Talib Kweli feat Mos Def, Jay-Z, Kanye West & Busta Rhymes - Get By (Remix) Lyrics
| Song | Talib Kweli feat Mos Def, Jay-Z, Kanye West & Busta Rhymes - Get By (Remix) |
| Artist | Native Tongues |
| Album | Stop Violence |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| [00:01.553] | History |
| [00:03.629] | It's happening every day, y'all |
| [00:05.225] | Right now |
| [00:06.390] | Everyday (Live, right now) |
| [00:08.390] | Good morning, Vietnam! |
| [00:10.472] | Listen! Brooklyn wins again |
| [00:13.025] | It's the Stuy, it's the Bush, them niggas again |
| [00:15.671] | Ta' Kweli, Mighty Def, and S. Dot on the guest lock |
| [00:18.753] | Kanye, you're the dopeman of hip-hop, now let's rock |
| [00:21.520] | And roll out, niggas (Roll out), my hometown niggas (Ouu, ouu!) |
| [00:24.419] | I get it good in your hood, so slow down, niggas |
| [00:26.840] | Watch the speed, though, mind your pedal and ease off |
| [00:29.396] | Or screech off into a collision course with these walls (BAM!) |
| [00:32.420] | You don't move, don't pray, don't lose |
| [00:34.802] | Don't sleep, life passing, light flashing, life happens |
| [00:37.476] | That fast, part of done, Black hands up in prayer |
| [00:40.052] | Black guns up in fear, dying wish is to touch the air |
| [00:42.720] | Seekin' heaven that wasn't here |
| [00:44.781] | Eyes will not see another year, it's another day |
| [00:48.062] | It's the same fight, different round, sound the bell |
| [00:50.820] | Mix it up in victory, you live it up, the beat'll get risen up |
| [00:53.983] | You're knocked down, then get back and get it up |
| [00:56.081] | Get off of Queer Street and get with us (Ha) |
| [00:58.236] | And get clear where we did it, from the heart, from the people |
| [01:01.109] | From the top, from the Jeep, from the gut, from the street |
| [01:03.656] | From my soul to the mic to the essence |
| [01:05.874] | So in my absence, you feel the presence--exactly |
| [01:09.445] | I make contact--for short, I MC (Mos!) |
| [01:11.787] | Me and mine we don't just get by, we get free (Nigga!) |
| [01:13.944] | And that's ready |
| [01:14.812] | Just to get by, nigga, I sold coke, nigga, I pushed lah |
| [01:17.883] | Carried a four-five, claimed I was ready to die |
| [01:20.544] | Promised never to cry, held it all inside |
| [01:23.147] | Reality was too much to take, so I |
| [01:25.818] | Kept my mind fried, slept for most of mine |
| [01:28.478] | Soon as I closed my eyes, then I woke up behind |
| [01:31.419] | Thinking either I load up these nines, or blow up with rhymes |
| [01:35.168] | Cause this flow of mine is like blow up, but lines of coca |
| [01:38.566] | And your folks think Hov' just wrote stuff to rhyme |
| [01:41.143] | Nah, I'm a poster from what happens seeing your moms |
| [01:43.829] | Doing five dollars worth of work just to get a dime |
| [01:46.326] | So pardon my disposition |
| [01:48.553] | Why should I listen to a system that never listened to me? |
| [01:51.818] | Picture me working McDonald's (Yeah, yeah) |
| [01:54.105] | I'd rather pull a MAC on you (Ugh, yeah) |
| [01:55.559] | Sorry, Ms. Jackson, but I'm packin', bye! |
| [01:56.913] | Yeah! It's somethin' about that Nina Simone piano flow |
| [01:59.236] | It's like a Michelangelo painted a portrait of Maya Angelou |
| [02:02.523] | And gave it to a sick poet for they antidote |
| [02:05.299] | If music get ya choked up, this is the tree and the rope |
| [02:08.039] | This is Chi, nigga, I'm Mr. All-of-That |
| [02:10.746] | **** a map, let's put this ***** on the almanac |
| [02:13.306] | Dice, what they hittin' for, Lacs what you sittin' on |
| [02:16.038] | Tracks who you spittin' on, rap 'til we get it on |
| [02:18.664] | And don't let nobody with the power to sign |
