Key: D minor•
Verse 1
Dm
Em
F
Dm
Gm
Dm
We sell crack to our own
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
F
Dm
Gm
just to get by, just to get by
spirits stay mute
while your ego spread rumors
We survivalists, turn to consumers
F
Dm
F
Dm
Gm
just to get by, just to get by
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
they hot like the jail cell in the South
Before my nigga Corp bailed me out
Dm
Em
Dm
Gm
just to get by, just to get by
see the red skies,
the window of the red islands
The lead flowers, the G -Rap shit,
livin' the lead dial
Em
Gm
Dm
I jumped up, feelin' my highs,
and my lows
And my soul, and my goals
Em
Gm
I got my reasons
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,
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
Em
Gm
your love is unconditional
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
not the ones between Venus and Mars
We want to be readin'
from heart to feet,
forget breath to hands,
F
Em
Saturdays to the Sunday mornin'
we get high on all types of drugs
When all you really need is love
Dm
F
Em
Dm
Gm
just to get by, just to get by
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
Dm
F
Dm
Gm
Tell ya I'm thinkin' I got my reasons
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
we can sleep and we lie
And we keepin' the block, yo, yo, yo
Em
Gm
You can't see the eyes,
see the evil inside
stronger, feeble than mine
I stay beating inside, you can yuck, yuck
F
Dm
Gm
Just to get by, for a piece of a pie
we can sleep or we lie
And we're keeping it fly,
Bb
Dm
you can yuck, yuck
to keep up disguise
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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ChordsDm Em F Gm Bb
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