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

[ti:The Day] [ar:The Roots] [al:How I Got Over] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Day - The Roots/Blu/Phonte/Patty Crash [00:09.83]When I wake up I look into the mirror [00:13.94]I can see a clearer vision [00:17.73]I should start living today [00:19.82]'Cause today is gonna be the day [00:21.92]Is gonna be the day [00:23.71] [00:24.76]'Cause today is gonna be the day [00:26.98]Is gonna be the day [00:28.37] [00:28.98]Yeah it's like every day I wake up [00:31.10]I stare into space and don't say much [00:32.99]Peer in the mirror feeling dead from the face up [00:35.42]Coffee pots cigarettes morning is baileys [00:37.96]Slowing down my day before it picks up the pace [00:40.58]Beats playing since the night before [00:41.88]Thinking 'bout writing songs [00:43.05]Feeling exhausted from times we toured constant [00:45.87]And plus the toxics I sip got me tall [00:47.74]Still tipsy staring at the city [00:49.33]From the spot we call Los Angeles [00:51.25]Every day is like a blank canvas [00:53.38]Carving my initials in the planet like I brand it [00:55.70]Handpicked to live this life we take for granted [00:58.11]Like a child with an upright bass we can't stand it [01:00.80]Smiling through the trouble we face tryna manage [01:02.89]My way without pumping my brakes and staying stagnant [01:06.07]'Cause I can sit on my a** or just imagine [01:08.13]The madness I did on my path and paint the canvas [01:10.43]When I wake up I look into the mirror [01:14.57]I can see a clearer vision [01:18.41]I should start living today [01:20.35]'Cause today is gonna be the day [01:22.70]Is gonna be the day [01:24.29] [01:25.46]'Cause today is gonna be the day [01:27.63]Is gonna be the day [01:29.12] [01:31.43]Before I rise and shine like a neon sign [01:33.72]I need the girl of my dreams to give me Einstein [01:36.43]And burn the m*******a like Buju Banton [01:38.36]Is my only bonafide break from these confines [01:41.34]I need a change of scenery like a mind tide [01:44.01]These kids bringing me the noise like the bomb squad [01:46.61]And everybody coming at me from the blindside [01:48.89]I'm tired it's hard to open up my eyes wide [01:51.42]I listen to some theme music on the iPod [01:53.87]And walk around the crib doing little odd jobs [01:56.45]Checking my breath take a view from this high rise [01:59.01]Feeling like I'm checking out a game from the sideline [02:01.41]I got to try different things in these trying times [02:04.40]Twenty ten is different than it was in nine five [02:06.79]It's come alive time I picked a fine time [02:09.13]For getting open off life like a fine wine [02:11.02]When I wake up I look into the mirror [02:15.13]I can see a clearer vision [02:18.40] [02:18.99]I should start living today [02:20.95]'Cause today is gonna be the day [02:23.20]Is gonna be the day [02:25.00] [02:26.07]'Cause today is gonna be the day [02:28.24]Is gonna be the day [02:29.67] [02:30.37]Uh yeah Sunday morning plan my day out [02:34.35]Whole new blueprint brand new layout [02:36.89]Deep down still don't know if it'll play out [02:39.42]Before the first time feel like I done found a way out [02:41.74]Skin getting clearer and it feel like I lost weight [02:44.29]Stop and say a prayer for the times I lost faith [02:46.76]Troubles of the world had me in a cross face [02:49.36]Chicken wing sickening liver so off base [02:51.78]But now it's like I'm in the last lap of the car chase [02:54.65]And I finally understand my right to choose [02:56.90]My preacher man told me it could always be worse [02:59.44]Even the three legged dog still got three good legs to lose [03:02.30]So you can stop and refresh the rules [03:04.28]Breathe in breathe out let it heal all your exit wounds [03:07.37]Something inside said that's the move [03:09.23]And made it today I'll restart fresh and new [03:11.55]When I wake up I look into the mirror [03:15.80]I can see a clearer vision [03:19.59]I should start living today [03:21.62]'Cause today is gonna be the day [03:23.87]Is gonna be the day [03:25.31] [03:26.74]'Cause today is gonna be [03:28.21]The day is gonna be [03:29.56]The day is gonna be [03:30.76]The day is gonna be [03:32.04]The day is gonna be [03:33.28]The day is gonna be [03:34.59]The day is gonna be [03:35.80]The day is gonna be [03:36.97]The day is gonna be