| [02:20.876] | Ever tell you you ain't got the power to rhyme |
| [02:23.531] | They used to tell me, "Toughen up, put some bass in your voice!" |
| [02:26.264] | They used to tell me, "Lighten up, put some Mase in your voice!" |
| [02:29.411] | Lord willin' I ain't killed nobody |
| [02:31.524] | But I have a feelin' this album that I'm gonna make a killin' |
| [02:34.375] | Or not a shilling, this is love-it-or-hate-it music |
| [02:37.107] | But at least we made it music |
| [02:39.780] | And we didn't make it industry, this is gon' be interesting |
| [02:42.607] | This'll be the end of me, or I'm finna be an entity |
| [02:45.163] | Kanye, Jay-Z, Mos Def, and Kweli |
| [02:47.518] | We are not makin' songs no more, we're makin' history |
| [02:49.991] | This morning I woke up |
| [02:52.493] | Feelin brand new, I jumped up |
| [02:55.082] | Feelin my highs and my lows |
| [02:58.176] | In my soul, and my goals |
| [03:00.464] | Just to stop smokin' and stop drinkin' |
| [03:03.099] | But I been thinkin' I got my reasons |
| [03:05.722] | Just to get (by), just to get (by) |
| [03:08.349] | Just to get (by), just to get (get buh buh buh bye bye) |
| [03:17.949] | (Just to get by, just to get by) |
| [03:20.369] | (Just to get by), just to get get buh buh buh bye bye |
| [03:33.018] | We keep it *******, say 'fo shizzle', 'fo sheezy' |
| [03:34.811] | Desensitized by the violence on the TV during the war |
| [03:37.379] | Killin' each other is easy, its pourin' liquor for fallen niggas |
| [03:40.296] | Believe me, it's ghetto libation, seen it all before |
| [03:42.730] | Just to get by, my people, we get fly |
| [03:45.477] | My people, we get high, fillin' cigars with the lah |
| [03:48.060] | Nigga, come on! Even Jesus was stoned |
| [03:50.234] | Before receivin' the throne |
| [03:51.362] | I send a rest in peace to Nina Simone |
| [03:53.357] | Back in the days we was used to doin' the shit |
| [03:55.447] | I can't call it all in the streets |
| [03:56.831] | We was hustlin' fiends that asked for it |
| [03:58.531] | I guess I was used to just standin' on corners |
| [04:00.520] | Waitin' for paper bags with bundles of crack |
| [04:02.375] | Hopin' the week was good, so I could get money back |
| [04:04.665] | (To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by) |
| [04:09.548] | When I was stressed I possessed a side of my strength |
| [04:11.434] | That made me angry and bleed |
| [04:12.656] | With the frustration havin' me smokin' Newports and weed |
| [04:15.361] | (To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by) |
| [04:20.144] | Those be the times when I try to rely |
| [04:21.615] | On my niggas and street motha****as |
| [04:23.267] | And reach out to wifey, and then I place a call on my mother |
| [04:25.851] | (To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by) |
| [04:28.272] | *Ayo, Mom, pick up the phone, I gotta to talk to you, Ma* |
| [04:30.370] | If you was five percent instead of actin' stupid and guessin' |
| [04:33.254] | You had to go and study your lessons |
| [04:34.949] | And know your math in the building in session |
| [04:37.123] | This morning I woke up |
| [04:39.046] | Feelin brand new, I jumped up |
| [04:41.655] | Feelin my highs and my lows |
| [04:44.673] | In my soul, and my goals |
| [04:47.053] | Just to stop smokin' and stop drinkin' |
| [04:49.801] | But I been thinkin' I got my reasons |
| [04:52.249] | Just to get (by), just to get (by) |
| [04:54.965] | Just to get (by), just to get (get buh buh buh bye bye) |
| [04:58.391] | Some people cry, some people try |
| [05:01.683] | Just to get by, for my piece of the pie |
| [05:04.066] | We love to eat and get high |
| [05:05.466] | We deceive when we lie |
| [05:06.635] | And we keepin' it fly – yo, yo, yo, yo, yo |
| [05:09.129] | When people decice to keep a disguise |
