Get By (Southside Edit)

See, some of us ain't got a choice, man

We living in shit

If you don't understand, listen to this, let's go

We do what we gotta

To try to get by (get by)

Come rain or come shine

That's the way it is

I ain't mad you gotta

Try to get by (get by)

No matter what, that's just life

And that's the way it is (yeah)

I heard motherfuckers talk shit about the dope boys

If that's the case then, show them the ropes, boys

The 50's judge a book by its cover not knowing what the book is about

See, that's a hook in the mouth from where I'm from

But, if you ain't been exposed, then you don't really know

Then leave it to the grown man

But I can understand all the pressure

The last thing you want is to be intimidated by a gang member

Speaking of gangs, a patch is like a grand given

Similar to the government, the only difference is

The consequence and the pay

But it's the same principle you get given a chance

I mean, you can make something out of nothing

And the offer sounds good to any young man with nothing

See, some of us ain't got a choice, man

We living in shit

If you don't understand it, listen to this, look

We do what we gotta

To try to get by (get by)

Come rain or come shine

That's the way it is

I ain't mad you gotta

Try to get by (get by)

No matter what, that's just life

And that's the way it is

I see them motherfuckers talk shit

About the unemployed

People living off of taxpayers money so

I speak on behalf of the ones who ain't got a choice

Tryna find a job

But turned down of course

But who will employ somebody with a criminal

History is typical despite this individual's change

How can he move forward

When in fact the same system that put him here

Keeps pulling him back

You wonder why people tend to take the easy road

When denied so much

All the self esteem is gone (gone)

There ain't no telling what

Anybody's capable

Live through it just to make it through the rain

And if that includes

Breaking the law, then so be it

Your fam's gotta eat man

And I ain't mad that's the reason

See some of us ain't got a choice man

We living in shit

If you don't understand then listen to this, watch

We do what we gotta

To try to get by (get by)

Come rain or come shine

That's the way it is

I ain't mad you gotta

Try to get by (get by)

No matter what, that's just life

And that's the way it is

Rain 'till the sun comes (sun comes)

Nobody said to be easy (be easy)

Gotta get through the rain 'till the sun comes (sun comes)

After the storm, it's all breezy (breezy)

Gotta get through the rain 'till the sun comes (sun comes)

Nobody said to be easy (be easy)

Gotta get through the rain 'till the sun comes (sun comes)

After the storm, it's all breezy (breezy)

Look, another checkpoint in my area

I wonder if they have many out of Nip Sim

I wonder if they have any of the question

'Cause where I'm from it's like every day or every second one

I don't get it, we broke already, I see

Gotta make the broke ones pay the levy

Gotta meet the quota, they set up in my corner

It feel good to see us broke, people get borrowed, don't it?

Be a liar if you told me otherwise

System isn't made for rich and poor to coincide

So we forced to go and find a job as a laborer

Qualify enough to get some other man's people up

I don't get it, this shit is so wrong

It ain't just about that, man, the list go on

Murder means life if you broke and you more than rich, man

Do the same, two years plus home deep

Holy, I'm far from it

As far as I'm concerned, that's what made us all plummet

If the Lord be your savior, then why hasn't he saved you

From the hell that you living in?

Third class citizen, I ain't dissing the maker

Know what your religion is, I just want you to see

What it really is

I told you when God fought

Father, what it was, look around you

That is what it's done, that's why we

We do what we gotta

To try to get by (get by)

Come rain or come shine

That's the way it is

I ain't mad you gotta

Try to get by (get by)

No matter what, that's just life

And that's the way it is