Get By

Get By easy guitar chords by Talib Kweli

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  • Intro 1
    Yeah, 
    my 
    Lord, 
    yeah 

    Verse 1
    We 
    sell, 
    crack 
    to 
    our 
    own 
    out 

    the 
    back 
    of 
    our 
    homes 

    We 
    smell 
    the 
    musk 
    at 
    the 
    dusk 

    in the crack of the dawn 

    We 
    go 
    through 
    "Episodes 
    II" 

    like 
    "Attack 
    Of 
    The 
    Clones" 

    Work 
    'til 
    we 
    break 
    our 
    back 

    and 
    you 
    hear 
    the 
    crack 
    of 
    the 
    bone 

    To 
    get 
    by, 
    just 
    to 
    get 
    by 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    by, 
    just 
    to 
    get 
    by 

    We 
    commute 
    to 
    com
    puters 

    Spirits 
    stay 
    mute 

    while 
    you 
    eagles 
    spread 
    rumors 

    We 
    survivalists, 
    turned 
    to 
    consumers 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    by, 
    just 
    to 
    get 
    by 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    by, 
    just 
    to 
    get 
    by 

    Ask 
    him 
    why 
    some 
    people 

    got 
    to 
    live 
    in 
    trailer, 
    cuss 
    like 
    sailor 

    paint 
    picture 
    with 
    the 
    pen 

    like 
    Norman 
    Mailer 

    Mi 
    abuela 
    raised 
    three 
    daughters 

    all 
    by 
    her
    self, 
    with 
    no 
    help 

    think 
    a
    bout 
    her 
    struggle 

    and 
    find 
    the 
    strength 
    in 
    myself 

    These 
    words, 
    melt 
    in 
    my 
    mouth 

    They 
    hot, 
    like 
    the 
    jail 
    cell 
    in 
    the 
    south 

    Before 
    my 
    nigga 
    Core 
    bailed 
    me 
    out 

    To 
    get 
    by, 
    just 
    to 
    get 
    by 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    by, 
    just 
    to 
    get 
    by 

    We 
    do 
    or 
    die 
    like 
    Bed-Stuy 

    through 
    the 
    red 
    sky 

    With 
    the 
    window 
    of 
    the 
    red 
    eye 

    Let 
    the 
    lead 
    fly, 

    on 
    some 
    G. 
    Rap 
    shit, 
    "livin' 
    to 
    let 
    die" 

    Chorus 1
    This 
    morning, 
    woke 
    up 

    Feeling 
    brand 
    new, 
    jumped 
    up 

    Feeling 
    my 
    highs 
    (yeah) 
    and 
    my 
    lows 
    (yeah) 

    In 
    my 
    soul 
    (yeah) 
    and 
    my 
    goals 

    Just 
    to 
    stop 
    smokin', 
    and 
    stop 
    drinkin' 

    And 
    I've 
    been 
    thinkin, 
    I've 
    got 
    my 
    reasons 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    (by), 
    just 
    to 
    get 
    (by) 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    (by), 
    just 
    to 
    get 
    (by) 

    (Ba 
    ba 
    ba, 
    ba 
    ba 
    ba
    da 

    Ba 
    ba 
    ba
    da, 
    ba 
    ba 
    ba
    da, 
    ba 
    ba 
    ba
    dah) 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    (by), 
    just 
    to 
    get 
    (by) 

    Just 
    to 
    get... 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    by 

    (Ba 
    ba 
    ba
    da, 
    ba 
    ba 
    ba
    da 

    Ba 
    ba 
    ba
    da, 
    ba 
    ba 
    ba
    dah) 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    (by), 
    just 
    to 
    get 
    (by) 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    (by, 
    by-by) 

    Verse 2
    We 
    keep 
    it 
    gangster 
    say 
    "fo 
    shizzle", 

    "fo 
    sheezy" 
    and 
    "stayin' 
    crunk" 

