This is the way is the way it's supposed to be (is this the way?)
This is the way that I say that it's gonna be (is this the way?)
This is the way is the way it's supposed to be
This is the way that I say that it's gonna be (let's go!)

Y'all niggas heard it through the grapevine (what's that?)
Expect I'm gonna take mine
Name of the game is get in where you fit in (what?)
Dog, I fit in at the beginning
Cats livin', jumpin' out the window
Where money go, yo, right out the window
Where's there's rock and roll, I lock and load
Shut 'em down, open up a shop, oh no

I'm no angel, I'm no savior
And I've never been a saint
Well, I know I'm not the devil
'Cause I still can feel the pain
Walk through fire and through brimstone
And there were no pearly gates
I'll be sure to ask about it, tell me

Is this the way is the way it's supposed to be? (Is this the way?)
This is the way that I say that it's gonna be

Let me go, nigga, back up off me
Dog got the cage, cats walk softly
Talk real lightly, scared to bite me
Scared to death to shoot me, scared to fight me
In the street, niggas just playin' the wrong game
Up in the real, nigga face saying the wrong thing
Real shit, this is how a dog get down
Hands in the air whenever dog hit town

I'm no angel, I'm no savior
And I've never been a saint
Well, I know I'm not the devil
'Cause I still can feel the pain
Walk through fire and through brimstone
And there were no pearly gates
I'll be sure to ask about it, tell me

Is this the way is the way it's supposed to be?
This is the way that I say that it's gonna be

I'm no angel, I'm no savior
And I've never been a saint
Well, I know I'm not the devil
'Cause I still can feel the pain
Walk through fire and through brimstone
And there were no pearly gates
I'll be sure to ask about it, tell me

Is this the way is the way it's supposed to be?
This is the way that I say that it's gonna be