Key: D minor
Intro 1
C#m
B
E
F#m
C#m
Yeah, my Lord, yeah
Verse 1
the back of our homes
We smell the musk at the dusk
in the crack of the dawn
like "Attack Of The Clones"
Work 'til we break our back
and you hear the crack of the bone
C#m
B
To get by, just to get by
E
F#m
Just to get by, just to get by
Spirits stay mute
while you eagles spread rumors
We survivalists, turned to consumers
C#m
B
Just to get by, just to get by
E
F#m
Just to get by, just to get by
got to live in a trailer, cuss like a sailor
I paint a picture with the pen
like Norman Mailer
They hot, like the jail cell in the south
Before my nigga Core bailed me out
C#m
B
To get by, just to get by
E
F#m
Just to get by, just to get by
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
C#m
B
This morning, I woke up
E
F#m
Feeling brand new, I jumped up
C#m
Feeling my highs (yeah) and my lows (yeah)
In my soul (yeah) and my goals
C#m
B
Just to stop smokin', and stop drinkin'
E
F#m
And I've been thinkin, I've got my reasons
Just to get (by), just to get (by)
C#m
B
(Ba ba ba, ba ba bada
E
F#m
C#m
Ba ba bada, ba ba bada, ba ba badah)
Just to get (by), just to get (by)
Just to get...
B
E
(Ba ba bada, ba ba bada
F#m
C#m
Ba ba bada, ba ba badah)
Just to get (by), just to get (by)
Just to get (by, by-by)
Verse 2
C#m
Yo, our activism attackin' the system,
the blacks and latins in prison
Numbers of prison
they victim black in the vision
C#m
B
Shit and all they got is rappin' to listen to
when the livin' is miserable
Your position is pivotal, I ain't bullshittin' you
C#m
B
Now, why would I lie?
Not the ones between Venus and Mars,
the ones be readin' for parts
F#m
Sunday morning at the feet of the father
we get high on all types of drug
When, all you really need is love
C#m
B
To get by, just to get by
E
F#m
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
Chorus 2
C#m
B
This morning, I woke up
E
F#m
Feeling brand new, I jumped up
C#m
Feeling my highs (yeah) and my lows (yeah)
In my soul (yeah) and my goals
C#m
B
Just to stop smokin', and stop drinkin'
E
F#m
And I've been thinkin, I've got my reasons
Just to get (by), just to get (by)
Outro 1
B
E
Some people cry, and some people try
F#m
C#m
Just to get by, for a 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
C#m
B
E
When, the people decide, to keep a disguise
F#m
C#m
Can't see they eyes, see the evil inside
But there's people you find
Strong or feeble in mind,
I stay readin' the signs
B
E
Some people cry, and some people try
F#m
C#m
Just to get by, for a 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 decide, to keep a disguise
Can't see they eyes, see the evil inside
But there's people you find
Strong or feeble in mind,
I stay readin' the signs
Y-y-y-yo yo (ay yeah)
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