Talib Kweli - Get By

[00:02.84] Yeah. my Lord. yeah [00:10.20] We sell, crack to our own out the back of our homes [00:13.39] We smell the musk at the dusk in the crack of the dawn [00:16.15] We go through "Epidodes II," like "Attack of the Clones" [00:18.64] Work 'til we break our back and you hear the crack of the bone [00:21.21] To get by. just to get by [00:23.63] Just to get by, just to get by [00:26.16] We commute to computers [00:27.45] Spirits stay mute while you eagles spread rumors [00:29.35] We survivalists, turned to consumers [00:31.30] To get by. just to get by [00:34.26] Just to get by, just to get by [00:36.60] Ask Him why some people got to live in a trailer, cuss like a sailor [00:40.09] I paint a picture with the pen like Norman Mailer [00:42.56] Me Abuela raised three daughters all by herself, with no help [00:45.38] I think about a struggle and I find the strength in myself [00:47.97] These words, melt in my mouth [00:49.42] They hot, like the jail cell in the South [00:51.12] Before my nigga Core bailed me out [00:53.27] To get by. just to get by [00:55.36] Just to get by, just to get by [00:57.74] We do or die like Bed-Stuy through the red sky [01:00.06] With the window of the red eye [01:01.51] Let the lead fly, some G. Rap shit, "Livin' to Let Die" [01:04.36] This morning, I woke up [01:06.48] Feeling brand new and I jumped up [01:08.86] Feeling my highs, and my lows [01:11.85] In my soul, and my goals [01:14.13] Just to stop smokin, and stop drinkin [01:16.44] And I've been thinkin - I've got my reasons [01:19.40] Just to get (by), just to get (by) [01:21.88] Just to get (by), just to get (by) [01:24.64] (Ba ba ba, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da badahh [01:32.99] Just to get (by), just to get (by) [01:34.63] (Ba ba ba, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da badahh [01:42.58] Just to get (by), just to get (by) [01:46.51] We keeping it gangster say "fo shizzle", "fo sheezy" and "stayin crunk" [01:49.76] Its easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees, and we stay drunk [01:52.15] Yo, our activism attackin the system, the blacks and latins in prison [01:54.66] Numbers of prison they victim black in the vision [01:57.52] Shit and all they got is rappin to listen to [01:59.35] I let them know we missin you, the love is unconditional [02:02.13] Even when the condition is critical, when the livin is miserable [02:05.52] Your position is pivotal, I ain't bullshittin you [02:08.54] Now, why would I lie? Just to get by? [02:11.30] Just to get by, we get fly [02:13.40] The TV got us reachin for stars [02:14.92] Not the ones between Venus and Mars, the ones that be readin for parts [02:18.32] Some people get breast enhancements and penis enlargers [02:20.93] Saturday sinners Sunday morning at the feet of the Father [02:23.70] They need somethin to rely on, we get high on all types of drug [02:27.38] When, all you really need is love [02:29.07] To get by. just to get by [02:31.35] Just to get by, just to get by [02:33.90] Our parents sing like John Lennon, "Imagine all the people watch" [02:36.44] We rock like Paul McCartney from now until the last Beatle drop [02:39.94] This morning, I woke up [02:42.27] Feeling brand new and I jumped up [02:44.89] Feeling my high's, and my low's [02:47.38] In my soul, and my goals [02:49.70] Just to stop smoking, and stop drinking [02:52.99] And I've been thinking - I've got my reasons [02:55.46] Just to get (by), just to get (by) [02:57.64] Just to get (by), just to get (by) [03:01.09] Yoyoyo, yo [03:02.19] Some people cry, and some people try [03:04.43] Just to get by, for a piece of the pie [03:07.00] You love to eat and get high [03:08.46] We decieve when we lie, and we keepin it fly [03:10.99] Yoyoyo, yo [03:12.77] When, the people decide, to keep a disguise [03:15.19] Can't see they eyes, see the evil inside [03:17.64] But there's people you find [03:18.90] Strong or feeble in mind, I stay readin the signs [03:21.51] Yoyoyo, yo [03:23.49] Some people cry, and some people try [03:25.91] Just to get by, for a piece of the pie [03:28.32] You love to eat and get high [03:29.60] We decieve when we lie, and we keepin it fly [03:32.13] Yoyoyo, yo [03:33.65] When, the people decide, to keep a disguise [03:36.40] Can't see they eyes, see the evil inside [03:38.92] But there's people you find [03:40.22] Strong or feeble in mind, I stay readin the signs [03:42.85]