Get By

Yeah My Lord 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 "Epidodes II" 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 you eagles spread rumors We survivalists, turned to consumers Just to get by just to get by Just to get by, just to get by Ask him 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, on some G. Rap shit, "livin' to let die" This morning, I woke up Feeling brand new, I jumped up Feeling my highs (yeah) and my lows (yeah) In my soul (yeah) 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-by-by-by-by-by) Just to get by Just to get (by), just to get (by) Just to get (by, by-by) 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 latin's in prison Numbers of prison they victim black 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, we 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 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 Beatle drop This morning, I woke up Feeling brand new, I jumped up Feeling my highs (yeah) and my lows (yeah) In my soul (yeah) 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) 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 Yo-yo-yo-yo-yo 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-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 Yo-yo-yo-yo-yo 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-yo-yo-yo

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