It Is What It Is
Ice Cube

Will I ever get it right? get it right? [Repeat x2]
My momma think I'm outta sight, outta sight [Repeat x2]
It is what it is, it is, it is [Repeat x2]
I do this for my kids, my kids, my kids [Repeat x2]
(understand me!)
Now homey do you dig, do you dig, do you dig?
It is what it is, it is, is is
I do this for my kids, my kids, my kids [Repeat x2]

Now will I ever get it right? get it right?
Even though I'm out at night, livin' life
Girl I'm tryin' to make this money, I ain't even playin'
Course the game I'm in, it ain't even payin'
When I'm on the go, on the go
Everybody wanna know, wanna know
Cube where the fuck you goin', each and every day?
I just turn around, and I say

[Chorus]
It is what it is, it is, it is [Repeat x2]
I do this for my kids, my kids, my kids [Repeat x2]
Now homey do you dig, do you dig, do you dig?
It is what it is, it is, is is
I do this for my kids, my kids, my kids [Repeat x2]

Even though I'm messin up, messin up (you fuckin up)
Feel the devil catchin up, catchin up
I put it in the lord's hands, he is the man
Please his demands 'fore he turn me into sand (don't do it)
But got to pay the rent, pay the rent
Without the government, government
I do it for the fuck of it, fuck of it [Repeat x2]

[Chorus]

[interlude]
Got to get my swagger up [Repeat x2]
Please get yo' swagger up
Got to get my swagger up
Better get my swagger up

Check this out homey
This business right here, is personal
I would go around you, over you, under you or through you
To make sure none of my family suffer
Do you understand me?!

[Chorus]


