Imitation #4 1980s Rap Run DMC "Its like that"

"When you feel you fail sometimes it hurts 
For a meaning in life is why you search 
Take the bus or the train, drive to school or the church 
It's like that, and that's the way it is 

Here's another point in life you should not miss 
Do not be a fool who's prejudiced
Because we're all written down on the same list 
It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is 
Huh!"

        The rap song I chose to imitate for the 1980s is RUN-DMC's "It's Like That". This song is a confession. In the song they talk about life and the ways things are in life, "It's like that, and that's the way it is".They talk about failure and how it hurts when you fail. In the first four bars they talk about finding a meaning in your life. However they say you need to go out and "search" for the meaning of life. In order to find what it is you want to do and like to do you must go out and find it. It will not come to you, you can go out and try and find it by driving "to school or the church". If you get an education your life will most likely be better, you can get a better job and become educated. School gives a person a purpose, meaning a goal to work towards. The same thing for church, no matter the religion, it can give you a sense of worth and hope. The next five lines add another "point" to how life is. They say you should not judge people, because we all go through problems. We are all trying to figure out what we want to do with and in our lives. "We're all written down on the same list" they use figurative language here, they're saying we are all are looking and going through similar, if not, the same things in life. So they say do not form prejudice ideas or judge people because you don't know what they are going through or have been through. Throughout the 8 bars and the two separate verses, they use end rhyme. Some of these end rhymes incorporate slant rhyme, "miss" "prejudiced" "List" "it is". Also in the first verse "hurts", "search", "church".