It's Like That-De La Soul

[ti:It's Like That] [ar:De La Soul] [al:The Grind Date] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]It's Like That - De La Soul [00:19.96]It's like New York without a New York yanks [00:22.77]Better yet New York without the New York franks [00:25.33]It's like hot summers without no A C [00:27.52]Or never hitting numbers when you go to A C [00:30.58]It's like six years of your life go ask Rob [00:33.15]I'm like "Yo how is it " he like "It's like hard" [00:36.02]Trying for that queen but you nothing but a man [00:39.90]You wanna keep it clean but you can't [00:41.58]Why it gotta be like that [00:42.71]And what the life see life is like a J shot [00:44.99]Shooters son they got [00:46.93]One point one second you half court [00:48.49]I'm feeling the adrenaline like you half court [00:50.30]Like pink slips and dipping these ink tips to paper [00:52.24]Imagine if we f**k around and lose Hip-hop [00:54.80]Imagine if it didn't exist [00:56.55]Imagine nothing shining your wrist [00:58.05]See imagining to you is a risk [01:00.49]But think about it like no chrome rims [01:02.68]And tims would be construction boots (ill) [01:04.24]We probably wouldn't even substitute (ill) [01:07.43]For words we use defining our likes [01:09.43]I'm coal mining these mics [01:10.99]To keep that gold nugget like Dave Megget [01:13.73]Giant like a motherf**ker like Dave said it [01:17.35]But ya ain't listening ya paper gon' stack [01:19.17]Why it gotta be like that [01:21.10] [01:21.73]That dadadat dadat dadat dadat dadat dadat dadat dat [01:24.42]Dat dadadat dadat dat dadadat dadadat dat dat dadat dadat [01:29.17] [01:31.61]Just running running fast as I can [01:32.98]I'm trying to be a person but I gotta be the man [01:35.42]If I can't stand the life that I'm in [01:37.35] [01:37.86]I gotta keep running 'cause I'm still gon' win [01:39.80]Yes I got to go on (it's like that it's like that) [01:44.30]Yes I got to go on (it's like that it's like that) [01:50.17]It's like Slick Rick without the eye patch [01:52.48]More like saying slick sh*t you won't catch [01:54.73]It's like bed time without your PJ's [01:56.73]Or no fed timing in out the PJ's [01:58.98]It's like one minute you got it then you broke [02:01.67]Like what I do with it I copped a few with it [02:05.17]Looking like a problem but you won't get it solved [02:07.86]You working but you won't get the job [02:09.92]It's like who would of thought (thought) [02:11.61]It you would of bought (bought) [02:13.61]Into my religion you'd be more like God [02:15.48]But you were steady swimming so you more like cod [02:18.49]See these fools is fish scale converting to ish male [02:21.11]See I see it like A alike B alike [02:23.36]I was taught if you play alike be alike [02:25.11]How they don't see it for one to go pop [02:26.92]And this is how you treat Hip-hop [02:28.29]Imagine if you didn't have that phantom chrome sitting on a curb ni**a [02:31.29]The word ni**a wouldn't be a bit disturbing ni**a [02:34.36]See them roots are like begging for the rain [02:36.79]You entering my kingdom just a begging for the reign [02:38.80]Putting sh*t stain to paper [02:39.79]Ink pain feeling like fifty-five licks on a slave niggaz back [02:46.27]And not a one of y'all stopping to hate [02:47.96]But why it gotta be like that [02:49.33]That dadadat dadat dat dat dadat dat dadadat dat dat [02:52.52]Dadadat dadat dadadat dat dat dat dat dat dadat dadat dat