oooooooooooooooooooooh, yeeeaaa, ooh

cmon, cmon



i see no changes

wake up in tha mornin and i ask myself

is life worth livin or should i blast myself?

im tired of bein poor, and even worse, im black, my stomach hurts

so im lookin for a purse to snatch

cops give a damn about a negro

pull tha trigga, kill a nigga hes a hero

give tha crack to the kids who the hell cares

one less ugly mouth on the welfare

first ship em dope, that im dealin bruthas

give em guns step back watch em kill each other

its time to fight back thats what huey said

2 shots in the dark now hueys dead

i got love for my brutha but we could neva go nowhere

unless we share wit each otha

we gotta start makin changes

learn to see me as a brutha instead of 2 distant strangas

and thats how its sposed to be

how could the devil take a brutha if hes close to me

uh, i'd love to go back to when we played as kids

but thangs changed

and thats the way it is



Chorus

cmon, cmon

thats just the way it is

thangs will never be tha same

thats just the way it is

aw yeah

and yeah

oh my, oh my

thats just the way it is

thangs will never be tha same, neva be tha same yea yea yea

aw yea, thats just the way it is

aw yea



i see no changes

all i see is racist faces

misplaced hate

makes disgrace to races

we unda

i wunda wut it takes to make this

one betta place lets erase tha wasted

take the eveil out the people theyll be actin right

cuz both black and white

is smokin crack tonight

and the only time we chill is when we kill each other

it takes skill to be real time to heal each otha

and even though it seems heaven sent

we aint ready to see a black president, uh

it aint a secret dont conceale

the factor

penitenturys packed

and its filled with blacks

but some thangs will neva change

try ta show anutha way

but ya stayin in tha dope game

now tell me whats a mutha to do

Bein real dont appeal to the brutha in you

You gotta operate the easy way

I made a G today

But ya made it in a sleazy way

Sellin crack to the kids

I gotta get paid

Well hey well thats the way it is



Chorus

Cmon cmon

Thats just the way it is

Thangs will neva be the same

Thats just the way it is

aw yea

and yeah

Oh my, oh my

Thats just the way it is

Thangs will neva be tha same, neva be tha same yea yea yea

Thats just the way it is

Aw yea



You gotta make a change

It's time for us, the people to start makin some changes

Lets change the way we eat

Lets change the way we live

And lets change the way we treat each other

You see the old way wasnt workin so its on us

To do what we gotta do to survive



And still i see no changes

Cant a brutha get a little peace

Its war on the streets and its war in the middle east

Instead of way of poverty

They got a war on drugs

So the police cant botha me

And i aint neva did a crime i aint hafta do

But now back wit tha glacks, givin it back to you

Don't betta jack you up, back you up, crack you up

Or pimp slack you up

You gotta learn to hold ya own

They get jealous when they see ya with ya mobil phone

Well tell tha cops cant touch this

I dont trust this

When they try ta rush i bust this

Thats the sound Ima do

You say it aitn coo

My mama didnt raise no foo

And as long as i stay black

I gotta stay strapped

And i neva get ta lay back

Cuz i always gotta worry bout tha payback

Some bucked

In a ruffed up way back

Come back afta long even years

Rat tat tat tat tat

Thats the way it is



Thats just the way it is

Thangs will neva be tha same

Thats just the way it is

aw yeah

You my brutha your my sista

Thats just the way it is

Thangs will neva be tha same

Thats just the way it is

aw yeah

Some things will neva change