I wasn't born with a silver spoon

In my mouth

(Was) so damn poor

We were down and out

Had no shoes for my dancin' feet

But I still kept time

With the beat of the street

It was a downtown

Rundown neighborhood

When times got bad

We tried to make'em good

Goin' to school didn't get me far

I learned my licks

In an all-night bar, ooh

That's the way I like it

Just the way I like it

That's the way I like it, oh

Street lights are hot

Street life is cool

Deal with it, Jack

Or it'll treat you cruel

It ain't easy, it's sleazy

Even slime

Call it what you want

But it's mine, mine, mine

Yeah, that's the way I like it

Just the way I like it

(Just the way I like it)

That's the way I like it

Just the way I like it

Repeat 1st verse

Yeah oww

That's the way I like it

Just the way I like it

Just the way

Just the way I like it

That's the way I like it

Just the way I like it

Just the way, just the way

Just the way I like it, huh

Just the way I like it

Just the way I like it

That's the way I like it

That's the way, that's the way

That's the way I like it