Key: D minor
Verse 1
Am
Bm
C
Am
Dm
Yeah, my Lord,
Verse 2
in the crack of the dawn
We go through, 'Epidodes II' like
'Attack of the clones'
Work 'til we break our back and
you hear the crack of the bone
C
Am
Dm
just to get by, just to get by
Verse 3
Spirits stay mute while you
eagles spread rumors
We survivalists, turned to consumers
C
Am
Dm
just to get by, just to get by
Verse 4
Am
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
F
Am
Bm
Me and Willa raised three daughters all by herself,
with no help
C
Bm
I think about a struggle and I find
Verse 5
They hot, like the jail cell in the South
Before my nigga Core bailed me out
Am
Bm
Am
Dm
just to get by, just to get by
Verse 6
With the window of the red eye
Let the lead fly, some G. Rap shit,
'Livin' to let die'
Verse 7
C
Bm
Dm
feeling brand new and I jumped up
in my soul and my goals
Just to stop smokin' and
Bm
Dm
I've got my reasons
Am
Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by,
Interlude 1
just to get by
Am
Bm
C
Bm
Dm
Am
Verse 8
Just to get by,
Bm
C
Am
Dm
Am
just to get by
Just to get by, just to get by
Just to get by, by, by
Verse 9
Am
Bm
We keeping it gangster say fo shizzle, fo
sheezy and stayin' crunk
C
Bm
It's easy to pull a breezy,
the Blacks and Latins in prison
Numbers of prison they
victim black in the vision
Verse 10
Am
Bm
Shit and all they got is rappin' to listen to
Bm
Dm
the love is unconditional
when the livin' is miserable
Your position is pivotal,
I ain't bullshittin' you
Bm
Am
Now, why would I lie? Just to get by?
C
Am
Dm
Just to get by, we get fly
Verse 11
Not the ones between Venus and Mars,
the ones that be readin' for parts
Some people get breast enhancements
C
Bm
Saturday sinners Sunday morning
Verse 12
we get high on all types of drug
When, all you really need is love
Am
C
Am
Dm
just to get by, just to get by
'Imagine all the people watch'
We rock like Paul McCartney,
'From now until the last beatle drop'
Verse 13
Am
Bm
This morning, I woke up,
C
Am
Dm
feeling brand new and I jumped up
in my soul and my goals
Am
C
And I've been thinking,
Am
Dm
I've got my reasons
just to get by, just to get by
Verse 14
Bm
C
Some people cry and some people try
Bm
Dm
Just to get by,
You love to eat and get high
We deceive when we lie
and we keepin' it fly
Verse 15
Bm
Dm
Can't see they eyes, see the evil inside
Strong or feeble in mind,
I stay readin' the signs
Verse 16
Bm
C
Some people cry and some people try
Am
Dm
Just to get by, for a piece of the pie
We deceive when we lie
and we keepin' it fly
F
Am
Yo, yo, yo, yo
Verse 17
to keep a disguise
But there's people you find
Strong or feeble in mind,
I stay readin' the signs
Yo, yo, yo, yo
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