Get By - Intellectual

[Intro: MX]

Wadup, it's your boy MX

Hola, we finally did it, man

Before we really get into this tape, I'd like to give a quick shout to everyone who copped this and who's supporting this, you know?

It's been a crazy journey thus far and hopefully, you know, I'll be able to paint you a perfect... you know!

It's been a lot of shit going down in this music thing, and it's only right we reflect on what it's been thus far

So I'd like to give you my first offering: the IAMXtape

The name is MX and there's so much I've been blessed with

The type with a solid base, that's a serif

Failure has been apparent, got adopted by hope

Knowledge is what I've inherited, so let me share it

My message: eccentric, don't fear it, just hear it

Hope you get it

Ngenza umbhubhudlo when life gave me melons

So I cherish, excuse my eloquence, just being benevolent

But success is determined by how consistent your effort is

I'm in my element, just like how the greatest did

They may see you struggle, but don't let them see you quit

I'm in my element, like how the greatest did

They may see you struggle, but don't let them see you quit

Ha!

We gonna get by

Said we gonna get by

It ain't perfect, but it's looking well

Had to push through hell

Persistence is the measure of faith in yourself

I maneuvered the devil, using my mental

God has been my guard, I'm taking this to a new level

Kunini ngihamba ngiphanda, ngizama, ngihustla

Izicabha bazivala, thank God for this hunger

Had to suffer, but the other side to it...

Is that no matter what I've been through, it's only made me tougher

This is bigger than me, for those who didn't believe

They can look at my reality as me living a dream

Can't you see? Moments stored in your memory banks' gallery

If the picture's worth a thousand words, then I'm a G

We gonna get by

Said we gonna get by

Know what I'm talking 'bout, we gonna get by

Said, we gonna get by... ey

If you feeling what I'm feeling

We gonna get by

Said, we gonna get by