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

[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 [03:41.09]