Get By Lyrics - Quality - Talib Kweli

(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 too, 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 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" 

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(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 goal's 

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) 

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(Verse 2: Talib) 

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 latins in prison 

Numbers have risen, 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, what 

(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 goal's 

Just to stop smoking, and stop drinking 

But 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