The Way It Is
- Bruce Hornsby & The Range
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 ladies' 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 but don't you believe them
They say hey little boy you can't go
said hey old man how can you stand to think that way
did you really think about it before you made the rules he said, son
Well they passed a loa in '64 to give those who ain't got a little more
but it only goes so far
because the law don't change another's mind
when all it sees at the hiring time is the line on the color bar
1980년대 발표된 노래 중 베스트 콜렉션에 꼭 포함되는 노래.
풍성한 멜로디가 수놓아져 있는 아름다운 피아노 선율과 절제된 듯한 경쾌한 리듬이 빛나는 Bruce Hornsby의 대표적인 곡이다.
갱스터랩의 전설인 2PAC이 에서 샘플링하기도 했으며 80년대의 원곡을 듣지 못한 이들에게는 오히려 에 깔렸던 그 멜로디~ 라는 익숙함을 자아낼 수도 있겠다.
