Talib Kweli – Get By chords

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[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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