We Get by

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/