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 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
 [bad word] to computers
 Spirits stay mute while you eagles [bad word]  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 [bad word] and I find the strength in myself
 These words, melt in my mouth
 They hot, like the jail cell in the South
 Before my [bad word] 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 [bad word]  "Livin' to Let Die"

 [bad word]  Background singers]
 This morning, I woke up
 Feeling brand new I jumped up
 Feeling my highs, and my lows
 In my soul, and my goals
 Just to stop smokin, and stop drinkin
 But 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 [bad word] 
 Its easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees, and we stay [bad word]  Yo, our activism attackin the system, the blacks and latins in prison
 Numbers of prison they victim black in the vision
 [bad word] 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 [bad word] 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 [bad word] enlargers
 Saturday sinners Sunday morning at the feet of the Father
 They need somethin to rely on, we get high on all types of [bad word]  When, all you really need is love
 To get by.. just to get by
 Just to get by, just to get by
 Parents sing like John Lennon, "Imagine all the people watch"
 We rock like Paul McCartney from now until the last Beatle drop

 [bad word]  Background singers]
 This morning, I woke up
 Feeling brand new I jumped up
 Feeling my high's, and my low's
 In my soul, and my goals
 Just to stop smoking, and stop drinking
 But 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