Getting By

[Intro: Unknown Sampled Quotes]
What do you want in life?
I'm terribly afraid...
Now, everything is going to be alright, darling
Look, I'll let you in on a little secret
Every one of them has had to make some effort to get here
The trouble is, if you're not self-reliant
You'll never do any more than just get by

[Verse 1: Cinco]
I'm not just trying to get by
Like what the fuck?
Down to business like neckties
And button-ups
Putting in the time for my grind
Always spitting rhymes
So I'm not about to wait in line to take what I know is mine
So what's the crime?
Sorry, but I'm not sorry
See, my goal is the gold, but I am not Ari
I want that 'Rarri
Blacked out with no top
Voices in the back of my head, they're screaming "Don't stop"
So I won't stop
For my family, win a couple Grammys
No bottles that I won't pop
So here's a toast to people who grind the most
If you're feeling like I am, you know that you are so close
So close I you can taste it
Aim for all your dreams and never be complacent
Just tell the world face it
You better get used to
My name in the game
So quit, I refuse to
Yeah

[Chorus: Cinco]
Ain't nobody gonna hold me down
Gonna run my town
I don't wanna be just getting by
Just getting by, just getting by
I've played this game
I put in my time
There ain't no way that I wanna be just getting by
Just getting by, just getting by

[Verse 2: Slang]
I'm sick of just getting by
So pity, I'm in denial
My direction is the sky
But I'm flowing down the Nile
Catching gravity, a tragedy
Depression was grabbing me
I thank God that Abe was asking me
Matter of fact, he challenged me
To put aside, and strive to feel alive
At this moment in time
And I felt my spine sticking out of line
So I'm finally thinking it's time to quit wishin'
And see, I ain't bullshittin'
It's time to focus in, see?
I put time in it
No lost minutes
How could I be Popeye but yet ain't got no spinach?
So how do I hit these targets if there's no darts in em
See, I dodge critics
Thinking if I even spent my only wish
To be to get my bags packed
By killing tracks and spitting this cardiac
Giving beats these heart attacks
So where's the doctor at?
If the odds are stacked
I'll be the house like the ace of a jack
You follow that?

[Chorus: Cinco]
Ain't nobody gonna hold me down
Gonna run my town
I don't wanna be just getting by
Just getting by, just getting by
I've played this game
I put in my time
There ain't no way that I wanna be just getting by
Just getting by, just getting by

[Bridge: Unknown Sampled Quotes]
What do you want in life?
I'm terribly afraid...
Now, everything is going to be alright, darling
Look, I'll let you in on a little secret

[Verse 2: Cinco]
Seconds tick up in my Nixon
It's been a mission to make the world listen
Pistons pumping in my heart and soul
I'm so cold, want the gold
And I'm fiending for a fixin'
And if I had pennies for my thoughts
I think I'm on pace to be a billionaire
'Cause with everything that's on my mind
I'm downright surprised there's space in there

[Chorus: Cinco]
Ain't nobody gonna hold me down
Gonna run my town
I don't wanna be just getting by
Just getting by, just getting by
I've played this game
I put in my time
There ain't no way that I wanna be just getting by
Just getting by, just getting by