Talib Kweli Get By lyrics

Yeah, my Lord, yeah<br />
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We sell, crack to our own out, the back of our homes<br />
We smell the musk at the dusk in the crack of the dawn<br />
We go through, 'Epidodes II' like 'Attack of the clones'<br />
Work 'til we break our back and you hear the crack of the bone<br />
To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by<br />
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We commute to computers<br />
Spirits stay mute while you eagles spread rumors<br />
We survivalists, turned to consumers<br />
Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by<br />
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Ask him why some people got to live in a trailer, cuss like a sailor<br />
I paint a picture with the pen like Norman Mailer<br />
Me and Willa raised three daughters all by herself, with no help<br />
I think about a struggle and I find the strength in myself<br />
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These words, melt in my mouth<br />
They hot, like the jail cell in the South<br />
Before my nigga Core bailed me out<br />
To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by<br />
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We do or die like Bed-Stuy through the red sky<br />
With the window of the red eye<br />
Let the lead fly, some G. Rap shit, 'Livin' to let die'<br />
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This morning, I woke up, feeling brand new and I jumped up<br />
Feeling my highs and my lows in my soul and my goals<br />
Just to stop smokin' and stop drinkin'<br />
And I've been thinkin', I've got my reasons<br />
Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by<br />
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Just to get by, just to get by<br />
Just to get by, just to get by<br />
Just to get by, just to get by<br />
Just to get by, by, by<br />
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We keeping it gangster say fo shizzle, fo sheezy and stayin' crunk<br />
It's easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees and we stay drunk<br />
Yo, I activism attackin' the system, the Blacks and Latins in prison<br />
Numbers of prison they victim black in the vision<br />
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Shit and all they got is rappin' to listen to<br />
I let them know we missin' you, the love is unconditional<br />
Even when the condition is critical, when the livin' is miserable<br />
Your position is pivotal, I ain't bullshittin' you<br />

Now, why would I lie? Just to get by? Just to get by, we get fly<br />
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The TV got us reachin' for stars<br />
Not the ones between Venus and Mars, the ones that be readin' for parts<br />
Some people get breast enhancements and penis enlargers<br />
Saturday sinners Sunday morning at the feet of the Father<br />
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They need somethin' to rely on, we get high on all types of drug<br />
When, all you really need is love<br />
To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by<br />
Our parents sing like John Lennon, 'Imagine all the people watch'<br />
We rock like Paul McCartney, 'From now until the last beatle drop'<br />
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This morning, I woke up, feeling brand new and I jumped up<br />
Feeling my highs and my lows, in my soul and my goals<br />
Just to stop smoking and stop drinking<br />
And I've been thinking, I've got my reasons<br />
Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by<br />
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Yo, yo, yo, yo<br />
Some people cry and some people try<br />
Just to get by, for a piece of the pie<br />
You love to eat and get high<br />
We deceive when we lie and we keepin' it fly<br />
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Yo, yo, yo, yo<br />
When people decide, to keep a disguise<br />
Can't see they eyes, see the evil inside<br />
But there's people you find<br />
Strong or feeble in mind, I stay readin' the signs<br />
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Yo, yo, yo, yo<br />
Some people cry and some people try<br />
Just to get by, for a piece of the pie<br />
You love to eat and get high<br />
We deceive when we lie and we keepin' it fly<br />
<br />
Yo, yo, yo, yo<br />
When people decide, to keep a disguise<br />
Can't see they eyes, see the evil inside<br />
But there's people you find<br />
Strong or feeble in mind, I stay readin' the signs<br />
Yo, yo, yo, yo