[Talib]   Yeah.. my Lord.. yeah      [Verse 1: Talib]   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   We go through episodes too, like "Attack of the Clones"   Work 'til we break our back and you 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 while you eagles spread rumors   We survivalists, turned to consumers   just To get by, just to get by   Just to get by, just to get by   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   Me abuela raised three daughters all by herself, with no help   I think about a 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 Core bailed me out   To get by.. just to get by   Just to get by, just to get by   We do or die like Bed-Stuy through the red sky   with the window of the red eye   Let the lead fly, some G. Rap shit, "Livin' to Let Die"      [Chorus: Background singers]   This morning, I woke up   Feeling brand new   I jumped up   Feeling my highs and my lows   In my soul, and my goal   Is just to stop smokin, and stop drinkin   And I've been thinkin - I've got my reasons   Just to get (by), just to get (by)   Just to get (by), just to get (by)      [Talib and background singers]   (ba ba ba, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da badahh   Just to get (by), just to get (by)   Just to get (by by by by by by)   (ba ba ba, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da badahh   Just to get (by), just to get (by)   Just to get (by by by by by by)      [Verse 2: Talib]   We keep it gangsta say "fo shizzle", "fo sheezy" and "stayin crunk"   Its easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees, and we stay drunk   Yo, activism - attackin the system, the blacks and latins in prison   Numbers have risen they victim lackin the vision   Shit and all they got is rappin to listen to   I let them know we missin you, the love is unconditional   Even when the condition is critical, when the livin is miserable   Your position is pivotal, I ain't bullshittin you   Now, why would I lie? Just to get by?   Just to get by?   We get fly   The TV got us reachin for stars   Not the ones between Venus and Mars, the ones that be readin for parts   Some people get breast enhancements and penis enlargers   Saturday sinners Sunday morning at the feet of the Father   They need somethin to rely on, we get high on all types of drug   When, all you really need is love   To get by.. just to get by   Just to get by, just to get by   Our parents sing like John Lennon, "Imagine all the people" watch   We rock like Paul McCartney from now until the last Beatle drop      [Chorus: Background singers]   This morning, I woke up   Feeling brand new   I jumped up   Feeling my highs and my lows   In my soul, and my goal   Is just to stop smokin, and stop drinkin   And I've been thinkin - I've got my reasons   Just to get (by), just to get (by)   Just to get (by), just to get (by)      [Talib: repeat 2X - with background singers]   Yoyoyo, yo   Some people cry, and some people try   Just to get by, for a piece of the pie   You love to eat and get high   We decieve when we lie, and we keepin it fly      Yoyoyo, 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