[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 "Epidodes II," 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
  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 and Willa 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 and I jumped up
  Feeling my highs, and my lows
  In my soul, and my goals
  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 keeping it gangster say "fo shizzle", "fo sheezy" and "stayin crunk"
  Its easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees, and we stay drunk
  Yo, I activism - attackin the system, the blacks and latins in prison
  Numbers of prison they victim black in 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 and I jumped up
  Feeling my high's, and my low's
  In my soul, and my goals
  Just to stop smoking, and stop drinking
  And I've been thinking - 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