| [05:12.219] | Can't see your eyes, see the evil inside |
| [05:14.642] | The best people you find |
| [05:16.064] | Stronger people in mind |
| [05:17.366] | I stay readin' the signs |
| [00:01.553] | History |
| [00:03.629] | It' s happening every day, y' all |
| [00:05.225] | Right now |
| [00:06.390] | Everyday Live, right now |
| [00:08.390] | Good morning, Vietnam! |
| [00:10.472] | Listen! Brooklyn wins again |
| [00:13.025] | It' s the Stuy, it' s the Bush, them niggas again |
| [00:15.671] | Ta' Kweli, Mighty Def, and S. Dot on the guest lock |
| [00:18.753] | Kanye, you' re the dopeman of hiphop, now let' s rock |
| [00:21.520] | And roll out, niggas Roll out, my hometown niggas Ouu, ouu! |
| [00:24.419] | I get it good in your hood, so slow down, niggas |
| [00:26.840] | Watch the speed, though, mind your pedal and ease off |
| [00:29.396] | Or screech off into a collision course with these walls BAM! |
| [00:32.420] | You don' t move, don' t pray, don' t lose |
| [00:34.802] | Don' t sleep, life passing, light flashing, life happens |
| [00:37.476] | That fast, part of done, Black hands up in prayer |
| [00:40.052] | Black guns up in fear, dying wish is to touch the air |
| [00:42.720] | Seekin' heaven that wasn' t here |
| [00:44.781] | Eyes will not see another year, it' s another day |
| [00:48.062] | It' s the same fight, different round, sound the bell |
| [00:50.820] | Mix it up in victory, you live it up, the beat' ll get risen up |
| [00:53.983] | You' re knocked down, then get back and get it up |
| [00:56.081] | Get off of Queer Street and get with us Ha |
| [00:58.236] | And get clear where we did it, from the heart, from the people |
| [01:01.109] | From the top, from the Jeep, from the gut, from the street |
| [01:03.656] | From my soul to the mic to the essence |
| [01:05.874] | So in my absence, you feel the presenceexactly |
| [01:09.445] | I make contactfor short, I MC Mos! |
| [01:11.787] | Me and mine we don' t just get by, we get free Nigga! |
| [01:13.944] | And that' s ready |
| [01:14.812] | Just to get by, nigga, I sold coke, nigga, I pushed lah |
| [01:17.883] | Carried a fourfive, claimed I was ready to die |
| [01:20.544] | Promised never to cry, held it all inside |
| [01:23.147] | Reality was too much to take, so I |
| [01:25.818] | Kept my mind fried, slept for most of mine |
| [01:28.478] | Soon as I closed my eyes, then I woke up behind |
| [01:31.419] | Thinking either I load up these nines, or blow up with rhymes |
| [01:35.168] | Cause this flow of mine is like blow up, but lines of coca |
| [01:38.566] | And your folks think Hov' just wrote stuff to rhyme |
| [01:41.143] | Nah, I' m a poster from what happens seeing your moms |
| [01:43.829] | Doing five dollars worth of work just to get a dime |
| [01:46.326] | So pardon my disposition |
| [01:48.553] | Why should I listen to a system that never listened to me? |
| [01:51.818] | Picture me working McDonald' s Yeah, yeah |
| [01:54.105] | I' d rather pull a MAC on you Ugh, yeah |
| [01:55.559] | Sorry, Ms. Jackson, but I' m packin', bye! |
| [01:56.913] | Yeah! It' s somethin' about that Nina Simone piano flow |
| [01:59.236] | It' s like a Michelangelo painted a portrait of Maya Angelou |
| [02:02.523] | And gave it to a sick poet for they antidote |
| [02:05.299] | If music get ya choked up, this is the tree and the rope |
| [02:08.039] | This is Chi, nigga, I' m Mr. AllofThat |
| [02:10.746] | a map, let' s put this on the almanac |
| [02:13.306] | Dice, what they hittin' for, Lacs what you sittin' on |
| [02:16.038] | Tracks who you spittin' on, rap ' til we get it on |
| [02:18.664] | And don' t let nobody with the power to sign |
| [02:20.876] | Ever tell you you ain' t got the power to rhyme |
| [02:23.531] | They used to tell me, " Toughen up, put some bass in your voice!" |
