Gettin' By

I been gettin' by sayin' bye to, yeah

Uh, I been gettin' by sayin' bye to hoes

I been gettin', uh

I been gettin' by sayin' bye to hoes

I been gettin' mine, hope you gettin' yours

Uh, I be gettin' high, only lord knows

I been fly

Been gettin' fly like butterfly doors

Said I been gettin' by sayin' bye to hoes

Said I been gettin' mine, hope you gettin' yours

Uh, I be gettin' high, only lord knows

I been fly

Been gettin' fly like butterfly doors, uh

You know Ye taught me how to drive slow

The Kanye of the bay to bay say so

I never changed up

Instead, I just changed roles

Became a leader for my people 'cause we can't grow without one

What good is being Martin if you can't pose with Malcolm?

What good is being young and black

when you don't control your outcome?

What good is being rich if you can't spread the wealth around some?

What good is all the good I do?

I'm still gon' fuck around some

I'm outdone by these fellas telling

me "get bitches", and they held a treat

A peace offer, I give you my light so you can see

It's much deeper than gold chains and Range Rovers

If we ain't have rappers support it would be game over

I hate to be so pessimistic, borderline sadistic

But I'm tired of fucking with these niggas like a jealous mistress

I'm steady ducking all these women cause they never get it

I'm a nigga with a bright future, can't afford to miss it

I been gettin' by sayin' bye to hoes

I been gettin' mine, hope you gettin' yours

Uh, I be gettin' high, only lord knows

I been fly

Been gettin' fly like butterfly doors, uh

Said I been gettin' by sayin' bye to hoes, uh

And I been gettin' mine, hope you gettin' yours

Said I be gettin' high, only lord knows

I been fly

Been gettin' fly like butterfly doors, uh

Look, I'm not perfect

Or never claimed to be that

But I just been blessed mom

Look, can't you see that?

These people, they believe in me

And they give me feedback

I think the whole bay is lit

The world is finna see that

Uh, we came up, like we had just took that blue pill

After I dropped *Hella Good*, I got off with a few deals

But, I just said "Fuck it"

I'm up on my own shit

Man, fuck selling out, when my niggas can own shit

This that new sound, but peace to that old shit

See I came to resurrect like Q-tip

Peep my knowledge?

I'm still in college

A career student

Addicted to class

And come here students

I mean, I mean well

I mean, I can't fail

It's just, I'm in the papers

So it's hard, to turn in papers

I was just with the nigga with the number one album last week

It's hard to stay in class and not go asleep

It's hard to gas

But I'm on the track, and not gettin' weak

I got my weight up like I'm eating, but I'm hungry as shit

'Cause moms still gotta work and daddy locked in a pen

And F you college, ain't paid

And lil sis ain't rich

I got a lot of lives to save while doing this shit

Sippin' tea, daydreaming

Watching movies and shit

I wanna run the whole game

So let's make it a marathon

*Hella Good* forever

Put my everything in every song

'Cause been gettin' by sayin' bye to hoes

And been gettin' mine, hope you gettin' yours

Uh, I be gettin' high, only lord knows

I been fly

Been gettin' fly like butterfly doors, uh

Said I been gettin' by sayin' bye to hoes, uh

And I been gettin' mine, hope you gettin' yours

Said I be gettin' high, only lord knows

I been fly

Been gettin' fly like butterfly doors, uh