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Intro:
|Chord diagramA minorAm   Chord diagramB minorBm | Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramDmDm|
|Chord diagramA minorAm    Chord diagramG+G | Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramG+G |


Verse 1:
       Chord diagramA minorAm                           Chord diagramG+G
We sell, crack to our own out the back of our homes
             Chord diagramA minorAm                       Chord diagramG+G
We smell the musk of the dusk in the crack of the dawn
              Chord diagramA minorAm                     Chord diagramG+G
We go through episodes too, like Attack of the Clones
              Chord diagramA minorAm                              Chord diagramG+G
Work 'til we break our back, and you hear the crack of the bone
            Chord diagramA minorAm              Chord diagramB minorBm              Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramDmDm
Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by

Verse 2:
                  Chord diagramA minorAm                                  Chord diagramG+G
We commute to computers,  spirits stay mute while you egos spread rumors
          Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramG+G
We're survivalists turned to consumers
            Chord diagramA minorAm              Chord diagramB minorBm              Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramDmDm
Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by

Verse 3:
            Chord diagramA minorAm                            Chord diagramG+G
Ask Him why some people got to live in a trailer, cuss like a sailor
  Chord diagramA minorAm                                       Chord diagramG+G
I paint a picture with the pen like Norman Mailer
          Chord diagramA minorAm                               Chord diagramG+G
Mi abuela raised three daughters all by herself, with no help
  Chord diagramA minorAm                                        Chord diagramG+G
I think about her struggle and I find the strength in myself
             Chord diagramA minorAm                       Chord diagramG+G                           Chord diagramA minorAm
These words,   melt in my mouth, they hot like a jail cell in the South
                    Chord diagramG+G
Before my nigga Cor' bailed me out
       Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramB minorBm              Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramDmDm
To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by

Verse 4:
           Chord diagramA minorAm                             Chord diagramG+G
If you was born in New York City and you know you're fly
                Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramG+G
then wave your hands in the air if you know, nigga

Hook:
     Chord diagramA minorAm              Chord diagramG+G
This morning, I woke up
              Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramG+G
Feelin' brand new, I jumped up
            Chord diagramA minorAm                  Chord diagramG+G
Feelin' my highs (yeah) and my lows (yeah)
       Chord diagramA minorAm                 Chord diagramG+G
In my soul (yeah) and my goals
               Chord diagramA minorAm              Chord diagramG+G
Just to stop smokin', and stop drinkin'
          Chord diagramA minorAm                   Chord diagramG+G
I've been thinkin' I've got my reasons
             Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramB minorBm                 Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramDmDm
Just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by)

Refrain:
      Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramG+G
by by by, by by by-by
         Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramG+G
by by by-by, by by by-by
             Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramB minorBm                 Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramDmDm
            (by), just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by)
      Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramG+G
by-by-by, by by by-by
         Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramG+G
by by by-by, by by by-by
             Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramB minorBm                 Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramDmDm
            (by), just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by)
Verse 5:
               Chord diagramA minorAm                                 Chord diagramG+G
We keepin' it gangster, say "fo' shizzle", "fo' sheezy", and stayin' crunk
     Chord diagramA minorAm                            Chord diagramG+G
It's easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees, and we stayin' drunk
        Chord diagramA minorAm                             Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramA minorAm
Yo, our activism, attackin' the system, the Blacks and Latins in prison
                            Chord diagramG+G
Numbers have risen, they're victims lackin' the vision
          Chord diagramA minorAm                          Chord diagramG+G
Shit, and all they got is rappin' to listen to
                    Chord diagramA minorAm                          Chord diagramG+G
I let them know we missin' you, the love is unconditional
              Chord diagramA minorAm                                Chord diagramG+G
Even when the condition is critical, when the livin' is miserable
      Chord diagramA minorAm                     Chord diagramG+G
Your position is pivotal, I ain't bullshittin' you
Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramB minorBm                Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramDmDm
Now, why would I lie? Just to get by? Just to get by, get fly,

Verse 6:
    Chord diagramA minorAm                      Chord diagramG+G
the TV got us reachin' for stars
                     Chord diagramA minorAm                               Chord diagramG+G
Not the ones between Venus and Mars, the ones that be readin' for parts
     Chord diagramA minorAm                                 Chord diagramG+G
Some people get breast enhancements and   penis enlargers
 Chord diagramA minorAm                                     Chord diagramG+G
Saturday sinners, Sunday morning at the feet of the Father
         Chord diagramA minorAm                    Chord diagramG+G
They need somethin' to rely on, we get high on
    Chord diagramA minorAm                                 Chord diagramG+G
All types of drug, when all you really need is love
       Chord diagramA minorAm              Chord diagramB minorBm              Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramDmDm
To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by
                        Chord diagramA minorAm                              Chord diagramG+G
Our parents sing like John Lennon: imagine all the people watch
             Chord diagramA minorAm                                 Chord diagramG+G
We rock like Paul McCartney from now until the last Beatle drop. (What ) (yah yo-yo  yo, yo)


Hook:
     Chord diagramA minorAm              Chord diagramG+G
This morning, I woke up
              Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramG+G
Feelin' brand new, I jumped up
            Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramG+G
Feelin' my highs, and my lows
       Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramG+G
In my soul, and my goal's
               Chord diagramA minorAm              Chord diagramG+G
Just to stop smokin' and stop drinkin'
          Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramG+G
I've been thinkin' I got my reasons
             Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramB minorBm                 Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramDmDm
Just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by) (yah yo-yo  yo, yo)


Verse 3:
            Chord diagramA minorAm                    Chord diagramG+G
Some people cry, and some people try
             Chord diagramA minorAm                    Chord diagramG+G
Just to get by, for a piece of the pie
            Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramG+G
You love to eat and get high
                    Chord diagramA minorAm                     Chord diagramG+G
We deceive when we lie, and we keepin' it fly (yah yo-yo  yo, yo)
Chord diagramA minorAm               Chord diagramB minorBm                 Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramDmDm
When the people decide to keep a disguise, can't see they eyes,
                Chord diagramA minorAm                           Chord diagramG+G
see the evil inside, but there's people you find
                    Chord diagramA minorAm                       Chord diagramG+G
Strong or feeble in mind, I stay readin' the signs

            Chord diagramA minorAm                    Chord diagramG+G
Some people cry, and some people try
             Chord diagramA minorAm                    Chord diagramG+G
Just to get by, for a piece of the pie
            Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramG+G
You love to eat and get high
                    Chord diagramA minorAm                     Chord diagramG+G
We deceive when we lie, and we keepin' it fly
Chord diagramA minorAm
  (yah yo-yo  yo, yo)

Outro: (accappella)
N.C.
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
yah yo-yo  yo, yo  (hey)
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