Lyrics:
Intro:
Everyday I been tryna
Ride out
Uh huh, ride out
Something to ride to, yeah, yeah
Yeah
Everyday I been tryna get by
You already know what it is, yeah
Everyday I been tryna get by
Yeah, yo
Verse 1:
Big talkers
Within culture
If you can’t back up your words
It might cost ya
Imaginary narratives
Fake deals, offers
Filtering what’s really going on
It’s all altered
I can’t look like a bum out here
Before I even run out here
So overcompensate like I really got it going on
But I claim I’m number one out here
It’s a different life
It’s a balance of crazy and confidence
And gotta stay strong, with any response you get
It doesn’t add up when I use my common sense
Not seeing your dreams flourish is the consequence
Hip hop and real life is sometimes like the same thing
Depicting like we all getting it in, just to gain green
Like we live with no flaws, but that’s the main thing
Building a persona that we want to remain clean
Hook:
Everyday I been tryna get by
Say that I’m good but I know it’s a lie
Living a persona, wanna bat an eye
To everything tryna throw off my vibe
Everyday I been tryna get by
Everyday I been tryna get by
Verse 2:
Nothings wrong as a person people confide in
Guidance, want your support want you to chime in
Into they daily lives, want you to choose a side
You’re the strongest in the group but tryna survive
So you question yourself like who will go the distance
When I need a helping hand who will have an interest
Who’s checking up on me, when I feel defenseless
Poker face is wearing off but you didn’t listen
Yo, we all bleed, we all hurt
But it seems I’m turning down advice when it’s offered
Saying that you goods no longer good enough
You know you can’t hide the secret so why you fooling us
We were crafted and molded to never shed a tear
The only time we speaking up, was really outta fear
As a young black man it has to stop here
Just an thought in general no need to even name peers
Hook:
Everyday I been tryna get by
Say that I’m good but I know it’s a lie
Living a persona, wanna bat an eye
To everything tryna throw off my vibe
Everyday I been tryna get by
Everyday I been tryna get by
Everyday I been tryna
Everyday I been tryna get by
Everyday I been tryna
Everyday I been tryna get by
Everyday I been tryna get, keep going
Tryna get by
Keep going
Everyday I been tryna get
Keep going
Tryna get by
Yeah
Verse 3:
Woe as me
I’m starting to feel fatigued
Demanding much more in my life above my needs
Endured so much in this race called life and still cannot breathe
What up wit that
What, what up wit that
I’m always feeling like I’m getting scraps
I’m just tryna stay on top like I threw on a cap
But I’m feeling like I still might collapse
Who relates to me
I second guess everything and it bothers me
What’s genuine love and real apologies
Are these smiles and handshakes the real thing
Or is it dressed up well like it was Halloween
Let’s link up Bro, let’s shake the game
But I reach out y’all don’t act the same
If it ain’t true from the jump then what’s the aim
I had to learn the hard way we ain’t same
I’m tired of practice, where are my accolades
It’s like you want me to quit, reverse and back away
When I bring up concerns it’s like I have no say
So I dead the issues and let it pass away
But in my heart of hearts, I just want results
Beating myself down like this is all my fault
Dehydrated and still learning to take loss
Came to grips with the problem that used to throw off
Back up, see what I’m against
I can’t be myself if not at 100 percent
Being fake happy, shouting that I am content
Doesn’t hurt a soul, but my own at my expense
Confidence was leaving me
Couldn’t be nonchalant about it deceiving me
Having many blow up moments, like TNT
I think I might need an EMT
For rescue for failing this course with no degree
Giving out 60 percent, that's not okay
Going through the motions it makes me feel a way
Instead of speaking on reality like I’m Stephen A
I’m riding down the same old road like Billy Ray
Feeling how I felt back then boy I shall not
Habits, that, you, break leaves people shell shocked
Not the same guy left in a derailed spot
In a different bag my G without a bellhop
It’s only cuz of maturity
Crawling to the finish line lost in obscurity
Staring to the heavens up above like cure me
Even through the mess of it all I still find purity
Still have the hunger that I had
With the energy of trying be top of my class
As for me I’m not going out bad
Cuz the way my path set up, I got the pain outta my grasp, yeah
Outro:
Yessirr
Wake up
Yeah, wake up
Yeah
Uh, wake up
Uh, wake up
Yeah, yeah wake up
