this is a classic Mos def is such a legend and his verse shows it Hov verse is just another Reason why he is Hov plus this is just around the time he made the akdavist backpack rap big plus kanyes vere so historically insane plus he produced this song which is a historic classic fire talib did a new verse on here he went the fuck off on here busta rhymes went the fuck off too he proved he is one of the best countless times
[Intro: Mos Def] History It's happening every day, y'all Right now Everyday (Live, right now) Right now Good morning, Vietnam! [Verse 1: Mos Def & Jay-Z] Listen! Brooklyn wins again It's the Stuy, it's the Bush, them niggas again Ta' Kweli, Mighty Def, and S. Dot on the guest lock Kanye, you're the dopeman of hip-hop, now let's rock And roll out, niggas (Roll out), my hometown niggas (Ouu, ouu!) I get it good in your hood, so slow down, niggas Watch the speed, though, mind your pedal and ease off Or screech off into a collision course with these walls (BAM!) You don't move, don't pray, don't lose Don't sleep, life passing, light flashing, life happens That fast, part of done, Black hands up in prayer Black guns up in fear, dying wish is to touch the air Seekin' heaven that wasn't here Eyes will not see another year, it's another day It's the same fight, different round, sound the bell Mix it up in victory, you live it up, the beat'll get risen up You're knocked down, then get back and get it up Get off of Queer Street and get with us (Ha) And get clear where we did it, from the heart, from the people From the top, from the Jeep, from the gut, from the street From my soul to the mic to the essence So in my absence, you feel the presence-exactly I make contact-for short, I MC (Mos!) Me and mine we don't just get by, we get free (Nigga!) And that's ready [Verse 2: Jay-Z & Kanye West] Just to get by, nigga, I sold coke, nigga, I pushed lah Carried a four-five, claimed I was ready to die Promised never to cry, held it all inside Reality was too much to take, so I Kept my mind fried, slept for most of mine Soon as I closed my eyes, then I woke up behind Thinking either I load up these nines, or blow up with rhymes ‘Cause this flow of mine is like blow up, but lines of coca And your folks think Hov' just wrote stuff to rhyme Nah, I'm a poster from what happens seeing your moms Doing five dollars worth of work just to get a dime So pardon my disposition Why should I listen to a system that never listened to me? Picture me working McDonald's (Yeah, yeah) I'd rather pull a MAC on you (Ugh, yeah) Sorry, Ms. Jackson, but I'm packin', bye! [Verse 3: Kanye West] Yeah! It's somethin' about that Nina Simone piano flow It's like a Michelangelo painted a portrait of Maya Angelou And gave it to a sick poet for they antidote If music get ya choked up, this is the tree and the rope This is Chi, nigga, I'm Mr. All-of-That Fuck a map, let's put this bitch on the almanac Dice, what they hittin' for, Lacs what you sittin' on Tracks who you spittin' on, rap 'til we get it on And don't let nobody with the power to sign Ever tell you you ain't got the power to rhyme They used to tell me, "Toughen up, put some bass in your voice!" They used to tell me, "Lighten up, put some Mase in your voice!" Lord willin' I ain't killed 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 didn't make it industry, this is gon' be interesting This'll be the end of me, or I'm finna be an entity Kanye, Jay-Z, Mos Def, and Kweli We are not makin' songs no more, we're makin' history [Hook: background singers + (Talib Kweli)] This morning I woke up Feelin brand new, I jumped up Feelin my highs and my lows In my soul, and my goals Just to stop smokin' and stop drinkin' But I been thinkin' I got my reasons Just to get (by), just to get (by) Just to get (by), just to get (get buh buh buh bye bye) (Just to get by, just to get by) (Just to get by), just to get get buh buh buh bye bye [Verse 4: Talib Kweli] We keep it gangsta, say 'fo shizzle', 'fo sheezy' Desensitized by the violence on the TV during the war Killin' each other is easy, its pourin' liquor for fallen niggas Believe me, it's ghetto libation, seen it all before Just to get by, my people, we get fly My people, we get high, fillin' cigars with the lah Nigga, come on! Even Jesus was stoned Before receivin' the throne I send a rest in peace to Nina Simone [Verse 5: Busta Rhymes] Back in the days we was used to doin' the shit I can't call it all in the streets We was hustlin' fiends that asked for it I guess I was used to just standin' on corners Waitin' for paper bags with bundles of crack Hopin' the week was good, so I could get money back (To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by) When I was stressed I possessed a side of my strength That made me angry and bleed With the frustration havin' me smokin' Newports and weed (To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by) Those be the times when I try to rely On my niggas and street mothafuckas And reach out to wifey, and then I place a call on my mother (To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by) *Ayo, Mom, pick up the phone, I gotta to talk to you, Ma* If you was five percent instead of actin' stupid and guessin' You had to go and study your lessons And know your math in the building in session [Hook: background singers + (Talib Kweli)] This morning I woke up Feelin brand new, I jumped up Feelin my highs and my lows In my soul, and my goals Just to stop smokin' and stop drinkin' But I been thinkin' I got my reasons Just to get (by), just to get (by) Just to get (by), just to get (get buh buh buh bye bye) [Outro: Talib Kweli] Some people try, some people try Just to get by, for my piece of the pie We love to eat and get high We deceive when we lie And we keepin' it fly - yo, yo, yo, yo, yo When people decice to keep a disguise Can't see your eyes, see the evil inside The best people you find Stronger people in mind I stay readin' the signs
I don’t think it was ever official, the only remixes don’t have Ye or Mos Def, they got this Busta verse(which is 🔥) , the Jay verse which is aight and a shitty Snoop Dogg verse. You can find it on SoundCloud though
![BLACK BAG - Official Trailer [HD] - Only in Theaters March 14](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Du0Xp8WX_7I/mqdefault.jpg)
Ive been coming back here to this song easily for 15 years
I found it last year, You still bumpin it?
