Get By lyrics

Artist  : Talib Kweli 
Song : Get By



 Send "Get By" Ringtone to your Cell 

 

[Talib]
Yeah.. my Lord.. yeah

[Verse 1:
Talib]
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
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
Me and Willa 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
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 and 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)

[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 keeping 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 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

[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]
Yoyoyo, 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

Yoyoyo, 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