Get By - Talib Kweli.mp3

[00:00.00] 作曲 : Greene, Simone, West
[00:09.97]Yeah.. my Lord.. yeah
[00:11.07]We sell, crack to our own out the back of our homes
[00:13.46]We smell the musk at the dusk in the crack of the dawn
[00:15.71]We go through "Epidodes II," like "Attack of the Clones"
[00:18.46]Work 'til we break our back and you hear the crack of the bone
[00:21.26]To get by.. just to get by
[00:23.35]Just to get by, just to get by
[00:26.13]We commute to computers
[00:27.14]Spirits stay mute while you eagles spread rumors
[00:29.18]We survivalists, turned to consumers
[00:31.22]To get by.. just to get by
[00:34.08]Just to get by, just to get by
[00:36.84]Ask Him why some people got to live in a trailer, cuss like a sailor
[00:39.90]I paint a picture with the pen like Norman Mailer
[00:42.15]Me Abuela raised three daughters all by herself, with no help
[00:45.20]I think about a struggle and I find the strength in myself
[00:47.47]These words, melt in my mouth
[00:49.05]They hot, like the jail cell in the South
[00:50.94]Before my ***** Core bailed me out
[00:52.67]To get by.. just to get by
[00:55.02]Just to get by, just to get by
[00:57.90]We do or die like Bed-Stuy through the red sky
[00:59.30]with the window of the red eye
[01:01.15]Let the lead fly, some G. Rap shit , "Livin' to Let Die"
[01:03.85]This morning, I woke up
[01:05.68]Feeling brand new and I jumped up
[01:08.39]Feeling my highs, and my lows
[01:11.08]In my soul, and my goals
[01:13.76]Just to stop smokin, and stop drinkin
[01:16.51]And I've been thinkin - I've got my reasons
[01:18.94]Just to get (by), just to get (by)
[01:21.55]Just to get (by), just to get (by)
[01:24.88](ba ba ba, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da badahh
[01:31.29]Just to get (by), just to get (by)
[01:33.51]Just to get (by by by by by by)
[01:36.08](ba ba ba, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da badahh
[01:42.44]Just to get (by), just to get (by)
[01:44.44]Just to get (by by by by by by)
[01:46.81]We keeping it gangster say "fo shizzle", "fo sheezy" and "stayin crunk"
[01:49.46]Its easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees, and we stay drunk
[01:52.01]Yo, our activism attackin the system, the blacks and latins in prison Yo,
[01:55.17]Numbers of prison they victim black in the vision
[01:57.34] shit and all they got is rappin to listen to
[01:59.06]I let them know we missin you, the love is unconditional
[02:02.22]Even when the condition is critical, when the livin is miserable
[02:05.56]Your position is pivotal, I ain't bullshittin you
[02:07.73]Now, why would I lie? Just to get by?
[02:11.02]Just to get by, we get fly
[02:13.18]The TV got us reachin for stars
[02:15.09]Not the ones between Venus and Mars, the ones that be readin for parts
[02:18.57]Some people get breast enhancements and ***** enlargers
[02:21.05]Saturday sinners Sunday morning at the feet of the Father
[02:23.74]They need somethin to rely on, we get high on all types of drug
[02:27.40]When, all you really need is love
[02:29.19]To get by.. just to get by
[02:31.37]Just to get by, just to get by
[02:34.09]Our parents sing like John Lennon, "Imagine all the people watch"
[02:37.19]We rock like Paul McCartney from now until the last Beatle drop
[02:39.84]This morning, I woke up
[02:41.78]Feeling brand new and I jumped up
[02:44.49]Feeling my high's, and my low's
[02:47.31]In my soul, and my goals
[02:50.08]Just to stop smoking, and stop drinking
[02:52.64]And I've been thinking - I've got my reasons
[02:55.15]Just to get (by), just to get (by)
[02:57.72]Just to get (by), just to get (by)
[03:00.75]Yoyoyo, yo
[03:01.79]Some people cry, and some people try
[03:04.49]Just to get by, for a piece of the pie
[03:07.16]You love to eat and get high
[03:08.46]We decieve when we lie, and we keepin it fly
[03:10.76]Yoyoyo, yo
[03:12.31]When, the people decide, to keep a disguise
[03:14.98]Can't see they eyes, see the evil inside
[03:17.68]But there's people you find
[03:18.99]Strong or feeble in mind, I stay readin the signs