same 🧡
Bro. Me and you both!
It's a crime that this song isn't on Apple Music. This song is a vibe regardless of the era.
facts
M8@@dommyydomm
Why can't hip hop be like this today? That soulful feel is missing!
ONe of the best collabs of all time. TRUTH
One of the best songs ever....
100%
solid song.
True
@@theballpythonproject6598 yup for real still bumps just as hard
When J realized he could elevate minds and still spit fire 🗣 🔥
The feeling that this songs gives though...pure hip hop
One of the greatest hip hop songs of all time.
And one of Ye’s best.
easily overlooked but never underplayed.. this will always give me energy
Can we get this Kanye back please!
He’s dead
I think Kanye actually had the best verse in this
I killed him.
@@darnellporter8483 he easily did
He's long gone 😔
If I ever met any of these 5 in person, I'd humbly thank them for this song in particular.
I met Mos Def at whole foods in Toronto lol cool dude and didnt mind talking to those who recognized him
KANYE KILLED THIS!!!
on his beat too.
This is SO BROOKLYN! With a splash of Chicago.
GOOD MORNING VIIIEEETTNNAAAMMM🗣️!!
A legit contender as the greatest song of all-time
I couldn't do a fucking thing today until I listened to this 5 times. Thank you, hip-hop.
So so ill. I dont think theres any other track this real in existence. The epitome of the struggle in verse. ✊🏽
Black struggle
@@fc775 nah
Timeless!!!
This song assists my sobriety and focus on my goals!
That’s sooo BROOKLYN n I love it💪🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Still one of the best hip hop tracks ever.
Kanye went in
this is a classic Mos def is such a legend and his verse shows it
Hov verse is just another Reason why he is Hov
plus this is just around the time he made the akdavist backpack rap big
plus kanyes vere so historically insane plus he produced this song which is a historic classic fire
talib did a new verse on here he went the fuck off on here
busta rhymes went the fuck off too he proved he is one of the best countless times
I LOVE this track so much and it’s still relevant today!!! #BARZZZZZ
That Kanye beat 🔥
[Intro: Mos Def]
History
It's happening every day, y'all
Right now
Everyday (Live, right now)
Right now
Good morning, Vietnam!
[Verse 1: Mos Def & Jay-Z]
Listen! Brooklyn wins again
It's the Stuy, it's the Bush, them niggas again
Ta' Kweli, Mighty Def, and S. Dot on the guest lock
Kanye, you're the dopeman of hip-hop, now let's rock
And roll out, niggas (Roll out), my hometown niggas (Ouu, ouu!)
I get it good in your hood, so slow down, niggas
Watch the speed, though, mind your pedal and ease off
Or screech off into a collision course with these walls (BAM!)
You don't move, don't pray, don't lose
Don't sleep, life passing, light flashing, life happens
That fast, part of done, Black hands up in prayer
Black guns up in fear, dying wish is to touch the air
Seekin' heaven that wasn't here
Eyes will not see another year, it's another day
It's the same fight, different round, sound the bell
Mix it up in victory, you live it up, the beat'll get risen up
You're knocked down, then get back and get it up
Get off of Queer Street and get with us (Ha)
And get clear where we did it, from the heart, from the people
From the top, from the Jeep, from the gut, from the street
From my soul to the mic to the essence
So in my absence, you feel the presence-exactly
I make contact-for short, I MC (Mos!)
