<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "The Way It Is" is a song by American rock group Bruce Hornsby and the Range . It was released in August 1986 as the second single from their debut album The Way It Is . It topped the charts in the United States, Canada and the Netherlands in 1986, and peaked inside the top twenty in such countries as Ireland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom . Written by Bruce Hornsby, it made explicit reference to the Civil Rights Movement . Musically, the song is characterized by two long piano solos . </P> <P> Tupac Shakur sampled the song in his hit "Changes". </P>

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