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Artist: Coolio
Canonical path: /coolio/that-s-how-it-is
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That's How It Is
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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That's How It Is
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Coolio: what up fow?
-ain't nuthin man, wassup wit you?
C: try'n to get my hustles on, you know how it is
(right, right)
-what you doin' nowadays?
C: hustlin', what you doin'?
-school, man. I'm tryin' to get out of this muthafucka, man.
C: right, well go then...hehe you know what I'm sayin', I'm tryin' to
Make money.
[gunshots]
C: ah shit, damn there it goes, ah shit!
- see there man, that's what I'm tryin' to do, get up out this
Muthafucka,serious
Man.i'm fed up with this shit. nigger set trippin', I ain't even
Banging.
C: what
-you know what I'm sayin'? drive-bys and shit, muthafuckas steelin' my
Shit, crackheads. I'm tired of this shit.
C: that's how it is around here though, man. you've been livin' around
Here though man.
- right, right but I'm tired of it.
C: right,i here you, man.you know sumthin' though?
- what's up man?
C: as much as I hate this muthafucka, I love this muthafucka.
- right.
C: that's how the ghetto is, man.
-you're right.
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