A Change Of Pace-Quincy Jones

There's never been a day When the world wasn't new When the sun did not rise Or the light break on through Things might get a little worse Before they get a little better But there's always clearer skies Stretching out beyond bad weather And the world holds its breath Just to see where we'll incline this time Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la I feel somethin' has shifted I know the story's changed In the window of a crisis We can build a better frame Come on and look inside you It's the best place to start And the greatest revolution Is a simple change of heart I can't put the sacred in such a little box Because it's not Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la There's no shame in learnin' somethin' When there's somethin' that must be learned But there's danger when we will not see What our actions earn Courage doesn't always shout But whispers and reminds When we get up one long mornin' And we try another time We tried yelling at each other It hasn't worked so well Throwing gas on a fire Never helped as far as I can tell Throwing stones cut deep A little kindness goes deeper still Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la Ha, la, la, la