Tonalità: D minor
Intro 1
C#m
B
E
F#m
C#m
Yeah, my Lord, yeah
Verse 1
C#m
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
C#m
We go through "Episodes II"
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
C#m
We commute to computers
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
C#m
Ask him why some people
got to live in a trailer, cuss like a sailor
I paint a picture with the pen
like Norman Mailer
C#m
Mi abuela raised three daughters
B
all by herself, with no help
E
I think about her struggle
F#m
and I find the strength in myself
C#m
These words, melt in my mouth
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
C#m
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
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
C#m
Just to get (by), just to get (by)
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...
C#m
Just to get by
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
We keep it gangster say "fo shizzle",
B
"fo sheezy" and "stayin' crunk"
E
Its easy to pull a breezy,
F#m
smoke trees, and we stay drunk
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
E
I let them know we missin' you,
F#m
the love is unconditional
C#m
Even when the condition is critical,
when the livin' is miserable
Your position is pivotal, I ain't bullshittin' you
C#m
B
Now, why would I lie?
E
Just to get by?
F#m
Just to get by, we get fly
C#m
The TV got us reachin' for stars
Not the ones between Venus and Mars,
the ones be readin' for parts
C#m
Some people get breast enhancements
B
and penis enlargers
E
Saturday sinners,
F#m
Sunday morning at the feet of the father
C#m
They need somethin to rely on,
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
C#m
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
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
C#m
Just to get (by), just to get (by)
Just to get (by), just to get (by)
Outro 1
C#m
Yo-yo-yo-yo-yo
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
C#m
Y-y-y-yo yo
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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