Get By lyrics
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Artist: Talib Kweli Album: Quality
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[Talib] Yeah.. my lord.. yeah
[Verse 1: talib] We sell crack to our own out the back of our homes We smell the musk of 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 Just to get by, just to get by Ask me why some people got to live in a trailer, cuss like a sailor I paint a picture with the pen like norman mailer Mi abuela raised three daughters all by herself, with no help I think about her 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 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 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 keep 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 lackin 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, to 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 drugs 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] 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 decieve when we lie, and we keepin it fly
Yo yo yo yo, yo When, the people decide, to keep a disguise Can't see the eyes, see the evil inside But there's people you find Strong or feeble in mind, I stay readin the signs yo yo yo yo yo
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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