It's a New Day

WILL.I.AM

Dr. MAYA ANGELOU

“IT’S A NEW DAY”

by will.i.am

I WENT TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT
TIRED FROM THE FIGHT
I’VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR TOMORROW ALL MY LIFE
YEAH I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING BRAND NEW
‘CAUSE THE DREAMS THAT I’VE BEEN DREAMING HAS FINALLY CAME TRUE
IT’S A NEW DAY (5X)

VERSE 1

IT’S 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 I’M SWIMMING UPSTREAM
IT FEELS LIKE I’M STUCK IN BETWEEN
A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE WE’VE 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 CAN’T
AND WE SAID YES WE CAN
REMEMBER IT’S YOU AND ME TOGETHER

CHORUS

I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING ALRIGHT
I’VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR TOMORROW ALL MY LIFE
YEAH I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING BRAND NEW
‘CAUSE THE DREAMS THAT I’VE BEEN DREAMING HAS FINALLY COME TRUE
IT’S A NEW DAY (5X)

VERSE 2

IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME WAITING
WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT
IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME PRAYING
PRAYING FOR THIS MOMENT
AND HOPE FOR THIS MOMENT
AND NOW THAT WE OWN IT
CLOSER I’MA HOLD IT
AND I WON’T LET IT GO
THIS IS FOR OUR FATHERS, OUR BROTHERS, OUR FRIENDS WHO FOUGHT FOR REEDOM, OUR SISTERS OUR MOTHERS, WHO DIED FOR US TO BE IN THIS MOMENT
STOP AND CHERISH THIS MOMENT
STOP AND CHERISH THIS TIME
IT’S BEAUTIFUL AIN’T 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 I’VE BEEN DREAMING FINALLY COME TRUE
YEAH I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING ALRIGHT
‘CAUSE WE WASN’T FIGHTING FOR NOTHING
AND MALCOLM WASN’T FIGHTING FOR NOTHING
AND MARTIN WASN’T DREAMING FOR NOTHING
AND LINCOLN WASN’T TRYING FOR NOTHING
AND CHILDREN WASN’T CRYING FOR NOTHING
IT’S 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