New Day

What we gon' do right now is go back, way back
Bring in the groove

I wanna dedicate this to those who never made it
From kindergarten to the 12th, I never graduated
Yo, but college wasn't for some of us, so we joined the service
I seen a kid get murdered in Nam listening to Elvis
But on the out looking in, things stay the same
But at the same vein, looking out, the whole world's changed
So keep your head up, don't get caught up in the fast bucks
And find your mom crying while you're lying in a black tux

"We don't need no education" (trust me)
Says a young man sitting in class (sitting in class)
School is out 3 o'clock on the dot
He had beef with some kids, the he got shot (baw), oh Lord
Turn on your television (uh-huh)
I'm watching Martin Luther King who had a dream
Oh, so take this dream and apply it to your life
Even though we know the ghetto's rough
But we got to

Keep your head up (uh, keep your head up)
'Cause a new day will come (uh-huh, uh-huh)
And look to the sun (look to the sun)
Even when the darkness shall come, oh-oh-oh
It's real son (oh-oh-oh)
To my people living life, it's real son

I turn the page, what's the news today
People getting fired, walking on a wire
Looting on the streets 'cause the kid's gotta eat (kid's gotta eat)
Oh, oh, turn around and look at the hour glass (oh)
I gotta get it straight before it's too late
'Cause I don't wanna be behind that gates (c'mon), no, no

So keep your head up (uh, keep your head up)
'Cause a new day will come (uh-huh, uh-huh)
And look to the sun
Even when the darkness shall come (all my people in the back)

Mama, mama, you know you raised me with no father figure (didn't ya)
I wanna take this time to thank you for giving me life, oh yeah (yeah)
Mama, mama, you know you raised me with no father figure (didn't ya)
I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life

Alright (oh-oh-oh)
It's real son, alright
Alright (oh-oh-oh)
Can't flee
Oh-oh (oh-oh-oh)
All my people doing time
People in the back playing cards (oh-oh-oh), don't lose your money
Yeah, tell them don't lose your money
C'mon, c'mon

Keep your head up (yo, keep your head up)
'Cause a new day will come (uh-huh, uh-huh)
And look towards the sun (look towards the sun)
Even when the darkness shall come (all my people in the back)

Mama, mama, you know you raised me with no father figure (didn't ya)
I wanna take this time to thank you for giving me life, oh yeah
Mama, mama, you know you raised me with no father figure (didn't ya)
I wanna take this time to thank you, even though I'm doing life

Alright (oh-oh-oh)
For my people doing time (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Alright (oh-oh-oh)
For my people doing time (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Alright (oh-oh-oh)
Alright (uh-huh, uh-huh) (oh-oh-oh)