You know it gets really frustrating when the same old problems plaque you everyday. The bad part about it is that these problems are the same problems that have been around for many generations and will continue to persist in the years to come. With all the progress that society has achieved, the same old problems still trouble us which is indeed very strange when you think about it. When it gets too much, you wind asking the question "Why is it always like this?" The answer can be found in Bruce Hornsby And The Range's song "That's Just The Way It Is".
When you listen to the song, it tackles problems like unemployment, poverty, predujice and inability of our governments to provide concrete and lasting solutions. You see it everyday as people struggle to make ends meet or unemployed applicants and new graduates line up at job fairs and agencies for a chance to get a job. Poor people or different people not allowed to mingle with others because of their race or their social status, leaving them looking on the inside, feeling shut in the process. Programs and projects that don't provide lasting solutions to these problems or worse yet, exacerbates them because they don't apply to the situation. Hornsby was able to portray these images very eloquently in his song and video.
Despite it's pessimistic tone, the song serves to enlighten us of the endless cycle we find ourselves in. It tells us that these things have been going on for a long time and that it will continue to be that way unless there's genuine change. Hopefully, there'll come a day when these things will change. Until then, we have to toughen it out during the hard times. It's best thing and the only thing to do at the moment. Sadly, if anybody complains why that's just the way it is.
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