Get By

(Ha-ha-ha-holla)

Yeah

(Ha-ha-ha-holla, Lord)

My Lord

(Lord, you knew, no, no, no, no)

Yeah

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 episodes too 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 your egos spread rumors

We survivalists, turned to consumers

Just to get by, just to get by (Uh)

Just to get by, just to get by

Asking why some people got to live in a trailer?, cuss like a sailor

I paint a picture with a pen like Norman Mailer

Mi abuela 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 ****, Core, bailed me out

To get by, just to get by

Just to get by, just to get by

Do or die like Bed-Stuy through the red sky

With the window open, red eye

Let the lead fly, on some G Rap shit

Livin' to let die, war

This morning, I woke up

Feeling brand new, 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

Just to get by, just to get by

Just to get by, just to get by

Just to get by, just to get by

Just to get by

We keep it gangster say, "Fo shizzle", "Fo sheezy" and "Stayin' crunk"

It's easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees, and we stay drunk

Yo, our activism attackin' the system, the blacks and latins in prison

Numbers of prison they victims lackin' 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, get fly

The TV got us reachin' for stars

Not the ones between Venus and Mars, the ones that be readin' for parts (Yeah)

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 Beatles drop

This morning, I woke up

Feeling brand new, 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, just to get

Just to get, just to get

(Yo, yo, yo, yo, 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 deceive when we lie, and we keepin' it fly

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 (Yo, 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 deceive when we lie, and we keepin' it fly

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