Htbsle - Just Getting By Lyrics

I don't like being on stand by
I choose to live to get by
I don't need proof
I don't need you

Grown folks in a portrait
Looking perfect
I'm way too young to feel this disappointed
And I'm roasted, burnt out
Pretty but no sense I'm really worth it
I've held me to some limits and a curfew
I'm slight with the ways I sell the whole truth
Covered by the scent of too much perfume
Nothing to allude to missing virtues
I'da curse you
With a ego so bruised
I could hurt you
They tell me that I'm rude and I hurt you
I ain't here to soothe
Or help you lick your wounds
Done looking like a fool
Imma play it safe for myself
In the real world
Been guarded as a big girl
Spent some time as a third wheel
Know I ride through the worst feels
I stand by

And I think about if I should've lied
Cuz my side's been idle
My minds at rival
I hate my sideburns
And I'll only lose it on the right terms

If I'm not the girl for a task
Imma fight still
Show 'em a new passage in a lane they ain't write still
I done hid the pain with the right pill
I been spreading light still
My skill gon' pay my light bills

Just getting by by
Hmmm
Just getting by by
Ooooh ouuu
Just getting by
Just getting by
Just getting by

I don't need a guy
For you, you question why
You must not be my type
But you better learn that I'm private and I'm wise
My progress is the prize
And my hope is that I try
Despite the competition

But I've spoken of this vision
I ain't submissive
Even when I feel like quitting
Short intermission
Feel 'em sneaking in my business
I get defensive
Ain't no way I'll need permission
If I'm getting reckless

I'm a graduate
I'm immaculate
Despite the comments
I'm a bad chick
Need a caption
Keep it subtle
Not pretentious
Know who I'm repping
I plan to make it all the way out these trenches

Who's insecure
With all that's left to cure
As girls, we must endure
As we grow fast
We flourish first
Getting by
Don't feel you must rehearse
Commit to living life
Forego the standing by
The pressure's where it hurts
A blessing in disguise
Pass on to little girls
All you mustn't hide
Every limp you felt
And every run you walked with the slightest bit of pride
All the messages you took in when they weren't nice
This a daily fight
For a woman and her rights
I'm just getting by
Knowing what I'll see when l look in hindsight

Just getting by by
Hmmm
Just getting by by
Ooooh ouuu
Just getting by
Just getting by
Just getting by

I don't like being on stand by
I choose to live to get by
I don't need proof
I don't need you