How It Is

Hey you, c'mon up baby Yeah, this is slight risky Playa've respect right to you Brooklyn his side L.A wula, yeah Look into the eyes of a madman You can see it in his face he's a weak and sad man Starin' straight ahead his eyes set like stone With a nine millimeter cocked at your dome No way out it's too late 'cause you're already in So what'cha gonna do you'll be dead in a minute Thinkin' slow will get you nowhere fast A young life terminated with one short blast You live like that you die like this That's how it is Livin' with regret is no way to live That's how it is You're dead too soon if the bullet don't miss That's how it is, yo that's how it is That's what you get for livin' like this With the bullet in your head you're dead you can't miss Ain't no time for regret when you're body is in a bag Ain't no time to change your mind when your head begins to sag Should've known better ain't workin' for you now If you know better you'd be here somehow So change your ways before you ways change you With a hole in your head that you can see through You're lookin' up and you're lookin' down Shot's are rippin' out from all around You're cryin' out for help but it can't be found The voice of regret is the only sound You live like that you die like this That's how it is Livin' with regret is no way to live That's how it is You're dead too soon if the bullet don't miss That's how it is, yo that's how it is You live like that you die like this That's how it is Livin' with regret is no way to live That's how it is You're dead too soon if the bullet don't miss That's how it is, yo that's how it is Selfresael once again, my sympathy stepin' to you So back on the essay 'cause the hazards back to meal your bones You play the game, and you pay the price For hustlin' in the gutter, with the motherfuckin' street lice But sooner or later, what goes around comes around You wind up damp dead, in a hard cold ground Damp dead In a hard cold ground Damp dead In a hard cold ground You think I know when your lookin' down So to whippin' now, from all around You? re crying out for help but it can? t be found The voice of regret is the only sound You live like that you die like this That's how it is Livin' with regret is no way to live That's how it is You're dead too soon if the bullet don't miss That's how it is, yo that's how it is You live like that you die like this That's how it is Livin' with regret is no way to live That's how it is You're dead too soon if the bullet don't miss That's how it is, yo that's how it is