| [02:26.264] | They used to tell me, " Lighten up, put some Mase in your voice!" |
| [02:29.411] | Lord willin' I ain' t killed nobody |
| [02:31.524] | But I have a feelin' this album that I' m gonna make a killin' |
| [02:34.375] | Or not a shilling, this is loveitorhateit music |
| [02:37.107] | But at least we made it music |
| [02:39.780] | And we didn' t make it industry, this is gon' be interesting |
| [02:42.607] | This' ll be the end of me, or I' m finna be an entity |
| [02:45.163] | Kanye, JayZ, Mos Def, and Kweli |
| [02:47.518] | We are not makin' songs no more, we' re makin' history |
| [02:49.991] | This morning I woke up |
| [02:52.493] | Feelin brand new, I jumped up |
| [02:55.082] | Feelin my highs and my lows |
| [02:58.176] | In my soul, and my goals |
| [03:00.464] | Just to stop smokin' and stop drinkin' |
| [03:03.099] | But I been thinkin' I got my reasons |
| [03:05.722] | Just to get by, just to get by |
| [03:08.349] | Just to get by, just to get get buh buh buh bye bye |
| [03:17.949] | Just to get by, just to get by |
| [03:20.369] | Just to get by, just to get get buh buh buh bye bye |
| [03:33.018] | We keep it , say ' fo shizzle', ' fo sheezy' |
| [03:34.811] | Desensitized by the violence on the TV during the war |
| [03:37.379] | Killin' each other is easy, its pourin' liquor for fallen niggas |
| [03:40.296] | Believe me, it' s ghetto libation, seen it all before |
| [03:42.730] | Just to get by, my people, we get fly |
| [03:45.477] | My people, we get high, fillin' cigars with the lah |
| [03:48.060] | Nigga, come on! Even Jesus was stoned |
| [03:50.234] | Before receivin' the throne |
| [03:51.362] | I send a rest in peace to Nina Simone |
| [03:53.357] | Back in the days we was used to doin' the shit |
| [03:55.447] | I can' t call it all in the streets |
| [03:56.831] | We was hustlin' fiends that asked for it |
| [03:58.531] | I guess I was used to just standin' on corners |
| [04:00.520] | Waitin' for paper bags with bundles of crack |
| [04:02.375] | Hopin' the week was good, so I could get money back |
| [04:04.665] | To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by |
| [04:09.548] | When I was stressed I possessed a side of my strength |
| [04:11.434] | That made me angry and bleed |
| [04:12.656] | With the frustration havin' me smokin' Newports and weed |
| [04:15.361] | To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by |
| [04:20.144] | Those be the times when I try to rely |
| [04:21.615] | On my niggas and street motha as |
| [04:23.267] | And reach out to wifey, and then I place a call on my mother |
| [04:25.851] | To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by |
| [04:28.272] | Ayo, Mom, pick up the phone, I gotta to talk to you, Ma |
| [04:30.370] | If you was five percent instead of actin' stupid and guessin' |
| [04:33.254] | You had to go and study your lessons |
| [04:34.949] | And know your math in the building in session |
| [04:37.123] | This morning I woke up |
| [04:39.046] | Feelin brand new, I jumped up |
| [04:41.655] | Feelin my highs and my lows |
| [04:44.673] | In my soul, and my goals |
| [04:47.053] | Just to stop smokin' and stop drinkin' |
| [04:49.801] | But I been thinkin' I got my reasons |
| [04:52.249] | Just to get by, just to get by |
| [04:54.965] | Just to get by, just to get get buh buh buh bye bye |
| [04:58.391] | Some people cry, some people try |
| [05:01.683] | Just to get by, for my piece of the pie |
| [05:04.066] | We love to eat and get high |
| [05:05.466] | We deceive when we lie |
| [05:06.635] | And we keepin' it fly yo, yo, yo, yo, yo |
| [05:09.129] | When people decice to keep a disguise |
| [05:12.219] | Can' t see your eyes, see the evil inside |
| [05:14.642] | The best people you find |
