 [Talib]
Yeah.. my Lord.. yeah
[Verse 1: Talib]
We sell, crack to our own out the
back of our homes
We smell the musk at the dusk in the
crack of the dawn
We go through "Epidodes II," like
"Attack of the Clones"
Work 'til we break our back and you
hear the crack of the bone
To get by.. just to get by
Just to get by, just to get by
We commute to computers
Spirits stay mute while you eagles
spread rumors
We survivalists, turned to consumers
To get by.. just to get by
Just to get by, just to get by
Ask Him why some people got to live
in a trailer, cuss like a sailor
I paint a picture with the pen like
Norman Mailer
Me and Willa raised three daughters
all by herself, with no help
I think about a struggle and I find the
strength in myself
These words, melt in my mouth
They hot, like the jail cell in the South
Before my nigga Core bailed me out
To get by.. just to get by
Just to get by, just to get by
We do or die like Bed-Stuy through
the red sky
with the window of the red eye
Let the lead fly, some G. Rap shit,
"Livin' to Let Die"
[Chorus: Background singers]
This morning, I woke up
Feeling brand new and I jumped up
Feeling my highs, and my lows
In my soul, and my goals
Just to stop smokin, and stop drinkin
And I've been thinkin - I've got my
reasons
Just to get (by), just to get (by)
Just to get (by), just to get (by)
[Talib and background singers]
(ba ba ba, ba da bada, ba da bada,
ba da bada, ba da badahh
Just to get (by), just to get (by)
Just to get (by by by by by by)
(ba ba ba, ba da bada, ba da bada,
ba da bada, ba da badahh
Just to get (by), just to get (by)
Just to get (by by by by by by)
[Verse 2: Talib]
We keeping it gangster say "fo
shizzle", "fo sheezy" and "stayin
crunk"
Its easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees,
and we stay drunk
Yo, I activism - attackin the system,
the blacks and latins in prison
Numbers of prison they victim black in
the vision
Shit and all they got is rappin to listen
to
I let them know we missin you, the
love is unconditional
Even when the condition is critical,
when the livin is miserable
Your position is pivotal, I ain't
bullshittin you
Now, why would I lie? Just to get
by?
Just to get by, we get fly
The TV got us reachin for stars
Not the ones between Venus and
Mars, the ones that be readin for
parts
Some people get breast
enhancements and penis enlargers
Saturday sinners Sunday morning at
the feet of the Father
They need somethin to rely on, we
get high on all types of drug
When, all you really need is love
To get by.. just to get by
Just to get by, just to get by
Our parents sing like John Lennon,
"Imagine all the people watch"
We rock like Paul McCartney from
now until the last Beatle drop
[Chorus: Background singers]
This morning, I woke up
Feeling brand new and I jumped up
Feeling my high's, and my low's
In my soul, and my goals
Just to stop smoking, and stop
drinking
And I've been thinking - I've got my
reasons
Just to get (by), just to get (by)
Just to get (by), just to get (by)
[Talib: repeat 2X - with background
singers]
Yoyoyo, yo
Some people cry, and some people
try
Just to get by, for a piece of the pie
You love to eat and get high
We decieve when we lie, and we
keepin it fly
Yoyoyo, yo
When, the people decide, to keep a
disguise
Can't see they eyes, see the evil
inside
But there's people you find
Strong or feeble in mind, I stay readin
the signs
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