Tonart: D minor•
Verse 1
Dm
Em
F
Dm
Gm
Dm
We sell crack to our own
Em
out the back of our homes
Dm
We smell the musk of the dusk
and the crack of the dawn
We go through episodes too,
like Attack of the Clones
Wait till we break her back
and you'll hear the crack of the bone
Em
To get by, just to get by,
F
Dm
Gm
just to get by, just to get by
Dm
We commute to computers,
spirits stay mute
while your ego spread rumors
We survivalists, turn to consumers
Em
Just to get by, just to get by,
F
Dm
F
Dm
Gm
just to get by, just to get by
Dm
You askin' why some people
gotta live in a trailer, cuss like a sailor
Paint a picture with a pen
like Norman Mailer
Bb
Dm
Mia Weller raised three
daughters all by herself
Em
F
With no help, I think about her struggle
Em
Gm
and I find the strength in myself
Dm
These words melt in my mouth,
they hot like the jail cell in the South
Before my nigga Corp bailed me out
Em
But to get by, just to get by,
Dm
Em
Dm
Gm
just to get by, just to get by
Dm
Do it darl, like best stars,
see the red skies,
the window of the red islands
The lead flowers, the G -Rap shit,
livin' the lead dial
Em
Now this mornin', I woke up,
Em
Gm
Dm
I jumped up, feelin' my highs,
and my lows
And my soul, and my goals
Em
Just to stop smokin', and stop drinkin'
F
But I've been thinkin',
Em
Gm
I got my reasons
Dm
It's Just To Get By! just to get by
Just To Get By!
Em
F
Em
Gm
Just
Em
F
Dm
Gm
Dm
Get By!
Just To Get By!
We keep it gangster,
F
Em
It's easy to pull a breezy,
Gm
smoke trees and we stay drunk
Dm
Yo, our activism attacking the system,
the blacks and latins in prison
Numbers in prison,
they victim black and the vision
Em
Shit, I know they got us rapping to listen to
F
I let them know we missing you,
Em
Gm
your love is unconditional
Dm
Even when the condition is critical,
when the living is miserable
Your position is pivotal,
I ain't bullshitting you now
Em
Dm
Why would I lie, just to get by,
F
Dm
Gm
just to get by, to get fly
Dm
The TV got us reaching for stars,
not the ones between Venus and Mars
We want to be readin'
from heart to feet,
forget breath to hands,
Em
present penis enlarger
F
Em
Saturdays to the Sunday mornin'
Gm
at the feet of the father
Dm
They need somethin' to rely on,
we get high on all types of drugs
When all you really need is love
Em
Just to get by, just to get by,
Dm
F
Em
Dm
Gm
just to get by, just to get by
Dm
My parents sing like John Lennon,
imagine all the people watch
We rock like Paul McCartney
from now until the last beat'll drop,
Em
F
what? mornin', I woke up feelin' brand new
Dm
Gm
Dm
and I jumped up, feelin' my highs
And my lows, and my soul, and my goals
Em
Just to stop smokin', and stop drinkin'
Dm
F
Dm
Gm
Tell ya I'm thinkin' I got my reasons
Dm
Just to get by, just to get by
Just to get by, just to get by
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo
Em
F
Some people cry, some people try
Em
Gm
Just to get by, for a piece of the pie
Dm
We love to eat and get high,
we can sleep and we lie
And we keepin' the block, yo, yo, yo
Em
When people decide to
Em
Gm
You can't see the eyes,
see the evil inside
Dm
The best people you find,
stronger, feeble than mine
I stay beating inside, you can yuck, yuck
Em
Some people cry, some people try
F
Dm
Gm
Just to get by, for a piece of a pie
Dm
You love to eat and get high,
we can sleep or we lie
And we're keeping it fly,
Bb
Dm
you can yuck, yuck
to keep up disguise
Gm
You can't see the eyes,
see the evil inside
The best people you find,
stronger, feeble than mine
I'll stay reading the sign,
you can pick up, y 'all
Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah
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