How It Is

Never found my place in the crowd, so I stay from the crowd They laughed at me then, but look at they faces right now Jigga gave me the blueprint, I been tracing it out Never chasing the clout, I'm just embracin' my route Never catch me worshipping false idols (never) How you flexin' in a rental with no car title? And when it come to street credit, you got a low fico But you know I'm a smooth criminal like the GOAT Michael Really, my psyche like Michael Myers, my flow psycho If your intentions ain't genuine, I just don't like you (nah) Who said I ain't good in the hood? I just stroll right through Fuck what you heard, niggas know that I been cold like flu So no comparisons (I'm cold) 'Cause I'm the rarest one I got respect for some niggas, I just ain't scared of none Why every time when they need some help, I be there for them? (Huh?) But every time when the tables turn, I ain't hearin' nothin'? Huh That's just how it is That's just how it is (uh) That's just how it is That's just how it is Yeah, that's just how it is (yeah) That's just how it is That's just how it is Man, that's just how it is (uh) That's just how it is That's just how it is Yeah, that's just how it is (yeah, that's just how it is) That's just how it is Police pull me over and ask me why I look nervous (what you mean?) It's bloody murder, ain't here to protect or serve us, uh You know the narrative, life might be more fair if I had fairer skin That's just the way it is (damn) And we just can't pretend You turn a blind eye on your people, that's a heavy sin (word) See, I could give a fuck about the bread you spend (fuck it) How you claimin' a culture that you don't represent? Man, that's some sucker shit (sucker) I was up, then I was down, but now I'm up again (now I'm up) Now the ones that turned they back, they showin' love again People see me, asking me, "Where's such and such and them?" Don't bring them niggas up around me, I don't fuck with them I cut 'em off, it's permanent (cut 'em) And if you claim I did you dirty, you deserved the shit Guilty until proven innocent's what the verdict is When you from the hood, they don't treat you like the suburban kids But that's just how it is That's just how it is (uh) That's just how it is That's just how it is Yeah, that's just how it is (yeah) That's just how it is That's just how it is Man, that's just how it is (uh) That's just how it is That's just how it is Yeah, that's just how it is (yeah, that's just how it is) That's just how it is