The word ni**a wouldn't be a bit disturbing ni**a

See them roots are like begging for the rain

You entering my kingdom just a begging for the reign

Putting sh*t stain to paper

Ink pain feeling like fifty-five licks on a slave niggaz back

And not a one of y'all stopping to hate

But why it gotta be like that

That dadadat dadat dat dat dadat dat dadadat dat dat

Dadadat dadat dadadat dat dat dat dat dat dadat dadat dat