Me and mine we don't just get by, we get free (Nigga!)
And that's ready
[Verse 2: Jay-Z & Kanye West]
Just to get by, nigga, I sold coke, nigga, I pushed lah
Carried a four-five, claimed I was ready to die
Promised never to cry, held it all inside
Reality was too much to take, so I
Kept my mind fried, slept for most of mine
Soon as I closed my eyes, then I woke up behind
Thinking either I load up these nines, or blow up with rhymes
‘Cause this flow of mine is like blow up, but lines of coca
And your folks think Hov' just wrote stuff to rhyme
Nah, I'm a poster from what happens seeing your moms
Doing five dollars worth of work just to get a dime
So pardon my disposition
Why should I listen to a system that never listened to me?
Picture me working McDonald's (Yeah, yeah)
I'd rather pull a MAC on you (Ugh, yeah)
Sorry, Ms. Jackson, but I'm packin', bye!
[Verse 3: Kanye West]
Yeah! It's somethin' about that Nina Simone piano flow
It's like a Michelangelo painted a portrait of Maya Angelou
And gave it to a sick poet for they antidote
If music get ya choked up, this is the tree and the rope
This is Chi, nigga, I'm Mr. All-of-That
Fuck a map, let's put this bitch on the almanac
Dice, what they hittin' for, Lacs what you sittin' on
Tracks who you spittin' on, rap 'til we get it on
And don't let nobody with the power to sign
Ever tell you you ain't got the power to rhyme
They used to tell me, "Toughen up, put some bass in your voice!"
They used to tell me, "Lighten up, put some Mase in your voice!"
Lord willin' I ain't killed 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 didn't make it industry, this is gon' be interesting
This'll be the end of me, or I'm finna be an entity
Kanye, Jay-Z, Mos Def, and Kweli
We are not makin' songs no more, we're makin' history
[Hook: background singers + (Talib Kweli)]
This morning I woke up
Feelin brand new, I jumped up
Feelin my highs and my lows
In my soul, and my goals
Just to stop smokin' and stop drinkin'
But I been thinkin' I got my reasons
Just to get (by), just to get (by)
Just to get (by), just to get (get buh buh buh bye bye)
(Just to get by, just to get by)
(Just to get by), just to get get buh buh buh bye bye
[Verse 4: Talib Kweli]
We keep it gangsta, say 'fo shizzle', 'fo sheezy'
Desensitized by the violence on the TV during the war
Killin' each other is easy, its pourin' liquor for fallen niggas
Believe me, it's ghetto libation, seen it all before
Just to get by, my people, we get fly
My people, we get high, fillin' cigars with the lah
Nigga, come on! Even Jesus was stoned
Before receivin' the throne
I send a rest in peace to Nina Simone
[Verse 5: Busta Rhymes]
Back in the days we was used to doin' the shit
I can't call it all in the streets
We was hustlin' fiends that asked for it
I guess I was used to just standin' on corners
Waitin' for paper bags with bundles of crack
Hopin' the week was good, so I could get money back
(To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by)
When I was stressed I possessed a side of my strength
That made me angry and bleed
With the frustration havin' me smokin' Newports and weed
(To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by)
Those be the times when I try to rely
On my niggas and street mothafuckas
And reach out to wifey, and then I place a call on my mother
(To get by, just to get by, just to get by, just to get by)
*Ayo, Mom, pick up the phone, I gotta to talk to you, Ma*
If you was five percent instead of actin' stupid and guessin'
You had to go and study your lessons
And know your math in the building in session
[Hook: background singers + (Talib Kweli)]
This morning I woke up
Feelin brand new, I jumped up
Feelin my highs and my lows
In my soul, and my goals
Just to stop smokin' and stop drinkin'
But I been thinkin' I got my reasons
Just to get (by), just to get (by)
Just to get (by), just to get (get buh buh buh bye bye)
[Outro: Talib Kweli]
Some people try, some people try
Just to get by, for my piece of the pie
We love to eat and get high
We deceive when we lie
And we keepin' it fly - yo, yo, yo, yo, yo
When people decice to keep a disguise
Can't see your eyes, see the evil inside
The best people you find
Stronger people in mind
I stay readin' the signs
This song really held up well. Good god. I need music like this again.
Even Jesus was stoned before receiving the throne 😮💨😮💨😮💨
Good as it gets..
