The Day Lyrics - How I Got Over - The Roots

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 every day 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 Js, Baileys 

Slowing down my day before it picks up the pace 

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Beats playing since the night before 

Thinking 'bout writing songs 

Feeling exhausted from times we toured constant 

And plus the toxics 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 

Handpicked 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 

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'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 [incomprehensible] 

Is my only bonafide break from these confines 

I need a change of scenery like a mind tide 

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 

Twenty-ten is different than it was in nine-five 

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 

Before 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, liver 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 made it 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