Good to Be Alive Today-Michael Franti & Spearhead

[00:02.00] [00:07.43]It's a long road oh [00:10.39] [00:12.85]Everyday I wake up and turn my phone on [00:15.46]I read the news of the day just as it's coming down [00:18.55]I do my best not to let it get me down [00:21.47]I try to keep my head up but this is Babylon [00:24.51]This world's in crisis we try to fight it this changing climate [00:27.54]The scientists and politicians divided by it [00:30.55]So many ways we could solve it but they would never sign it [00:33.56]This mountains tumbling down but still we try to climb it [00:36.63]It's in the Torah Quran and in the bible [00:39.51]Love is the message for some how we turn to rivals [00:42.53]It's come to people always picking up their rifles [00:45.50]Another school getting shot up homicidal [00:48.54]Some people tryna look fly some people tryna get high [00:51.55]Some people losing their mind some people tryna get by [00:54.65]And when you look in my eyes you see the sign of the times [00:57.82]We all looking for the same thing [00:59.59]But what if this song's number one [01:02.56]Would it mean that love had won [01:05.47]Would it mean that the world was saved [01:07.95] [01:08.57]And no guns are being drawn today [01:10.85] [01:11.45]What if everybody had a job [01:13.83] [01:14.45]And nobody had to break a law [01:16.96] [01:17.57]What if everyone could say [01:20.97] [01:22.29]That it's good to be alive today [01:24.63] [01:25.45]Oh oh oh oh [01:28.33]Is it good to be alive today [01:30.53] [01:31.36]Oh oh oh [01:33.70] [01:34.28]Is it good to be alive today [01:36.59] [01:37.33]Oh oh oh oh [01:39.85] [01:40.37]Is it good to be alive today [01:42.55] [01:43.31]Oh oh oh [01:45.76] [01:46.42]No matter what nobody say [01:48.13]People used to feel safer when they would hear a siren [01:51.52]Like help is on its way but now they only think of violence [01:54.69]Another youth in the streets and police is in a conflict [01:57.93]And now they hear the guns click yo [02:00.64]Ebola crisis and ISIS is taking heads off [02:03.52]A drone is bombing a village and now the kids all [02:06.51]Signing up to be soldiers but they all willing now [02:09.47]To do the killing now now are you willing now [02:12.53]Some politicians out there making up some problems [02:15.52]And tryna tell the people that they can solve them [02:18.42]With TV shows and soundbites and quotes [02:21.25]But everybody knows that it's all about the cash flow [02:24.59]They telling you and me they're making progress [02:27.32]But tell it to the millions of jobless [02:30.52]It's like a players club with billions of dollars [02:33.46]To get the votes you got to make it rain in congress [02:36.64]Some people tryna look fly some people tryna get high [02:39.55]Some people losing their mind some people tryna get by [02:42.54]And when you look in my eyes you see the sign of the times [02:45.69]We all looking for the same thing [02:47.57]But what if this song's number one [02:49.99] [02:50.50]Would it mean that love had won [02:53.49]Would it mean that the world was saved [02:56.56]And no guns are being drawn today [02:59.44]What if everybody had a job [03:01.97] [03:02.58]And nobody had to break a law [03:04.95] [03:05.53]What if everyone could say [03:08.09] [03:10.20]That it's good to be alive today [03:12.58] [03:13.58]Oh oh oh oh [03:16.34]Is it good to be alive today [03:18.53] [03:19.41]Oh oh oh [03:22.29]Is it good to be alive today [03:24.68] [03:25.39]Oh oh oh oh [03:28.44]Is it good to be alive today [03:30.47] [03:31.39]Oh oh oh [03:34.03] [03:35.15]And we all say [03:36.15] [03:36.82]One day one day [03:38.61] [03:39.76]One day one day [03:42.66]One day all will say [03:45.19] [03:46.33]That it's good to be alive today [03:48.88]One day one day [03:51.70]One day one day [03:54.61]One day all will say [03:57.11] [03:58.29]That it's good to be alive today