Is What It Is

What's it all about, what's it all about
What's it all about, what's it all about
I said it is what it is, yeah

It's all about nothin' at the same time somethin'
Come up on what you want in reproduction and consumption
Good luck to everyone, every lion out there huntin'
It's toughest when you done marathon runnin'

I see you gunnin' for the stars, runnin' from the law
You comin' hard, you ain't never soft
Fakin' no jax, makin' the moves
Cuttin' em' no slack, under the sun, nothin' new baby
The ongoing party that I'm throwin'
The bomb show in town, artists gettin' open
And ain't nobody frontin' though we probably up to somethin'
Just stay away from jail's all I can tell a young'n

You're not a rotten apple, you just fell among em'
Because of tattle-tales drugs I can sell no longer
I need to move to where it's legal to grow marijuana
So I can live my life peaceful like the Dalai Lama

It's all about nothin' at the same time somethin'
Won't waste mine frontin'
Everybody's makin' the moves, usin' they vices
Showin' to prove, livin' they life
It's all about nothin' at the same time somethin'
Won't waste mine frontin'
Everybody's havin' them kids, usin' they vices
Doin' it big, livin' they life

It is what it is
What's it all about, what's it all about
(It just is what it is, baby)

It's all about you and at the same time me
And how I claim my crew and how we stay sucka free
The success that was worth struggling
It was necessary by any means
Let's talk about you, I heard a rumor 'bout me
And they wonder if it's true, well we shall see
Though they talk subliminal I hear em' loudly
They borin' me, I'm gettin' drowsy, they shit is lousy

It's not about you so if it's not about me
We are who we are in a community
We blow up then move away usually
Livin' just enough to give nothin' back to the city

We got a lot of food, a lot of people don't eat
Ain't got nowhere to sleep but these cold streets
Downtown skid row, it isn't low key
Run for shelter, pushed out by the police

It's all about nothin' at the same time somethin'
Won't waste mine frontin'
Everybody's makin' the moves, usin' they vices
Showin' to prove, livin' they life
It's all about nothin' at the same time somethin'
Won't waste mine frontin'
Everybody's havin' them kids, usin' they vices
Doin' it big, livin' they life

It is what it is
What's it all about, what's it all about
(It just is what it is, baby)

Well I'm just a man
Y'all can't change the way I am
And I, I've tried so hard
I've lived most of my whole life scarred
I know you feel like you wanna go against
Do what you gotta do when you owe the rent

But in your defense
Livin' in the city gets so intense

I had to push myself
Didn't do it alone cause it took some help

From everyone else
The pain got nothin' on the love I felt
For my moms, she mean the world to me
Even though it's been long since you heard from me
To my dad, I'm sorry for what I said
Cause no matter what you still provided for your kids

It's all about nothin' at the same time somethin'
Won't waste mine frontin'
Everybody's makin' the moves, usin' they vices
Showin' to prove, livin' they life
It's all about nothin' at the same time somethin'
Won't waste mine frontin'
Everybody's havin' them kids, usin' they vices
Doin' it big, livin' they life

It is what it is
What's it all about, what's it all about
(It just is what it is, baby)