We Get by - Negash Ali, Temu

Many thought they came to a land of something greater/

But got docs working manual labor/

We looked forward to the day we got cuffed too/

Cause ex-cons were the people we looked up to/

Schott jackets & buffalos was the trend/

Reppin our zip code 8210/

Possibilities are endless/

But too many settle for a damn jail sentence/

Odds are against u keep ya head high/

The struggle is here work till red eye/

Everything is everything

We get by do what we gotta do to survive, raised in the gutter/

It’s kindda hard for my eyes to see but not understand how others/

Could have so much but not share/

I Feel the tension in the air/

Sacrifised everything to come here/

Everything is everything/

Dealing with the feeling of feeling unwelcomed/

Cold and it ain’t the weather

The only way to get shit a little better/

Is if the minorities start sticking together/

Arabs hate Somalians, Turkish hate Kurdish

The other way around I’m just scratching the surface

U say no moneytag & it’s worthless?

But what about the things u couldn’t purchase?

Odds are against u, keep ya head high/

The struggle is here work till red eye/

Everything is everything

We get by do what we gotta do to survive, raised in the gutter/

It’s kindda hard for my eyes to see but not understand how others/

Could have so much but not share/

I Feel the tension in the air/

Sacrifised everything to come here/

Everything is everything/

Got nada, got everything they need /

Rock prada greed indeed/

Different strokes for different folks/

But everybody I know smoke spliffs or sniff coke/

Its a Problem, corners discussing politics

Why they so rich while were so impoverished/

But all of these shoulda, woulda, couldas I bring

Don’t mean nada, everything is everything

Odds are against u, keep ya head high/

The struggle is here work till red eye/

Everything is everything

We get by do what we gotta do to survive, raised in the gutter/

It’s kindda hard for my eyes to see but not understand how others/

Could have so much but not share/

I Feel the tension in the air/

Sacrifised everything to come here/

Everything is everything/