| [05:16.064] | Stronger people in mind |
| [05:17.366] | I stay readin' the signs |
| [00:01.553] | History |
| [00:03.629] | It' s happening every day, y' all |
| [00:05.225] | Right now |
| [00:06.390] | Everyday Live, right now |
| [00:08.390] | Good morning, Vietnam! |
| [00:10.472] | Listen! Brooklyn wins again |
| [00:13.025] | It' s the Stuy, it' s the Bush, them niggas again |
| [00:15.671] | Ta' Kweli, Mighty Def, and S. Dot on the guest lock |
| [00:18.753] | Kanye, you' re the dopeman of hiphop, now let' s rock |
| [00:21.520] | And roll out, niggas Roll out, my hometown niggas Ouu, ouu! |
| [00:24.419] | I get it good in your hood, so slow down, niggas |
| [00:26.840] | Watch the speed, though, mind your pedal and ease off |
| [00:29.396] | Or screech off into a collision course with these walls BAM! |
| [00:32.420] | You don' t move, don' t pray, don' t lose |
| [00:34.802] | Don' t sleep, life passing, light flashing, life happens |
| [00:37.476] | That fast, part of done, Black hands up in prayer |
| [00:40.052] | Black guns up in fear, dying wish is to touch the air |
| [00:42.720] | Seekin' heaven that wasn' t here |
| [00:44.781] | Eyes will not see another year, it' s another day |
| [00:48.062] | It' s the same fight, different round, sound the bell |
| [00:50.820] | Mix it up in victory, you live it up, the beat' ll get risen up |
| [00:53.983] | You' re knocked down, then get back and get it up |
| [00:56.081] | Get off of Queer Street and get with us Ha |
| [00:58.236] | And get clear where we did it, from the heart, from the people |
| [01:01.109] | From the top, from the Jeep, from the gut, from the street |
| [01:03.656] | From my soul to the mic to the essence |
| [01:05.874] | So in my absence, you feel the presenceexactly |
| [01:09.445] | I make contactfor short, I MC Mos! |
| [01:11.787] | Me and mine we don' t just get by, we get free Nigga! |
| [01:13.944] | And that' s ready |
| [01:14.812] | Just to get by, nigga, I sold coke, nigga, I pushed lah |
| [01:17.883] | Carried a fourfive, claimed I was ready to die |
| [01:20.544] | Promised never to cry, held it all inside |
| [01:23.147] | Reality was too much to take, so I |
| [01:25.818] | Kept my mind fried, slept for most of mine |
| [01:28.478] | Soon as I closed my eyes, then I woke up behind |
| [01:31.419] | Thinking either I load up these nines, or blow up with rhymes |
| [01:35.168] | Cause this flow of mine is like blow up, but lines of coca |
| [01:38.566] | And your folks think Hov' just wrote stuff to rhyme |
| [01:41.143] | Nah, I' m a poster from what happens seeing your moms |
| [01:43.829] | Doing five dollars worth of work just to get a dime |
| [01:46.326] | So pardon my disposition |
| [01:48.553] | Why should I listen to a system that never listened to me? |
| [01:51.818] | Picture me working McDonald' s Yeah, yeah |
| [01:54.105] | I' d rather pull a MAC on you Ugh, yeah |
| [01:55.559] | Sorry, Ms. Jackson, but I' m packin', bye! |
| [01:56.913] | Yeah! It' s somethin' about that Nina Simone piano flow |
| [01:59.236] | It' s like a Michelangelo painted a portrait of Maya Angelou |
| [02:02.523] | And gave it to a sick poet for they antidote |
| [02:05.299] | If music get ya choked up, this is the tree and the rope |
| [02:08.039] | This is Chi, nigga, I' m Mr. AllofThat |
| [02:10.746] | a map, let' s put this on the almanac |
| [02:13.306] | Dice, what they hittin' for, Lacs what you sittin' on |
| [02:16.038] | Tracks who you spittin' on, rap ' til we get it on |
| [02:18.664] | And don' t let nobody with the power to sign |
| [02:20.876] | Ever tell you you ain' t got the power to rhyme |
| [02:23.531] | They used to tell me, " Toughen up, put some bass in your voice!" |
| [02:26.264] | They used to tell me, " Lighten up, put some Mase in your voice!" |
