Get By

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