ITS A NEW DAY

by will.i.am




I WENT TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT

TIRED FROM THE FIGHT

IVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR TOMORROW ALL MY LIFE

YEAH I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING BRAND NEW

CAUSE THE DREAMS THAT IVE BEEN DREAMING HAS FINALLY CAME TRUE

ITS A NEW DAY (5X)




VERSE 1




ITS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING

UP THE MOUNTAIN KEPT RUNNING

SONGS OF FREEDOM KEPT HUMMING

CHANNELING HARRIET TUBMAN

KENNEDY LINCOLN AND KING

WE GOTTA MANIFEST THAT DREAM

IT FEELS LIKE IM SWIMMING UPSTREAM

IT FEELS LIKE IM STUCK IN BETWEEN

A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE WEVE BEEN THROUGH THE HEARTACHES

AND LIVED THROUGH THE DARKEST DAYS

IF YOU AND I MADE IT THIS FAR WELL THEN HEY WE CAN MAKE IT ALL THE WAY

AND THEY SAID NO WE CANT

AND WE SAID YES WE CAN

REMEMBER ITS YOU AND ME TOGETHER




CHORUS




I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING ALRIGHT

IVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR TOMORROW ALL MY LIFE

YEAH I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING BRAND NEW

CAUSE THE DREAMS THAT IVE BEEN DREAMING HAS FINALLY COME TRUE

ITS A NEW DAY (5X)




VERSE 2




ITS BEEN A LONG TIME WAITING

WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT

ITS BEEN A LONG TIME PRAYING

PRAYING FOR THIS MOMENT

AND HOPE FOR THIS MOMENT

AND NOW THAT WE OWN IT

CLOSER IMA HOLD IT

AND I WONT LET IT GO

THIS IS FOR OUR FATHERS, OUR BROTHERS, OUR FRIENDS WHO FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM, OUR SISTERS OUR MOTHERS, WHO DIED FOR US TO BE IN THIS MOMENT

STOP AND CHERISH THIS MOMENT

STOP AND CHERISH THIS TIME

ITS BEAUTIFUL AINT IT

WE DID IT FOR HER AND HIM AND HE AND SHE AND YOU AND ME TOGETHER




CHORUS




YEAH I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING BRAND NEW

CAUSE THE DREAMS THAT IVE BEEN DREAMING FINALLY COME TRUE

YEAH I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING ALRIGHT

CAUSE WE WASNT FIGHTING FOR NOTHING

AND MALCOLM WASNT FIGHTING FOR NOTHING

AND MARTIN WASNT DREAMING FOR NOTHING

AND LINCOLN WASNT TRYING FOR NOTHING

AND CHILDREN WASNT CRYING FOR NOTHING




ITS A NEW DAY (7X)




Song Credits:

Produced by will.i.am

Written by: William Adams

Publisher: will.i.am music Inc admin. by Cherry River Music Inc. (BMI)

Drums: will.i.am

Rhodes, Piano: will.i.am

Keys: Lynette Williams

Guitar & Bass: Alain Whyte

Engineered by: will.i.am and Padriac Kerin

Mixed by: will.i.am

Recorded at Ethernet Studios, LA 2008




Video Credits:

Directed by Ben Mor

Editor: Chris Chynoweth

Assistant Editor: Matt Jameson

D.P.: David Rodgriguez

Effects: James Sutton

Video Editing: the Whitehouse Post (less info)