Just To Get By Lyrics

Just To Get By lyrics

[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 "Episodes II," like "Attack of the
Clones"
Work 'til we break our back and you hear the crack of the
bone
Just 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
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
Just 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
Just 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