The Day - The Roots/Blu.mp3

[00:00.11](Chorus: Patty Cash)
[00:00.79]When I wake up, I look into the mirror
[00:12.98]I can see a clearer, vision
[00:16.78]I should start living today
[00:19.32]Cause today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
[00:24.53]Cause today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
[00:28.81](Blu)
[00:29.25]Yeah, it's like everyday I wake up, I stare into space and don't say much
[00:31.87]Peer in the mirror, feeling dead from the face up
[00:35.27]Coffee pots, cigarettes, morning Js, Baileys
[00:37.82]Slowing down my day before it picks up the pace
[00:40.26]Beats playing since the night before, thinking bout writing songs
[00:42.76]Feeling exhausted from times we toured constant
[00:45.47]And plus the toxics I sip got me tall
[00:47.71]Still tipsy, staring at the city from the spot we call Los Angeles
[00:50.26]Every day is like a blank canvas
[00:52.78]Carving my initials in the planet like I brand it
[00:55.42]Hand picked to live this life we take for granted
[00:57.83]Like a child with an upright bass, we can't stand it
[01:00.43]Smiling through the trouble we face, tryna manage
[01:03.01]My way without pumping my brakes and staying stagnant
[01:05.35]'Cause I can sit on my ass or just imagine
[01:08.01]The madness I did on my path and paint the canvas
[01:10.66](Chorus: Patty Cash)
[01:11.10]When I wake up, I look into the mirror
[01:13.88]I can see a clearer, vision
[01:17.40]I should start living today
[01:19.98]Cause today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
[01:24.80]Cause today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
[01:29.67](Black Thought)
[01:30.34]Before I rise and shine like a neon sign
[01:33.40]I need the girl of my dreams to give me Einstein
[01:36.10]And burn the marijuan' like Buju Banton
[01:38.43]Is my only bonafide break from these confines
[01:41.02]I need a change of scenery like a montage
[01:43.40]These kids bringing me the noise like the bomb squad
[01:45.93]And everybody coming at me from the blindside
[01:48.64]I'm tired, it's hard to open up my eyes wide
[01:51.47]I listen to some theme music on the iPod
[01:53.62]And walk around the crib doing little odd jobs
[01:56.16]Checking my breath, take a view from this high rise
[01:58.57]Feeling like I'm checking out a game from the sideline
[02:01.06]I got to try different things in these trying times
[02:03.67]Twenty-ten is different than it was in nine-five
[02:06.14]It's come alive time, I picked a fine time
[02:08.67]For getting open off life like a fine wine
[02:11.23](Chorus: Patty Cash)
[02:11.57]When I wake up, I look into the mirror
[02:14.51]I can see a clearer, vision
[02:18.16]I should start living today
[02:20.28]Cause today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
[02:24.34]Cause today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
[02:29.34](Phonte)
[02:30.05]Uh, yeah, Sunday morning, plan my day out
[02:34.08]Whole new blueprint, brand new layout
[02:36.59]Deep down still don't know if it'll play out
[02:38.77]But the first time, feel like I done found a way out
[02:41.39]Skin getting clearer and it feel like I lost weight
[02:43.89]Stop and say a prayer for the times I lost faith
[02:46.43]Troubles of the world had me in a cross-face
[02:48.87]Chicken-wing, sickening, liver so off-base
[02:51.67]But now it's like I'm in the last lap of the car chase
[02:53.97]And I finally understand my right to choose
[02:56.44]My preacher man told me it could always be worse
[02:59.06]Even a three-legged dog still got three good legs to lose
[03:02.80]So you can stop and refresh the rules
[03:04.03]Breathe in, breathe out, let it heal all your exit wounds
[03:06.56]Something inside said that's the move
[03:09.01]And maybe today, I'll restart fresh and new
[03:11.43](Chorus: Patty Cash)
[03:11.72]When I wake up, I look into the mirror
[03:14.91]I can see a clearer, vision
[03:18.79]I should start living today
[03:20.82]Cause today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
[03:26.39]Cause today is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
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