Lyrics to Get By Remix feat Jay Z, Mos Def, Kanye West

[On The Edge of Insanity]

Mistermo over at the Mosdefinitely.com message board posted the lyrics to the remix of Talib Kweli's Get By track which is to be released soon. They are apparantly from some DJ who has managed to get his hands on the track before anybody else, but there is no audio yet.

mos def

(ad libs over intro)
history (his'try)
it's happenin' everyday y'all
(right now)
everyday
(right now)
good morning viet-naaaam
listen...

verse

brooklyn wins again
it's the sty, it's the bush, them niggaz again
tob' kweli, mighty def an' ess dot on the guess slot
kanye on the dopeman. the hip hop now lets rock
an rollout niggaz
my hometown niggaz (oooh ooh)
a' get it good in yo hood so slow down niggaz
watch the screen tho', ma ya better let ease off or screech off into a collision course with these walls (BAM)
ya dont move
dont break
dont lose
dont sleep
life passin', light flashin', life happens that fast. parta dun
black hands up in prayer
black guns up in fear
dying wish is to touch the air
seekin' heaven that wasnt here
eyes will not see another year
it's another day
it's the same fight,
different round
sound the bell
mix it up an' victory'll live it up the beat'll get
ris'en up, ya knock down, an get back, an' get it up
get offa quiz street an' get wit us
and get clear, where we get it from the heart
from the people
from the top
from the deep
from the guff
from the street
from my soul, to the mic, to the essence...
so in my absence you feel a presence...
exac'ly
i make contact, for short i emcee
me an' mine we dont just get by we get free
an thas' ready

jay-z
(adlibs over mos)
mos
nikka..

(verse)
jus' to get by
nigger i sold coke
nigger i pushed li'
carried a fo'-five
claim i was ready to die
promised to never cry
held it all inside
reality was too much to chase so, I
kept my mind fry
slept for most of my
soon as i closed my eye
an' i woke up behind
thinkin either i load up these 9's
or blow up with ryhmes
cuz this flow of mine
is like blow up a lines
a coka
an you folks think hove just wrote stuff ta' rhyme
nah, i'm a poster from what happens seein' ya moms doin $5 worth of work just to get a dime
so pah'don
my disposition
why should i listen to a system that never listen to me
picture me workin mcdonalds
i'd rather pull a mack on you
sorry miss jackson but i'm packin'
bye

kanye verse
(starts over hove's last line)

...way that nina simone
piano flow
'slike a michaelangelo
painted a portrait of maya angelou
an' gave it to a sick poet
fo' they antidote
if music get you choked up, this is the tree an' the rope
this is chi nigga
i'm mista alla dat
fucka map lets but this bitch on the almanac
dice what they hittin' fo'
'lac's whatchu sittin' on
tracks who you spittin on
rap till we get it on, and don't let nobody wit the power to sign,
ever tell ya you aint got no power to rhyme
they used to tell me, toughen' up. put some bass in ya voice
they used to tell me, lighten up, put some mace in ya voooooice
lord willin' i aint kill't nobody but i have a feelin' this album that i'm gonna make a killin
or not a shilling
this is love it or hate it music
but...
at-least-we-made-it music
and we did'nt make it industry
this is gon' be intres'ting
this'll be the end of me or i'm finna be a entity
kanye, jay-z, mos def an' kweli
we are not making songs no more, we're making history

kweli verse

(sung to tune of original hook)
a' this mornin'
i woke up
feelin' brand new
i pick the smoke up
smokin' my ti'
and my droooo'
i get hiiiigh
i get low

ayo, actin like you actually packin, your active imagination'll getchu smacked when you facin' da altercation
if you jamaican you ju' fakin
you aint french, you hatian
amazin what niggaz say ta get by
some niggaz sayin they straight when in fact they gay
they is blatant
i seen em flamin'
these rappers they heavyweight, right you a little light on the weigh-in
i seen you on the way in you on the way out
you way outta your league
yah niggaz get played out and fade out like fatigues
please...
(sung) why would i lie...just to get by...just to get by...
we live and die in b.k.
we stay fly ev'ry day
we match the kicks with the whips
coordinated with the slang that we say
yo the way we slangin an' bangin an hang in the streets
killin' each other like we bang for police
bangin' the beats and the rhymes
we got the blueprint we complete the design
to deep in the grind to be stoppin' niggaz weak in the mind
seek and youll find heaven on earth
an when you do i... bet it'll resemble sum'in i said in a verse
so i hold it down for better or for worse
you can lead a man to water but you cant make him drink, you gotta let him thirst
some people cry
some people try
just to get by
for a piece of the pie
we love to eat an' get high
we deceive and we lie
and we keepin it fly
y-y-y-yo yo
when the people decide
to keep a disguise
ya cant see they eyes
see the evil inside
the best people ya find
strong and feeble in mind
i stay readin' the sign
y-y-y-yo yo

Damn, Mos completly ripped it, Jigga came better than I expected, and although his verse wasn't up to the others standard Kanye still came pretty dope. I can't wait to here the audio of this.

[Young Dan Iza]

i cant wait 2 hear this shit, i wonder if kanye changed the beat around at all