    Its 
    easy 
    to 
    pull 
    breezy, 

    smoke 
    trees, 
    and 
    we 
    stay 
    drunk 

    Yo, 
    our 
    activism 
    attackin' 
    the 
    system, 

    the 
    blacks 
    and 
    latins 
    in 
    prison 

    Numbers 
    of 
    prison 

    they 
    victim 
    black 
    in 
    the 
    vision 

    Shit 
    and 
    all 
    they 
    got 
    is 
    rappin' 
    to 
    listen 
    to 

    let 
    them 
    know 
    we 
    missin' 
    you, 

    the 
    love 
    is 
    uncon
    ditional 

    Even 
    when 
    the 
    con
    dition 
    is 
    critical, 

    when 
    the 
    livin' 
    is 
    miserable 

    Your 
    position 
    is 
    pivotal, 
    ain't 
    bullshittin' 
    you 

    Now, 
    why 
    would 
    lie? 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    by? 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    by, 
    we 
    get 
    fly 

    The 
    TV 
    got 
    us 
    reachin' 
    for 
    stars 

    Not 
    the 
    ones 
    between 
    Venus 
    and 
    Mars, 

    the 
    ones 
    be 
    readin' 
    for 
    parts 

    Some 
    people 
    get 
    breast 
    enhancements 

    and 
    penis 
    enlargers 

    Satur
    day 
    sinners, 

    Sunday 
    morning 
    at 
    the 
    feet 
    of 
    the 
    father 

    They 
    need 
    somethin 
    to 
    rely 
    on, 

    we 
    get 
    high 
    on 
    all 
    types 
    of 
    drug 

    When, 
    all 
    you 
    really 
    need 
    is 
    love 


    To 
    get 
    by, 
    just 
    to 
    get 
    by 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    by, 
    just 
    to 
    get 
    by 

    Our 
    parents 
    sing 
    like 
    John 
    Lennon, 

    "imagine 
    all 
    the 
    people 
    watch" 

    We 
    rock 
    like 
    Paul 
    McCartney 

    from 
    now 
    until 
    the 
    last 
    Beatle 
    drop 

    Chorus 2
    This 
    morning, 
    woke 
    up 

    Feeling 
    brand 
    new, 
    jumped 
    up 

    Feeling 
    my 
    highs 
    (yeah) 
    and 
    my 
    lows 
    (yeah) 

    In 
    my 
    soul 
    (yeah) 
    and 
    my 
    goals 

    Just 
    to 
    stop 
    smokin', 
    and 
    stop 
    drinkin' 

    And 
    I've 
    been 
    thinkin, 
    I've 
    got 
    my 
    reasons 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    (by), 
    just 
    to 
    get 
    (by) 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    (by), 
    just 
    to 
    get 
    (by) 

    Outro 1
    Yo-yo-yo-yo-
    yo 

    Some 
    people 
    cry, 
    and 
    some 
    people 
    try 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    by, 
    for 
    piece 
    of 
    the 
    pie 

    You 
    love 
    to 
    eat 
    and 
    get 
    high 

    We 
    deceive 
    when 
    we 
    lie, 
    and 
    we 
    keepin' 
    it 
    fly 

    Y-y-y-yo 
    yo 

    When, 
    the 
    people 
    de
    cide, 
    to 
    keep 
    dis
    guise 

    Can't 
    see 
    they 
    eyes, 
    see 
    the 
    evil 
    in
    side 

    But 
    there's 
    people 
    you 
    find 

    Strong 
    or 
    feeble 
    in 
    mind, 

    stay 
    readin' 
    the 
    signs 

    Y-y-y-yo 
    yo 

    Some 
    people 
    cry, 
    and 
    some 
    people 
    try 

    Just 
    to 
    get 
    by, 
    for 
    piece 
    of 
    the 
    pie 

    You 
    love 
    to 
    eat 
    and 
    get 
    high 

    We 
    deceive 
    when 
    we 
    lie, 
    and 
    we 
    keepin' 
    it 
    fly 

    Y-y-y-yo 
    yo 

    When, 
    the 
    people 
    de
    cide, 
    to 
    keep 
    dis
    guise 

    Can't 
    see 
    they 
    eyes, 
    see 
    the 
    evil 
    in
    side 

    But 
    there's 
    people 
    you 
    find 

    Strong 
    or 
    feeble 
    in 
    mind, 

    stay 
    readin' 
    the 
    signs 

    Y-y-y-yo 
    yo 
    (ay 
    yeah) 
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