I'll Get By

To the broken people tryin to make ends meet but can barely stand on their feet,

Say "I'll get by"! (2x)

To the kids who aint got no shoes on their feet, trying to figure out what to eat,

Say "I'll get by"! (2x)

This aint for Becky, this aint for soccer moms,

this is for kids of Somalia who aint got no moms

this is for teens listening to lil wayne

cuz CCM aint got the courage to make music for them

This is for the outcast, the underprivileged,

who cant seem to catch a break and stay diligent,

make the most out of the bad that life's given them,

choose to survive despite what dad did to them

stay vigilant, tho they know that this unjust world doesn't pay fair dividends,

child workers getting paid under bare minimum,

while the chairman/CEO makes a million

And this is for the jobless-homeless,

who keep hoping cuz they know this world isn't home,it's

just a place we all passin' through, if you're in jail, yeah this song's for you

To the single moms holding down a family of five

While puttin' in 95

Say "I'll get by"! (2x)

To the kids tryin' to raise themselves on their own

Cause mom and dad are never home

Say "I'll get by"! (2x)

This is for those who can't sell their homes

Flipped upside down

worth half of its loan

401k is gone

Economy's in a tank

So we look to credit cards and banks

And feed off of the lie

They says if we could just buy

Our way out of this mess

Then somehow maybe we could get by

Advertisers keep it larger than our appetite

Starving after what can't satisfy

But let me make a suggestion

Better yet a profession

We put to much stock in our earthly possessions

Our problem is way bigger than a recession

As a whole, we have lost our souls to our obsessions

But it's not too late to get back

To the reason we're alive

I promise you, I found IT

It's the reason I survive

That's why I stand tall, I can breath, touch the sky

I believe that I will get by

To the soldiers on the front lines risking their lives

trying to think about how survive,

Say "I'll get by"! (2x)

To the sons tryin' to hold it down to weather the storm

cause daddy is away at war,

Say "I'll get by"! (2x)

How long, do we keep on falling trying to get by on our own?

How long till we lift our eyes to the one who can lead us home?

To the billions of people who are mad at God,

cause most churches haven't done their job and hurt you badly,

yes it's a tragedy, you're looking at a casualty,

I've judged instead of love, you have every right to be mad at me

But please forgive us as we try to fix this,

but this time not because of selfish ambition,

this time because of Jesus who lives within us,

see, we are not religious we're just redeemed sinners

and He offers peace in the midst of affliction

and he is deliverance from the deepest addiction,

tho He may be hidden from your plain sight vision,

just look beneath the surface and you cannot miss him

As far as all our problems go I know I cant fix 'em just by

singing a song, so much has gone wrong,

tho change don't come easy, together we can be strong,

I was hoping we can all start by singing a along

To the broken people tryin' to make ends meet

but can barely stand on their feet, Say "I'll get by"! (2x)

To the kids who ain't got no shoes on their feet,

trying to figure out what to eat, Say "I'll get by"! (2x)