How It Is Lyrics - Aztec Camera

Get grades, toe the line 

Keep your behind above the water in the meantime 

Join the corporate pyramid 

I couldn't blame you if you did 

Until you sell out your brother while your sister falls 

Playin' daddy, doing the company crawl 

You don't deserve your daughter's kiss, it's sad 

That's how it is 

Well, uptown there's been more than an oil spill 

Another woman beaten, raped, blood spilled, male hate 

The paper's couldn't wait, racism, sell this 

Well there's excusin' in what I'm saying 

It's just that there's a million colors praying 

For real justice that's how it really is 

You just get born, keep on keepin' on 

Defend yourself against the worries 

Try and have fun 

Party on until your number's picked 

But beware 'cos the fight is fixed 

It was them but it could be you next 

Paranoia saves lives 

So if you wanna exist 

Get your head round this 

That's how it is 

That's how it is 

That's how it is 

That's how it is 

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