The Roots, Blu, Phonte, Patty Crash - The Day

[00:09.06] When I wake up, I look into the mirror [00:12.67] I can see a clearer vision [00:16.21] I should start living today [00:18.98] 'Cause today is gonna be the day [00:21.65] Is gonna be the day [00:24.31] 'Cause today is gonna be the day [00:26.23] Is gonna be the day [00:28.91] Yeah, it's like every day I wake up [00:30.77] I stare into space and don't say much [00:33.49] Peer in the mirror, feeling dead from the face up [00:35.30] Coffee pots, cigarettes, morning Js, Baileys [00:37.09] Slowing down my day before it picks up the pace [00:39.72] Beats playing since the night before [00:41.53] Thinking 'bout writing songs [00:43.48] Feeling exhausted from times we toured constant [00:45.25] And plus the toxics I sip got me tall [00:47.04] Still tipsy, staring at the city [00:48.80] From the spot we call Los Angeles [00:50.69] Every day is like a blank canvas [00:52.42] Carving my initials in the planet like I brand it [00:55.28] Handpicked to live this life we take for granted [00:57.95] Like a child with an upright bass, we can't stand it [00:59.72] Smiling through the trouble we face, tryna manage [01:02.41] My way without pumping my brakes and staying stagnant [01:05.12] 'Cause I can sit on my ass or just imagine [01:07.89] The madness I did on my path and paint the canvas [01:09.67] When I wake up, I look into the mirror [01:13.25] I can see a clearer vision [01:16.84] I should start living today [01:19.61] 'Cause today is gonna be the day [01:22.35] Is gonna be the day [01:24.10] 'Cause today is gonna be the day [01:26.88] Is gonna be the day [01:30.46] Before I rise and shine like a neon sign [01:33.18] I need the girl of my dreams to give me Einstein [01:35.84] And burn the marijuan' like [incomprehensible] [01:38.58] Is my only bonafide break from these confines [01:41.22] I need a change of scenery like a mind tide [01:43.05] These kids bringing me the noise like the bomb squad [01:45.76] And everybody coming at me from the blindside [01:48.51] I'm tired, it's hard to open up my eyes wide [01:51.25] I listen to some theme music on the iPod [01:53.05] And walk around the crib doing little odd jobs [01:55.73] Checking my breath, take a view from this high rise [01:58.48] Feeling like I'm checking out a game from the sideline [02:01.14] I got to try different things in these trying times [02:03.89] Twenty-ten is different than it was in nine-five [02:05.62] It's come alive time, I picked a fine time [02:08.34] For getting open off life like a fine wine [02:11.08] When I wake up, I look into the mirror [02:13.75] I can see a clearer vision [02:16.44] I should start living today [02:20.03] 'Cause today is gonna be the day [02:22.88] Is gonna be the day [02:24.65] 'Cause today is gonna be the day [02:27.35] Is gonna be the day [02:30.18] Uh, yeah, Sunday morning, plan my day out [02:33.72] Whole new blueprint, brand new layout [02:36.41] Deep down still don't know if it'll play out [02:39.11] Before the first time, feel like I done found a way out [02:40.94] Skin getting clearer and it feel like I lost weight [02:43.67] Stop and say a prayer for the times I lost faith [02:46.42] Troubles of the world had me in a cross-face [02:48.22] Chicken-wing, sickening, liver so off-base [02:50.93] But now it's like I'm in the last lap of the car chase [02:53.61] And I finally understand my right to choose [02:56.37] My preacher man told me it could always be worse [02:59.12] Even the three-legged dog still got three good legs to lose [03:01.83] So you can stop and refresh the rules [03:03.63] Breathe in, breathe out, let it heal all your exit wounds [03:06.38] Something inside said that's the move [03:09.05] And made it today, I'll restart fresh and new [03:11.79] When I wake up, I look into the mirror [03:14.44] I can see a clearer vision [03:18.99] I should start living today [03:20.77] 'Cause today is gonna be the day [03:23.48] Is gonna be the day [03:26.28] 'Cause today is gonna be [03:28.00] The day is gonna be [03:29.83] The day is gonna be [03:31.67] The day is gonna be [03:32.56] The day is gonna be [03:34.36] The day is gonna be [03:35.21] The day is gonna be [03:36.14] The day is gonna be [03:38.02] The day is gonna be [03:38.97]