I Get By Lyrics - Carl Thomas

Mississippi, 

Big faces 

In the south till the day that the lord comes to get me 

This is how it was growing up in Mississippi 

When I ran around the hood in big K's and troops 

When the Quintin boys were just gangs group to mess with 

I remember man when Chucky got shot, yeah 

Lying there bleeding man Jackson mall parking lot 

Before the vice lords and folks, 

Before my friends started to buy, cook up and sell dope, 

Before we all wanted to thug, 

Me and Chucky up in stopped goin' a two man lady bug 

David Lewis June 4th Chris Tall you and Keith Robinson 

Bozo and me, Circuit Los and with it Antwon 

Fuck it man we older left the story, move on 

Goin to the brooke jsut see my momma Leena 

Before I learned to shop your ass silly with the neena, yeah 

[Chorus] 

I get by with some help, with some help from my friends [Repeat: x2] 

I get by [Repeat: x4] 

With some help from friends yall, 

From my friends yall, yeah 

Sugar on some light bread roaches on the wall 

On the weekends all day walkin' through the mall 

That welfare cheese and them red tangled blocks be 

Boxing in the corner so that bass wouldn't knock 

Your uncles coming over sippin' yak smokin' weed 

They let you take a hit if you wouldn't tell T 

And talk about yellow niggas talkin to the feds 

Man the real locked up, on dope, or just dead 

Man head to my grave had to holla at Michelle 

Put some roses on the ground toss some juice and then bail 

First cousin, best friend, all that I had 

Me and her on the porch bumpin' JJ Fat 

Supersonic, its ironic that your gone I'm alone 

But I'm not cause I'm feeling your presence in my bones 

I wish you could of lived to see your cousin get grown 

But you died and left here trying to get by 

[Chorus] 

Just like to say man 

We need to get back to goin' to grandma house 

Lil' kids playin' football in the streets 

From the south yall 

Big face 

[Chorus] 

You know, you know, you know 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah