We sell crack to our own out the back of our homes 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 To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by We commute to computers, spirits stay mute Fire eagles spread rumors, we survivalists, turn to consumers Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by You ask me why some people gotta live in a trailer, cuss like a sailor Paint a picture with a pen like Norman Mailer Me and Gwella raised three daughters all by herself With no help, I think about the struggle and I find the strength in myself These words melt in my mouth, they hot like the jail cell in the south Before my nigga Cora bailed me out To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by We do it dark like best stars, see the red skies The window of the red island, the lead flowers G-Rap shit, live in the lead dial This morning, I woke up feeling brand new I jumped up, feeling my highs, and my lows And my sores, and my goals Just to stop smoking and stop drinking But I've been thinking, I got my reasons Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by Just to get, just to get Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by We keep it gangsta, safe and shizzle, faschise and stay crunk It's easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees and we stay drunk Yo, our activism attacking the system, the blacks and latins in prison Numbers in prison, they victim black in the vision Shit and all they got is rapping to listen to I let em know we missing you, your love is unconditional Even when the condition is critical, when the living is miserable Your position is pivotal, I ain't bullshitting you now Why would I lie? Just to get by, just to get by, we get fly The TV got us reaching for stars, not the ones between Venus and Mars We want to be reading for parts, so people get practice Hands up in the air, penis enlarged It's Saturday, Sunday morning at the feet of the father They need something to rely on, we get high on all types of drugs When all you really need is love Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by My parents sing like John Lennon, imagine all the people watch We rock like Paul McCartney from now until the last beat of drop This morning, I woke up feeling brand new And I jumped up, feeling in my highs and my lows And my soul, and my goals Just to stop smoking, stop drinking Today I'm thinking I got my reasons Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Some people cry, some people try Just to get by, for a piece of the pie We love to eat and get high, we deceive and we lie And we keepin' the fly, y-y-y-yup, yup When people decide to keep a disguise We can't see the eyes, see the evil inside The best people you find, stronger, feeble in mind I stay beatin' inside, y-y-y-yup, yup Some people cry, some people try Just to get by, for a piece of the pie We love to eat and get high, we deceive and we lie And we keepin' the fly, y-y-y-yup, yup When people decide to keep a disguise We can't see the eyes, see the evil inside The best people you find, stronger, feeble in mind I stay beatin' inside, y-y-y-yup, yup