"What It's Like" is a song by American musician Everlast. It was released in November 1998 as the lead single from his album Whitey Ford Sings the Blues. The song is typical of the style Everlast embraced after leaving hip-hop trio House of Pain, being a combination of rock, hip-hop and blues incorporating characterization and empathy towards impoverished protagonists.
The song went to number-one on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for one week and number-one on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks for nine weeks. It also peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the singer's only solo Top 40 hit on the US pop chart to date. In the United Kingdom, the song reached #34 on the UK Singles Chart. The song went to the Top 5 hitting #4 on the Pop Songs chart. The song was also unexpectedly and surprisingly a hit to adult contemporary stations since most rap songs or songs with rap verses cannot be played on the format. Despite that, the song went to the Top 10 at #9 on the Adult Top 40 chart.
Somebody asked me if I wanted a ride
I said, "What do you mean?"
They said, "I know a woman that they called slip-n-slide"
They introduce me to a girly named Sally
She rides the horses down in Tennessee Valley
She stole my train, she wasn't plain
That woman's crazy and a little bit vain
She likes it on the top, that woman never stop
She's a star, she's a hero
She said my sugar for the time of your life
I'll get you on my horse so you will realize
She takes me boogie-woogie, boys out the back door
Gets 'em all high on her flesh for sure
She rode my train and then my plane
A nymphomaniac, a little insane
She likes it on the top, that woman never stops
She's a star, she's a hero, she likes it on top
She likes it on the top, that woman never stops
She's a star, she's a hero, she likes it on top
She's a hero, she likes it on top, yeah
I took a picture of her
So I would remember, yeah, yeah
She likes those dirty movies
Well, she says they're really groovy, baby, yeah, yeah
A-boogie, comatose, I couldn't boast
I noticed later, oh, my baby was a liar
Catatonic, supersonic, hot, high-heeled
Lover, lady sure is on fire
I can't believe the things I've seen
Lucky that I remember where the hell I've been
She a [Incomprehensible]
Somebody asked me if I wanted a ride
I said, "What do you mean?"
They said, "I know a woman that they called slip-n-slide"
They introduce me to a girly named Sally
Said she rides the horses down in Tennessee Valley
She stole my chain, she wasn't plain
That woman's crazy and a little bit vain
She likes it on the top, that woman never stops
She's a star, she's a hero, she likes it on top
She likes it on the top, that woman never stops
She's a star, she's a hero, she likes it on top
She's a hero, she likes it on top, yeah, yeah, yeah
It never stops, she's a star, she's a hero
She's a hero, baby, yeah yeah
She likes it on the top, that woman never stops
She's a star, she's a hero, she likes it on top
She's a hero, she likes it on top