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

When I wake up, I look into the mirror
I can see a clearer, vision
I should start living today
Cause today is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day
Cause today is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day

Yeah, it's like everyday I wake up
I stare into space and don't say much
Peer in the mirror
Feeling dead from the face up
Coffee pots, cigarettes, morning J's, Baileys
Slowing down my day before it
Picks up the pace
Beats playing since the night before
Thinking about writing songs
Feeling exhausted from times
We toured constant
And plus the toxins I sip got me tall
Still tipsy, staring at the city from the
Spot we call Los Angeles
Every day is like a blank canvas
Carving my initials in the planet
Like I brand it
Hand picked to live this life
We take for granted
Like a child with an upright bass
We can't stand it
Smiling through the trouble we face
Tryna manage my way without pumping my
Brakes and staying stagnant
Cause, I can sit on my ass or just imagine
The madness I did on my
Path and paint the canvas
When I wake up, I look into the mirror
I can see a clearer, vision
I should start living today
Cause today is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day
Cause today is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day

Before I rise and shine like a neon sign
I need the girl of my
Dreams to give me Einstein
And burn the marijuan' like Buju Banton
It's my only bonafide break
From these confines
I need a change of scenery like a montage
These kids bringing me the noise
Like the Bomb Squad
And everybody coming at me from the blindside
I'm tired, it's hard to open up my eyes wide
I listen to some theme music on the iPod
And walk around the crib
Doing little odd jobs checking my breath
Take a view from this high rise
Feeling like I'm checking out a
Game from the sideline
I got to try different things
In these trying times
2010 is different than it was in '9-5
It's come alive time, I picked a fine time
For getting open off life like a fine wine

When I wake up, I look into the mirror
I can see a clearer, vision
I should start living today
Cause today is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day
Cause today is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day

Uh, yeah, Sunday morning, plan my day out
Whole new blueprint, brand new layout
Deep down still don't know if it'll play out
But for the first time
Feel like I done found a way out
Skin getting clearer and it feel
Like I lost weight stop and say a prayer for
The times I lost faith
Troubles of the world had me in a cross-face
Chicken-wing, sickening, living so off base
But now it's like I'm in the
Last lap of the car chase
And I finally understand my right to choose
My preacher man told me it
Could always be worse
Even the three legged dog still got
Three good legs to lose
So you can stop and refresh the rules
Breathe in, breathe out
Let it heal all your exit wounds
Something inside said that's the move
And maybe today I'll restart fresh and new

When I wake up, I look into the mirror
I can see a clearer, vision
I should start living today
Cause today is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day
Cause today is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day, is gonna be the day
Is gonna be the day