| [02:29.411] | Lord willin' I ain' t killed nobody |
| [02:31.524] | But I have a feelin' this album that I' m gonna make a killin' |
| [02:34.375] | Or not a shilling, this is loveitorhateit music |
| [02:37.107] | But at least we made it music |
| [02:39.780] | And we didn' t make it industry, this is gon' be interesting |
| [02:42.607] | This' ll be the end of me, or I' m finna be an entity |
| [02:45.163] | Kanye, JayZ, Mos Def, and Kweli |
| [02:47.518] | We are not makin' songs no more, we' re makin' history |
| [02:49.991] | This morning I woke up |
| [02:52.493] | Feelin brand new, I jumped up |
| [02:55.082] | Feelin my highs and my lows |
| [02:58.176] | In my soul, and my goals |
| [03:00.464] | Just to stop smokin' and stop drinkin' |
| [03:03.099] | But I been thinkin' I got my reasons |
| [03:05.722] | Just to get by, just to get by |
| [03:08.349] | Just to get by, just to get get buh buh buh bye bye |
| [03:17.949] | Just to get by, just to get by |
| [03:20.369] | Just to get by, just to get get buh buh buh bye bye |
| [03:33.018] | We keep it , say ' fo shizzle', ' fo sheezy' |
| [03:34.811] | Desensitized by the violence on the TV during the war |
| [03:37.379] | Killin' each other is easy, its pourin' liquor for fallen niggas |
| [03:40.296] | Believe me, it' s ghetto libation, seen it all before |
| [03:42.730] | Just to get by, my people, we get fly |
| [03:45.477] | My people, we get high, fillin' cigars with the lah |
| [03:48.060] | Nigga, come on! Even Jesus was stoned |
| [03:50.234] | Before receivin' the throne |
| [03:51.362] | I send a rest in peace to Nina Simone |
| [03:53.357] | Back in the days we was used to doin' the shit |
| [03:55.447] | I can' t call it all in the streets |
| [03:56.831] | We was hustlin' fiends that asked for it |
| [03:58.531] | I guess I was used to just standin' on corners |
| [04:00.520] | Waitin' for paper bags with bundles of crack |
| [04:02.375] | Hopin' the week was good, so I could get money back |
| [04:04.665] | To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by |
| [04:09.548] | When I was stressed I possessed a side of my strength |
| [04:11.434] | That made me angry and bleed |
| [04:12.656] | With the frustration havin' me smokin' Newports and weed |
| [04:15.361] | To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by |
| [04:20.144] | Those be the times when I try to rely |
| [04:21.615] | On my niggas and street motha as |
| [04:23.267] | And reach out to wifey, and then I place a call on my mother |
| [04:25.851] | To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by |
| [04:28.272] | Ayo, Mom, pick up the phone, I gotta to talk to you, Ma |
| [04:30.370] | If you was five percent instead of actin' stupid and guessin' |
| [04:33.254] | You had to go and study your lessons |
| [04:34.949] | And know your math in the building in session |
| [04:37.123] | This morning I woke up |
| [04:39.046] | Feelin brand new, I jumped up |
| [04:41.655] | Feelin my highs and my lows |
| [04:44.673] | In my soul, and my goals |
| [04:47.053] | Just to stop smokin' and stop drinkin' |
| [04:49.801] | But I been thinkin' I got my reasons |
| [04:52.249] | Just to get by, just to get by |
| [04:54.965] | Just to get by, just to get get buh buh buh bye bye |
| [04:58.391] | Some people cry, some people try |
| [05:01.683] | Just to get by, for my piece of the pie |
| [05:04.066] | We love to eat and get high |
| [05:05.466] | We deceive when we lie |
| [05:06.635] | And we keepin' it fly yo, yo, yo, yo, yo |
| [05:09.129] | When people decice to keep a disguise |
| [05:12.219] | Can' t see your eyes, see the evil inside |
| [05:14.642] | The best people you find |
| [05:16.064] | Stronger people in mind |
| [05:17.366] | I stay readin' the signs |
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