Wyclef Jean Lyrics

Album: Unknown

New Day Lyrics

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 your lying in a black tux

 Trust me

 

 We don't need no education 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 and he got shot, oh Lord

 

 Turn on the television

 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

 

 [1] - Keep your head up

 (Uh 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

 

 (Ooh) It's real son

 (Ooh) 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

 Oh, oh turn around and look at the hour glass

 I gotta get it straight

 Before it's too late

 Cause I don't wanna be behind that gates

 

 Keep your head up

 (Uh keep your head up)

 Cause a new day will come

 (Uh-huh, uh-huh)

 And look towards the sun

 Even when the darkness shall come

 

 [2] - 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

 

 (Ooh) It's real son, alright

 (Ooh) Can't flee

 (Ooh)All my people doing time

 (Ooh)People in the back playing cards

 (Ooh)Don't lose your money yeah

 Yeah tell them don't lose your money, c'mon, c'mon

 

 [Repeat 1]

 

 [Repeat 2]

 

 (Ooh) For my people doing time (alright)

 (Ooh) For my people doing time (alright)