|AmBm | CDm|
|AmG | AmG |
[Verse 1]
AmG
We sell, crack to our own out the back of our homes
AmG
We smell the musk of the dusk in the crack of the dawn
AmG
We go through episodes too, like Attack of the Clones
AmG
Work 'til we break our back, and you hear the crack of the bone
AmBmCDm
Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by
[Verse 2]
AmG
We commute to computers, spirits stay mute while you egos spread rumors
AmG
We're survivalists turned to consumers
AmBmCDm
Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by
[Verse 3]
AmG
Ask Him why some people got to live in a trailer, cuss like a sailor
AmG
I paint a picture with the pen like Norman Mailer
AmG
Mi abuela raised three daughters all by herself, with no help
AmG
I think about her struggle and I find the strength in myself
AmGAm
These words, melt in my mouth, they hot like a jail cell in the South
G
Before my nigga Cor' bailed me out
AmBmCDm
To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by
[Verse 4]
AmG
If you was born in New York City and you know you're fly
AmG
then wave your hands in the air if you know, nigga
[Hook]
AmG
This morning, I woke up
AmG
Feelin' brand new, I jumped up
AmG
Feelin' my highs (yeah) and my lows (yeah)
AmG
In my soul (yeah) and my goals
AmG
Just to stop smokin', and stop drinkin'
AmG
I've been thinkin' I've got my reasons
AmBmCDm
Just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by)
[Refrain]
AmG
by by by, by by by-by
AmG
by by by-by, by by by-by
AmBmCDm
(by), just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by)
AmG
by-by-by, by by by-by
AmG
by by by-by, by by by-by
AmBmCDm
(by), just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by)
[Verse 5]
AmG
We keepin' it gangster, say "fo' shizzle", "fo' sheezy", and stayin' crunk
AmG
It's easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees, and we stayin' drunk
AmGAm
Yo, our activism, attackin' the system, the Blacks and Latins in prison
G
Numbers have risen, they're victims lackin' the vision
AmG
Shit, and all they got is rappin' to listen to
AmG
I let them know we missin' you, the love is unconditional
AmG
Even when the condition is critical, when the livin' is miserable
AmG
Your position is pivotal, I ain't bullshittin' you
AmBmCDm
Now, why would I lie? Just to get by? Just to get by, get fly,
[Verse 6]
AmG
the TV got us reachin' for stars
AmG
Not the ones between Venus and Mars, the ones that be readin' for parts
AmG
Some people get breast enhancements and penis enlargers
AmG
Saturday sinners, Sunday morning at the feet of the Father
AmG
They need somethin' to rely on, we get high on
AmG
All types of drug, when all you really need is love
AmBmCDm
To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by
AmG
Our parents sing like John Lennon: imagine all the people watch
AmG
We rock like Paul McCartney from now until the last Beatle drop. (What?) (yah yo-yo yo, yo)
[Hook]
AmG
This morning, I woke up
AmG
Feelin' brand new, I jumped up
AmG
Feelin' my highs, and my lows
AmG
In my soul, and my goal's
AmG
Just to stop smokin' and stop drinkin'
AmG
I've been thinkin' I got my reasons
AmBmCDm
Just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by) (yah yo-yo yo, yo)
[Verse 3]
AmG
Some people cry, and some people try
AmG
Just to get by, for a piece of the pie
AmG
You love to eat and get high
AmG
We deceive when we lie, and we keepin' it fly (yah yo-yo yo, yo)
AmBmCDm
When the people decide to keep a disguise, can't see they eyes,
AmG
see the evil inside, but there's people you find
AmG
Strong or feeble in mind, I stay readin' the signs
AmG
Some people cry, and some people try
AmG
Just to get by, for a piece of the pie
AmG
You love to eat and get high
AmG
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)