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THE WAY IT IS (1985) BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE

Sérgio Luiz Gallina

The Way It Is é uma canção gravada por Bruce Hornsby & The Range no álbum homônimo de 1986. O disco liderou as paradas nos Estados Unidos e na Holanda em 1986 e atingiu o pico dentro do top 20 em países como a Irlanda, Suíça e Reino Unido. Escrito por Bruce Hornsby, a música faz referência explícita ao movimento dos direitos civis americanos. A canção foi sampleada por Tupac Shakur em "Changes", de 1998.

Standing in line, marking time
Waiting for the welfare dime
'Cause they can't buy a job
The man in the silk suit hurries by
As he catches the poor old lady's eyes
Just for fun he says, "Get a job."

That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
Ah, but don't you believe them

Said hey, little boy, you can't go where the others go
'Cause you don't look like they do
Said hey, old man, how can you stand to think that way?
And did you really think about it before you made the rules?
He said, son

That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
Ah, but don't you believe them, yeah

That's just the way it is
That's just the way it is

Well, they passed a law in '64
To give those who ain't got a little more
But it only goes so far
'Cause the law don't change another's mind
When all it sees at the hiring time
Is the line on the color bar, no

That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
That's just the way it is