Talib Kweli feat Mos Def, Jay-Z, Kanye West & Busta Rhymes - Get By (Remix)

Song Talib Kweli feat Mos Def, Jay-Z, Kanye West & Busta Rhymes - Get By (Remix)
Artist Native Tongues
Album Stop Violence

Lyrics

[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

Pinyin

[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