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Talib Kweli
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We sell, crack to our own out the back of our homes
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We smell the musk at the dusk in the crack of the dawn
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We go through "epidodes ii," like "attack of the clones"
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Work 'til we break our back and you hear the crack of the bone
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To get by just to get by
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Just to get by, just to get by
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We commute to computers
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Spirits stay mute while you eagles spread rumors
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We survivalists, turned to consumers
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To get by just to get by
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Just to get by, just to get by
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Ask him why some people got to live in a trailer, cuss like a sailor
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I paint a picture with the pen like norman mailer
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Mi abuela raised three daughters all by herself, with no help
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I think about a struggle and I find the strength in myself
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These words, melt in my mouth
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They hot, like the jail cell in the south
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Before my nigga core bailed me out
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To get by just to get by
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Just to get by, just to get by
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We do or die like bed-stuy through the red sky
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With the window of the red eye
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Let the lead fly, some g. rap shit, "livin' to let die"
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This morning, I woke up
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Feeling brand new and I jumped up
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Feeling my highs, and my lows
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In my soul, and my goals
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Just to stop smokin, and stop drinkin
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And I've been thinkin, I've got my reasons
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Just to get (by), just to get (by)
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Just to get (by), just to get (by)
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Just to get (by), just to get (by)
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Just to get (by by by by by by)
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Just to get (by), just to get (by)
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Just to get (by by by by by by)
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We keeping it gangster say "fo shizzle", "fo sheezy" and "stayin crunk"
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Its easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees, and we stay drunk
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Yo, I activism attackin the system, the blacks and latins in prison
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Numbers of prison they victim black in the vision
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Shit and all they got is rappin to listen to
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I let them know we missin you, the love is unconditional
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Even when the condition is critical, when the livin is miserable
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Your position is pivotal, I ain't bullshittin you
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Now, why would I lie? just to get by?
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Just to get by, we get fly
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The tv got us reachin for stars
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Not the ones between venus and mars, the ones that be readin for parts
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Some people get breast enhancements and penis enlargers
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Saturday sinners Sunday morning at the feet of the father
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They need somethin to rely on, we get high on all types of drug
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When, all you really need is love
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To get by just to get by
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Just to get by, just to get by
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Our parents sing like john lennon, "imagine all the people watch"
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We rock like paul mccartney from now until the last beatle drop
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This morning, I woke up
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Feeling brand new and I jumped up
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Feeling my high's, and my low's
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In my soul, and my goals
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Just to stop smoking, and stop drinking
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And I've been thinking, I've got my reasons
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Just to get (by), just to get (by)
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Just to get (by), just to get (by)
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Some people cry, and some people try
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Just to get by, for a piece of the pie
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You love to eat and get high
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We deceive when we lie, and we keepin' it fly
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When, the people decide, to keep a disguise
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Can't see they eyes, see the evil inside
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But there's people you find
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Strong or feeble in mind, I stay readin' the signs
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Some people cry, and some people try
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Just to get by, for a piece of the pie
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You love to eat and get high
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We deceive when we lie, and we keepin' it fly
Talib Kweli - Get By
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