2024 this still 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I wish this was on Apple Music frfr
Every day at this rate! #R.I.P. Biggie Smalls
15yr throwback 💥
Remix is so 🔥🔥🔥
Wish 3000 was on it
Why isn’t this on Apple Music??? 😢
Whatever you say kanyeeeee bustaaa mosssssss defff
It's funny that Busta Rhymes is the one to tell Kweli that Jay Z shouted him out in his verse ✌🏾
I wish there was a live version.
Jay spits lava!
Its like the beat was made for him
Back then when every rapper on this song were on the same page. Today a couple of them lost their way. Smh
My biggest failure in life is forgetting this collab existed.
#2022🙌🏽 #realhiphop
Yo Kanye outdid himself on this one!!! Holy f*ck!!!
Forever a Classic 💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🎶🎶🎶💯💯🎤💥💥🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🎧🎧✊✊✊✊✊
Forever
This is love it or hate it music, kanye was soooo on brand ❤
This is the best thing I have ever heard
Robby mckinley's part on the Girl video 'Yeah right' made this song for me what it is today.
Top three remix ever
when they ask me what i mean when i say ''the old Kanye'' this is the ish i be talking about
Shit corny tho. If he never progressed with his style and adapted to modern times he would be another irrelevant old head.
@@lakerfan1855 Thank you. Shit is corny as hell.
We needed Common!! Nah it was legendary but just saying.
Top 3 remix’s ever in hip hop history ever ya I said it
Maybe the best
@@theballpythonproject6598 was thinking dat but u knw us hip hop fans can Neva say fav, best or greatest widout changing our mind 2 mins lata 😂
@@seandacosta2421 listened to the touch it remix by Busta right after this and was like.... probably in that dudes top 3 lol
@@theballpythonproject6598 which remix dare is a few lol
@@seandacosta2421 true. The papoose Loyd missy dmx one
Crazy how this dont even got 100k views
Idk why this remix isn't on Apple music or Spotify. Guess it's too fire to put it on there.
I don’t think it was ever official, the only remixes don’t have Ye or Mos Def, they got this Busta verse(which is 🔥) , the Jay verse which is aight and a shitty Snoop Dogg verse. You can find it on SoundCloud though
www.complex.com/music/2012/06/talib-kweli-breaks-down-his-25-most-essential-songs/talib-kweli-get-by-remix
Love this remix!!
Classic hip hop💯💪🏾✅🎯🤞🏾
Having Mos, Jigga, Kanye, Kweli, And Busta on the same track pure magic.
Love this 🔥💯💯💯💯💯👏👏👏👏👏
Sent a chill through my spine
Greatest collaboration
Soul music!!!
Damn this is amazing
Favorite song.
Does anyone know who the singer is at the beginning? I’m assuming it’s Nina Simone as there’s reference to her. Rest her soul.
Ye 🔥
2024!
2024
This song needed more play was to real to stay in rotation long when it came out...
Produced by Ye’ himself
GOAT producer no 🧢
He snapped too....he still got it
BC interview from Talib talking about this
What ever happened to Robbie McKinley?
2021 still listing 🔥
Kanye won this one 🥇
KanYe at his finest!!!
2022 and still 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
Forgot about this song 😵
Ye murdering his verse as hard as he murdered his own career 😂
Why so little views? Maybe there's other uploads of this on yt?
Its a damn shame
@@alejblanco7538 for real, this shit is hot!
2 mill+ on SoundCloud m.soundcloud.com/huitcinqdeux/talib-kweli-ft-mos-def-jay-z-kanye-west-busta-rhymes-get-by-remix
I second that!👇🏿
I don’t trust Talib for his politics, but his music is OD 😅🙌
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Say what you will. I love all these Artists and my favorite MC is hands down Mos Deff but Jay-Z verse is the best
Jeeenyus in that era made this happen coz they wanted to sign Ye and Jay was like naaaaahhhh holup
TI dont want it with Bus on the mic
2021
Doing 5 dollars worth a work just to get a dime 👏👍
🎉🎉🎉
Breakfast club brought me here
Kanye hardest verse
Mannnnn, if Black Thought & Pharaohe Monch was on this MF
1:52
It's called lyrics...Dripdrops...
kanye is on quincy jones levels!!!
Why Jay use the hard R though 😭😂
here to listen to Talib Kweli's 8 bars lol
Damn
29 dislikes are the ass rappers they kept off this masterpiece
Such a fire remix. So sad Talib doesn’t get a verse til 5 min in 😂😂
Nov 2024 anyone??
Zim 2008
Lmao, view 10k exactly.
Why?
When Kanye was still Pro-Black!
Miss this Kanye and jay hip hop dead now