Get By

[Intro - MLK Sample] Most people live by the philosophy everybody is doing it So it must be alright This is exactly what we have done, so often We have ended up feeling that the only thing right is to get by The only thing wrong is to just fall [Verse 1 - Mickey Factz] Here's a story that's so, so familiar Nightmares that are so close to kill ya Cappuccino, triple shot of expresso Mind saying stay, heart saying let's go NYU, yes yo, the best bro School where the best go But it gave me strep throat I was sick of the statutes and laws shit I swear I hated that classroom I was forced in Momma said, "get a degree or get in the streets" I said, "well, give me my things, this isn't me" Rented couches out, used my coat as a comforter Put the leak out every week, I'm a hustler I ain't blowing hot air either, fuck a muffler Gave out free MP3s and made customers Went from being broke to covering the mag Middle fingers to all those who said I wouldn't last Cause I'm... [Hook - Big K.R.I.T.] Doing it, hustling, running it, getting it Weighing it, breaking it, pushing it, living it Pitching it, catching it, laying it, down Mothafuckas be on their job when I'm round You can either get out my way or get down We the importers, order another pound Order another round, eyes on the prize I'd rather get it in for the win than get by So let's ride [Verse 2 - Mickey Factz] Oh, I did a commercial and I'm a sellout? "Mickey went and worked with Honda," now I'm shut out? This around the time when me and my pops fell out Rappers with Bentleys, Maybachs, tried for it But because I'm on it, haters were not for it Called me a salesman for doing my thing I was true to myself, I was true to my lane Still new to the game Put my 50 cents in, that was truly a change Cause I knew that my name Would see the bright lights Now I can say, what your life like? You get in my way, its a fight night Rocking with the raps Emergency, surgery, heart is on the track My arteries attached, my eyes on the prize I see what I want, now its time to get mine So I'm... [Hook] [Verse 3 - Mickey Factz] Ghost riding the shotgun, I'm still hot son I'm carpooling forever, until the job's done I drive through in that weather and see a dark sun I start from the end for the beginning And I ain't far from the ledge with my vision You scared to leap from this building to that building But Morpheus said "believe it" so I'm with it And that's a catch twenty-two Cause when I fall, I won't get caught, I fall through I'm at the door, trying to force it, walk through The oracle is gone so who do I talk to? That's a good ass question I'm wanna know the answer to this good ass lesson Whatever the outcome is It won't stop a damn thing for how I live Cause I'm... [Hook]