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  Sic Them Youngins On Em   $100 Bill, Y'all   $100 Dollar Bill Y'All [From All About the Benjami...   $100 Dollar Bill Ya'll   $100 Dollar Bill Ya'll   2 Decades Ago   2 Decades Ago (insert)   2 N the Morning   24 MC Hours   24 Mo' Hours   24 Mo' Hours   24 Wit An L   24 With an L   3 Strikes You In   A Bird in the Hand   A Bitch is a Bitch   A Boy Was Conceived   A Boy Was Conceived (Intro)   A Gangsta's Fairytale   A Gangsta's Fairytale   A History Of Violence   Alive on Arrival   All Day Every Day   All Day, Every Day   AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted   Amerikkka's Most Wanted   Anybody Seen The Popo's   Anybody Seen The PoPo's?!   Anybody Seen The PoPo's?!   Anybody Seen The PoPos?   Architect Of Gangsta Rap   Ask About Me   Behind Gates   Bend A Corner Wit Me   Better Off Dead   Big Thangs   Bird in the Hand   Bird In The Hand Lyrics   Black and White   Black Korea   Black. White.   Black. White.   Blackboy   Bop Gun   Bop Gun (One Nation)   Bop Gun (One Nation) (Edit)   Bop Gun (One Nation) [Radio Edit]   Bow Down   Bow Down - Westside Connection   Bow Down (West Side Connection)   Bow Down (Westside Connection)   Burn Hollywood Burn   Can You Bounce   Can You Bounce?   Cash Over   Cash over Ass   Cave B****   Cave Bitch   Check Yo Self   Check Yo Self - Das EFX   Check Yo Self ("Message" Remix)   Check Yo Self (Featuring Das EFX)   Check Yo Self (Remix)   Check Yo Self (Remix) (Featuring Das Efx)   Check Yo Self [Remix Instrumental][Instrumental]   Check Yo Self [Remix]   Check Yo Self [Remix] (feat. Das EFX)   Check Yo Self [The Message Remix]   Check Yourself (Video Edit)   Cheddar   Child Support   Child Support (Album Version)   Children of the Korn   Chin Check   Chrome & Paint   Chrome & Paint   Chrome And Paint   Cinta   Click, Clack - Get Back!   Cold Places   Color Blind   Colorblind   Come & Get It   Come And Get It   Concrete   Connected for Life   Connected for Life [Clean Album]   Connected for Life [Main/Clean]   Crack Baby   Crack Baby [*]   Crack Baby?   Crowded   Dead Homiez   Death   Definition Of A West Coast G (Intro)   Definitions Of A West Coast G (Intro)   Dewick   Dimes & Nicks   Dimes & Nicks (A Call from Mike Epps)   Dimes & Nicks (A Call From Mike Epps)   Dirty Mack   Do Ya Thang   Do Your Thang   Dodgers Anthem 2013   Doin' What It 'Pose 2Do   Doin' What It 'pose 2Do   Doing Dumb Sh**   Doing Dumb Shit   Don't Make Me Hurt Ya Feelings   Don't Make Me Hurt Ya Feelings [*]   Don't Trust 'em   Don't Trust Em   Don't Trust 'em   Down For Whatever   Dr. Frankenstein   Drink the Kool-Aid   Drink The Kool-Aid (Single)   Drop Girl   Drop Girl (Remix)   Endangered Species (Tales From The Dark Side) (fea...   Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside)   Endangered Species (Tales From The Darkside) (Feat...   Endangered Species (Tales From The Darkside) [Remi...   Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside) [Remi...   Enemy   Everybody Wants You   Everythang's Corrupt (Single)   Everythang\u2019s Corrupt   Extradition   Fat Cat   First Day Of School (Intro)   Friday   Friday [Beat]   Friday [From Friday]   Fuck Dying   Funeral   Game Over - DrDre   Gangsta Fairytale 2   Gangsta Nation   Gangsta Rap (Remix)   Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It   Gangsta's Fairytale 2   Gangsta's Fairytale, Pt. 2   Get Money, Spend Money, No Money   Get Money, Spend Money, No Money   Get off My *** and Tell Yo ***** to Come Here [Rem...   Get Off My Dick & Tell Yo Bitch to Come Here   Get Off My Dick And Tell Yo Bitch To Come Here   Get Off My Dick And Tell Yo Bitch To Come Here (Re   Get Off My Dick And Tell Yo Bitch To Come Here (Re...   Get Off My Dick and Tell Yo' Bitch to Come Here (R...   Get Use to It   Get Use To It   Get Used To It   Get Used To It (ft. WC & The Game)   Ghetto Bird   Ghetto Horror Show   Ghetto Vet   Ghetto Vet [From I Got the Hook Up]   Ghetto Vet [Instrumental]   Ghetto Vet [LP Version]   Givin' Up The Nappy Dug Out   Givin' up The Nappy Dugout   Givin' Up The Nappy Dug Out   Go to Church   Go To Church (Clean)   Gotta Be Insanity   Grand Finale   Greed   Growin Up   Growin' Up   Growing Up   Hand of the Dead Body   Heaven   Hell Low   Hello   Hello (Featuring Dr.Dre & M.C. Ren)   Hello [*]   Hello [Instrumental]   Hello [Radio Edit]   Here He Come   Here He Come   Higher   Higher [From Higher Learning]   Holla @ Cha' Boy   Holla At Cha Boy   Hoo-Bangin'   Hood Mentality   Hood Robbin   Hood Robbin'   Hood Robbin'   Horny Lil' Devil   Horny Lil' Devil   Horny Little Devil   How To Survive In South Central   How to Survive in South Central [*]   How to Survive in South Central [Boyz N the Hood]   How We Do It   I Got My Locs On   I Gotta Say What Up!!   I Gotta Say What Up!!!   