Well don't blame me

Cause it's not my world

I didn't make the mess you got

You get what ya give

You give what ya get

And sometimes it's not a lot

From Boston to New York

LA and Tokyo

People all the same to me

They all need to stop

Take a look at themselves

And find more than misery

Yeah! (Go)

That's the way

The way it is

That's the way

The way that we live

Don't back down

Don't ever give in, now

That's the way that it is

Now take it or leave it (Hey)

Change it or beat it(Hey)

I know just where it's at

You can run, you can hide

But you never realize

You're living just like a rat

The cops and the killers

Some saints and some sinners

People that you'll never know

They oughta make a story

For death or for glory

Sometimes you gotta go

(Got ta go!)

(Go)

That's the way

The way it is

That's the way

The way that we live

Don't back down

Don't ever give in, now

Thats the way that it is

That's the way

The way it is

That's the way

The way that we live

Don't back down

Don't ever give in, now

That's the way that it is

(Come on, damn!)

Check this out

You knowing those streets

Like the back of your hand

But still there ain't a person

That could ever understand

The more that you look

The less that you've found

People everywhere but no one's around

(C'mon)

That's the way

The way it is

That's the way

The way that we live

Don't back down

Don't ever give in, now

That's the way that it is

That's the way

The way it is

That's the way

The way that we live

Don't back down

Don't ever give in

That's the way that it is

(Al-al-alright!)

That's the way

That's the way

Don't ever give in, now

That's the way

That's the way

Don't ever give in, now

That's the way

Don't back down

That's the way

Don't ever give in, now