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"That's How It Is" is a song by [[Alex Wolff]] from [[The Naked Brothers Band]].

{{Infobox song

| name = That's How It Is

| cover = CasualTHIISingle.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = [[Casual (rapper)|Casual]]

| album = [[Fear Itself (Casual album)|Fear Itself]]

| released = August 6, 1993

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]], [[West Coast hip hop]]

| length = 2:57

| label = [[Jive Records|Jive]]

| composer =

| lyricist =

| producer = [[Del the Funky Homosapien|Del tha Funkee Homosapien]]

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = [[I Didn't Mean To]]

| next_year = 1994

}}

"'''That's How It Is'''" is a song by American [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] artist [[Casual (rapper)|Casual]]. The song was recorded for his debut album ''[[Fear Itself (Casual album)|Fear Itself]]'' (1994) and released as the debut [[Single (music)|single]] from the album in August 1993.

==HistoryTrack listing==

;12", Vinyl

Alex wrote this song in [[The Naked Brothers Band (film)|The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie]] when he was on a cruise ship with Nat after he had way too much lemon-lime soda. It explains the differences between him and Nat; For example: In the song he says, "I play my gameboy and you do your homework".

#"That's How It Is" (LP Version) - 3:07

#"That's How It Is" (Disseshowedo Mix) - 3:40

#"That's How It Is" (Acapella) - 2:40

#"Thoughts of the Thoughtful" (LP Version) - 2:56

#"That's How It Is" (LP Instrumental) - 3:07

==Personnel==

Information taken from [[Discogs]].<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url=http://www.discogs.com/Casual-Thats-How-It-Is/release/820527|title=Casual - That's How It Is (Vinyl) at Discogs|format=|publisher=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=2010-07-17}}</ref>

*production – [[Del the Funky Homosapien|Del tha Funkee Homosapien]], [[Domino (producer)|Domino]]

*remixing – Casual

==Chart performance==

{|class="wikitable"

!Chart (1993)

!Peak<br />position

|-

|U.S. [[Hot Rap Songs|Hot Rap Singles]]<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r193753/charts-awards/billboard-single|pure_url=yes}}|title=allmusic ((( Fear Itself > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))|website=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=2010-07-17}}</ref>

|align="center"|22

|}

==Notes==

{{reflist}}

*This is the first song by [[Alex Wolff]], all of the other songs in [[The Naked Brothers Band]] are by [[Nat Wolff]].

==External links==

{{YouTube|id=WXckgo0eehw|title="That's How It Is" Music video}}

[[Category:1993 singles]]

[[Category:Casual (rapper) songs]]

[[Category:1993 songs]]

[[Category:Jive Records singles]]

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