Chords with lyrics
Intro:
|A minorAm B minorBm | C majorC DmDm|
|A minorAm G+G | A minorAm G+G |
Verse 1:
A minorAm G+G
We sell, crack to our own out the back of our homes
A minorAm G+G
We smell the musk of the dusk in the crack of the dawn
A minorAm G+G
We go through episodes too, like Attack of the Clones
A minorAm G+G
Work 'til we break our back, and you hear the crack of the bone
A minorAm B minorBm C majorC DmDm
Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by
Verse 2:
A minorAm G+G
We commute to computers, spirits stay mute while you egos spread rumors
A minorAm G+G
We're survivalists turned to consumers
A minorAm B minorBm C majorC DmDm
Just to get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by
Verse 3:
A minorAm G+G
Ask Him why some people got to live in a trailer, cuss like a sailor
A minorAm G+G
I paint a picture with the pen like Norman Mailer
A minorAm G+G
Mi abuela raised three daughters all by herself, with no help
A minorAm G+G
I think about her struggle and I find the strength in myself
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
These words, melt in my mouth, they hot like a jail cell in the South
G+G
Before my nigga Cor' bailed me out
A minorAm B minorBm C majorC DmDm
To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by
Verse 4:
A minorAm G+G
If you was born in New York City and you know you're fly
A minorAm G+G
then wave your hands in the air if you know, nigga
Hook:
A minorAm G+G
This morning, I woke up
A minorAm G+G
Feelin' brand new, I jumped up
A minorAm G+G
Feelin' my highs (yeah) and my lows (yeah)
A minorAm G+G
In my soul (yeah) and my goals
A minorAm G+G
Just to stop smokin', and stop drinkin'
A minorAm G+G
I've been thinkin' I've got my reasons
A minorAm B minorBm C majorC DmDm
Just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by)
Refrain:
A minorAm G+G
by by by, by by by-by
A minorAm G+G
by by by-by, by by by-by
A minorAm B minorBm C majorC DmDm
(by), just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by)
A minorAm G+G
by-by-by, by by by-by
A minorAm G+G
by by by-by, by by by-by
A minorAm B minorBm C majorC DmDm
(by), just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by)
Verse 5:
A minorAm G+G
We keepin' it gangster, say "fo' shizzle", "fo' sheezy", and stayin' crunk
A minorAm G+G
It's easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees, and we stayin' drunk
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Yo, our activism, attackin' the system, the Blacks and Latins in prison
G+G
Numbers have risen, they're victims lackin' the vision
A minorAm G+G
Shit, and all they got is rappin' to listen to
A minorAm G+G
I let them know we missin' you, the love is unconditional
A minorAm G+G
Even when the condition is critical, when the livin' is miserable
A minorAm G+G
Your position is pivotal, I ain't bullshittin' you
A minorAm B minorBm C majorC DmDm
Now, why would I lie? Just to get by? Just to get by, get fly,
Verse 6:
A minorAm G+G
the TV got us reachin' for stars
A minorAm G+G
Not the ones between Venus and Mars, the ones that be readin' for parts
A minorAm G+G
Some people get breast enhancements and penis enlargers
A minorAm G+G
Saturday sinners, Sunday morning at the feet of the Father
A minorAm G+G
They need somethin' to rely on, we get high on
A minorAm G+G
All types of drug, when all you really need is love
A minorAm B minorBm C majorC DmDm
To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by
A minorAm G+G
Our parents sing like John Lennon: imagine all the people watch
A minorAm G+G
We rock like Paul McCartney from now until the last Beatle drop. (What ) (yah yo-yo yo, yo)
Hook:
A minorAm G+G
This morning, I woke up
A minorAm G+G
Feelin' brand new, I jumped up
A minorAm G+G
Feelin' my highs, and my lows
A minorAm G+G
In my soul, and my goal's
A minorAm G+G
Just to stop smokin' and stop drinkin'
A minorAm G+G
I've been thinkin' I got my reasons
A minorAm B minorBm C majorC DmDm
Just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by), just to get (by) (yah yo-yo yo, yo)
Verse 3:
A minorAm G+G
Some people cry, and some people try
A minorAm G+G
Just to get by, for a piece of the pie
A minorAm G+G
You love to eat and get high
A minorAm G+G
We deceive when we lie, and we keepin' it fly (yah yo-yo yo, yo)
A minorAm B minorBm C majorC DmDm
When the people decide to keep a disguise, can't see they eyes,
A minorAm G+G
see the evil inside, but there's people you find
A minorAm G+G
Strong or feeble in mind, I stay readin' the signs
A minorAm G+G
Some people cry, and some people try
A minorAm G+G
Just to get by, for a piece of the pie
A minorAm G+G
You love to eat and get high
A minorAm G+G
We deceive when we lie, and we keepin' it fly
A 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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