I Rep That West   I Rep That West (Single)   I Wanna Kill Sam   I'm Only Out For One Thang   I'm Only Out For One Thang (Featuring Flavor Flav)   I'm Only Out For One Thang   Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day   If I Should Die Before I Wake   If I Was Fuckin' You   If I Was Fucking You   In the Late Night Hour   Irresistible (West Side Connection)   It Takes a Nation   It Was a Good Day   It Was a Good Day (Remix)   It's A Man's World   It's A Man's World Feat.Yo-Yo   It's A Man's World"(feat. Yo-Yo   It's All Hood   It's A Man's World   Jack In The Box   Jack N the Box   Jackin For Beats   Jackin' for Beats   Jd's Gaffilin' (Part 2)   Keep It Gangsta   Killas   Last Wordz   Late Night Hour   Laugh Now, Cry Later   LAX   Let it Rain   Life in California   Lil Ass Gee   Lil Ass Gee (Eerie Gumbo Remix)   Limos, Demos & Bimbos   Limos, Demos & Bimbos"(feat. Mr. Short Khop   Limos, Demos & Bimbos   Look Who's Burnin'   Look Who's Burning   Look Who's Burnin'   Make It Ruff Make It Smooth   Make It Ruff, Make It Smooth   Make It Ruff, Make It Smooth (Featuring K-Dee)   Man Vs Machine   Man Vs. Machine   Man's Best Friend   Man's Best Friend   Maniac In The Brainiac   Maniac In The Braniac   Men of Steel   Mental Warfare   Mental Warfare (Insert)   Mixtape Shit   My Loved One   My Loved One (Featuring Mr. Short Khop)   My Skin Is My Sin   My Summer Vacation   N**** of the Century   Natural Born Killaz   Natural Born Killaz - DrDre   Natural Born Killaz [From Murder Was the Case: The...   Natural Born Killaz [From Murder Was the Case: The...   Nigga of the Century   No Country for Young Men   No Vaseline   No Vaseline [*]   Nothing Like L..A.   Nothing Like L.A.   Now I Gotta Wet 'Cha   Now I Gotta Wet'Cha   Now I Gotta Wet'cha   Once Upon a Time in the Projects   Once Upon A Time In The Projects 2   Once upon a Time in the Projects, Pt. 2   Only in California   Penitentiary   Pimp Homeo   Pimp Homeo (Insert)   Pros Vs Joes   Pros Vs. Joes   Pushin Weight Remix   Pushin' Weight   Pushin' Weight [LP Version]   Pushin' Weight"(feat. Mr. Short KHOP   Pushin' Weight   Raider Nation   Raised in the Hood   Really Doe   Reckless in the Booth   Record Company Pimpin'   Record Company Pimpin'   Right Here Right Now   Right Here, Right Now   Right Here, Right Now (w/ Paul Oakenfold)   Right Here, Right Now [From Blade 2]   Ring Ding Dong   Robbin' Hood (Cause it Ain't All Good)   Robbin' Hood (Cause It Ain't All Good)   Robin Lench   Roll All Day   Roll All Day [From Gone in 60 Seconds]   Rollin' Wit The Lench Mob   Rollin' Wit The Lench Mob   Sasquatch   Say Hi to the Bad Guy   Set It Off   She Couldn't Make It On Her Own   Should I Stay or Should I Go   Sic Them Youngin's On Em   Sic Them Youngins On 'E   Sic Them Youngins On 'em   Sic Them Youngins On 'Em   Sic Them Youngins On Em   Smoke Some **** (Album Version)   Smoke Some Weed   Something To Think About   Soul on Ice   Spittin' Pollaseeds   Spittin' Pollaseeds   Stand Tall   State of Emergency   Steady Mobbin   Steady Mobbin'   Steal the Show   Steal The Show   Stop Snitchin'   Stop Snitchin'   Stop Snitchin’ (Album Version)   Stop Snitchin’ (feat. Swizz Beatz) (Album Versio...   Street Fighter   Streetz Illustrated   Supreme Hustle   Take Me Away   Take Me Away   Tales From The Darkside   Tales From the Darkside (Remix)   Tales From The Darkside"(feat. Chuck D   Thank God   Thank God   The Big Show   The Bomb   The Bonnie and Clyde Theme   The Curse Of Money   The Curse Of Money"(feat. Mack 10   The Funeral   The Game Lord   The Game Lord   The Guppies   The Gutter Shit   The Gutter Shit (Featuring Jayo Felony, Gangsta & ...   The Gutter Shit"(feat. Gangsta, Jayo Felony, Squee...   The Looters   The N**** Ya Love to Hate   The N***a Trapp   The Nigga Of The Century   The Nigga Trapp   The Nigga Ya Love To Hate   The Peckin' Order   The Peckin' Order"(feat. Mack 10   The Peckin' Order   The Predator   The Product   The Shot   The Shot (Intro)   The World is Mine   The World Is Mine [[from Dangerous Ground]   The Wrong Nigga to Fuck Wit   The Wrong Nigga to Fuck Wit [From Bullworth]   The Wrong Nigga To Fuck With   Three Strikes You In   Today Was A Good Day   Today Was A Good Day (Remix)   Tomorrow   Too West Coast   Trespass   Trespass (Featuring ice t)   Trespass [From Trespass]   True to the Game   Turn off the Radio   Two To The Head   U Ain't Gonna Take My Life   U Ain't Gonna Take My Life   Until We Rich   Until We Rich (Featuring Krayzie Bone)   Until We Rich"(feat. Krayzie Bone   Urbanian   Us   Waitin' Ta Hate   Waitin' Ta Hate   Wanna Ride   War & Peace   War & Peace   We Be Clubbin   We Be Clubbin'   We Be Clubbin' (clark World Remix)   We Be Clubbin' [From the Players Club]   We Had to Tear This Motha----- Up   We Had to Tear This Mothafucka Up   We Had To Tear This Muthafucka Up   West Up!   Westside Slaughterhouse   Westside Slaughterhouse [Edited]   Westward Ho [Edited]   What Can I Do   What Can I Do?   What Can I Do? (Eastside Remix)   What Can I Do? (Remix)   What Can I Do? [Remix]   What Is A Pyroclastic Flow?   What Is a Pyroclastic Flow?   What They Hittin' Foe   What They Hittin' Foe?   What They Hittin' Foe?   What They Hittn' Foe?   When I Get to Heaven   When I Get to Heaven (Remix)   When I Get to Heaven [Remix]   When Will They Shoot   When Will They Shoot?   Where Ya At   Where Ya At?   Where Ya At? 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Mack 10, Ms. Toi   You Can't Fade Me   You Can't Fade Me / JD's Gaffilin'   You Can't Fade Me/J.D.'s Gaffilin'   You Can't Fade Me   You Don't Wanna Fuck Wit These   You Don't Wanna Fuck Wit These (Unreleased '93 Shi   You Don't Wanna Fuck Wit These (Unreleased '93 Shi...   You Don't Wanna Fuck Wit These (Unreleased 93 Shit...   You Gotta Lotta That   You Gotta Lotta That   You Gotta Lotta That (feat. Snoop Dogg) (Album Ver...   You Know How We Do It   You Know How We Do It (Remix)   You Know How We Do It [Remix]   You Know I'm a Ho   You Know I'm a Hoe   Your Money or Your Life

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