[Intro]
|Am Bm | C Dm|
|Am G | Am G |
[Verse 1]
Am G
We sell, crack to our own out the back of our homes
Am G
We smell the musk of the dusk in the crack of the dawn
Am G
We go through episodes too, like Attack of the Clones
Am G
Work 'til we break our back, and you hear the crack of the bone
Am Bm C Dm
Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by
[Verse 2]
Am G
We commute to computers, spirits stay mute while you egos spread rumors
Am G
We're survivalists turned to consumers
Am Bm C Dm
Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by
[Verse 3]
Am G
Ask Him why some people got to live in a trailer, cuss like a sailor
Am G
I paint a picture with the pen like Norman Mailer
Am G
Mi abuela raised three daughters all by herself, with no help
Am G
I think about her struggle and I find the strength in myself
Am G Am
These words, melt in my mouth, they hot like a jail cell in the South
G
Before my nigga Cor' bailed me out
Am Bm C Dm
To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by
[Verse 4]
Am G
If you was born in New York City and you know you're fly
Am G
then wave your hands in the air if you know, nigga
[Hook]
Am G
This morning, I woke up
Am G
Feelin' brand new, I jumped up
Am G
Feelin' my highs (yeah) and my lows (yeah)
Am G
In my soul (yeah) and my goals
Am G
Just to stop smokin', and stop drinkin'
Am G
I've been thinkin' I've got my reasons
Am Bm C Dm
Just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by)
[Refrain]
Am G
by by by, by by by-by
Am G
by by by-by, by by by-by
Am Bm C Dm
(by), just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by)
Am G
by-by-by, by by by-by
Am G
by by by-by, by by by-by
Am Bm C Dm
(by), just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by)
[Verse 5]
Am G
We keepin' it gangster, say "fo' shizzle", "fo' sheezy", and stayin' crunk
Am G
It's easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees, and we stayin' drunk
Am G Am
Yo, our activism, attackin' the system, the Blacks and Latins in prison
G
Numbers have risen, they're victims lackin' the vision
Am G
Shit, and all they got is rappin' to listen to
Am G
I let them know we missin' you, the love is unconditional
Am G
Even when the condition is critical, when the livin' is miserable
Am G
Your position is pivotal, I ain't bullshittin' you
Am Bm C Dm
Now, why would I lie? Just to get by? Just to get by, get fly,
[Verse 6]
Am G
the TV got us reachin' for stars
Am G
Not the ones between Venus and Mars, the ones that be readin' for parts
Am G
Some people get breast enhancements and penis enlargers
Am G
Saturday sinners, Sunday morning at the feet of the Father
Am G
They need somethin' to rely on, we get high on
Am G
All types of drug, when all you really need is love
Am Bm C Dm
To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by
Am G
Our parents sing like John Lennon: imagine all the people watch
Am G
We rock like Paul McCartney from now until the last Beatle drop. (What?) (yah yo-yo yo, yo)
[Hook]
Am G
This morning, I woke up
Am G
Feelin' brand new, I jumped up
Am G
Feelin' my highs, and my lows
Am G
In my soul, and my goal's
Am G
Just to stop smokin' and stop drinkin'
Am G
I've been thinkin' I got my reasons
Am Bm C Dm
Just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by) (yah yo-yo yo, yo)
[Verse 3]
Am G
Some people cry, and some people try
Am G
Just to get by, for a piece of the pie
Am G
You love to eat and get high
Am G
We deceive when we lie, and we keepin' it fly (yah yo-yo yo, yo)
Am Bm C Dm
When the people decide to keep a disguise, can't see they eyes,
Am G
see the evil inside, but there's people you find
Am G
Strong or feeble in mind, I stay readin' the signs
Am G
Some people cry, and some people try
Am G
Just to get by, for a piece of the pie
Am G
You love to eat and get high
Am G
We deceive when we lie, and we keepin' it fly
Am
(yah yo-yo yo, yo)
[Outro] (accappella)
N.C.
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
yah yo-yo yo, yo (hey)
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