Be an Optimist

I was left to my own devices

Many days fell away with nothing to show

And the walls kept tumbling down

In the city that we love

Great clouds roll over the hills

Bringing darkness from above

But if you close your eyes,

Does it almost feel like

Nothing changed at all?

And if you close your eyes,

Does it almost feel like

You've been here before?

How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

We were caught up and lost in all of our vices

In your pose as the dust settles around us

And the walls kept tumbling down

In the city that we love

Rain clouds roll over the hills

Bringing darkness from above

But if you close your eyes,

Does it almost feel like

Nothing changed at all?

And if you close your eyes,

Does it almost feel like

You've been here before?

How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

Oh where do we begin?

The rubble or our sins?

Oh where do we begin?

The rubble or our sins?

And the walls kept tumbling down

In the city that we love

Rain clouds roll over the hills

Bringing darkness from above

But if you close your eyes,

Does it almost feel like

Nothing changed at all?

And if you close your eyes,

Does it almost feel like

You've been here before?

How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

How am I gonna be an optimist about this?

But if you close your eyes,

Does it almost feel like

Nothing changed at all?

Songwriters
SMITH, DANIEL

Wings (are made to fly)

[All]

Mama told me not to waste my life

She said spread your wings my little butterfly

Don't let what they say keep you up at night

And if they give you sh ....

Then they can walk on by

My feet, feet can't touch the ground

And I can't hear a sound

But you just keep on running up your mouth, yeah

Walk, walk on over there

'Cause I'm too fly to care, oh yeah

[All]

Your words don't mean a thing

I'm not listening

Keep talking, all I know Is, yeah

(Chorus)

Mama told me not to waste my life

She said spread your wings my little butterfly

Don't let what they say keep you up at night

And they can't detain you

'Cause wings are made to fly

And we don't let nobody bring us down

No matter what you say it won't hurt me

Don't matter if I fall from the sky

These wings are made to fly

(Hey,hey,woo!)

I'm firing up on that runway

I know we're gonna get there someday

But we don't need no ready steady go, no

Talk, talk turns into air

And I don't even care, oh yeah

[All]

Your words don't mean a thing

I'm not listening

Keep talking, all I know is

(Chorus)

I don't need no one saying hey, hey, hey, hey

I don't hear no one saying hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

You better keep on walking

I don't wanna hear your talking, Boy

You better keep on walking

I don't wanna hear your talking, Boy

[All]

Your words don't mean a thing

I'm not listening

They're just like water

off my wings

(Chorus)

Songwriters

BUTLER, MISCHKE J. / JAMES, IAIN / BARNES, THOMAS ANDREW SEARLE / KELLEHER, PETER NORMAN CULLEN / KOHN, BEN / NURI, ERIKA F. / EDWARDS, PERRIE / NELSON, JESY / LEWIS, MICHELLE ROBIN / PINNOCK, LEIGH ANNE / ROJAS, HEIDI LISSETT / THIRLWALL, JADE

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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

It's a New Day

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I went asleep last night 
Tired from the fight 
I've been fighting for tomorrow 
All my life 
Yea I woke up this morning 
Feeling brand new 
'Cause the dreams that I've been dreaming 
Has finally came true 

(CHORUS) 

It's a new day 
It's a new day 
It's a new day 
It's a new day 
It's a new day 

It's been a long time coming 
Up the mountain kept runnin' 
Souls of freedom kept hummin' 
Channeling Harriet Tubman 

Kennedy, Lincoln, and King 
We gotta maninvest in that dream 
It feels like we're swimming upstream 
It feels like we're stuck inbetween 
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)

It's been a long time waitin' 
Waiting for this moment 
It's been a long time praying 
Praying for this moment 

We hope for this moment 
And now that we own it 
For life I ma hold it 
And I won’t let it go 

It's for 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 

It's time for unity 
For us and we 
That's you and me together 

I woke up this morning 
Feeling brand new 
'Cause the dreams that I've been dreaming 
Have finally came true 
Yea, I woke up this morning 
Feeling alright 

'Cause we weren't fighting for nothing 
And the soldiers weren't fighting 
For nothing 
No, Martin wasn't dreaming for nothing 
And Lincoln didn't change it for nothing 
And children weren't crying for nothing 

Saturday Song #2

SONG #2: 

Well, I wear my clothes like this because I can

And I wear my hair like this because I can

And I walk around like this because I can

and I do my thing like this cuz its who I am.

And if you're expecting me, to give you an apology for being nothing that you're used to

Well go right on ahead and wait, hold your breath and concentrate. 

Keep holding 'til your face turns blue.

My road, it ain't your road but trust I know (I know just where I'm going)

My flow, it ain't your flow but trust I know (I know just how I'm flowing)

I'ma do my thing (I'ma do my thing)

Please feel free to hate and complain

I'ma do my thing

Say what you like because this one ain't gonna change

I'ma do my thing

{janelle}

I can't wear my clothes like you, because I'm not

I can't do my hair like you, because I'm not

I can't walk around like you, because I'm not

I can't do my thing like you, well that just ain't hot

And if you're expecting me, to give you an apology for being nothing like you're used to

Well go right on ahead and wait, hold your breath and concentrate. 

Keep holding 'til your face turns blue.

My road, it ain't your road but trust I know (I know just where I'm going)

My flow, it aint your flow but trust I know (I know just how I'm flowing)

I'ma do my thing (I'ma do my thing)

So please feel free to hate and complain

I'ma do my thing

And say what you like because this one ain't gonna change

I'ma do my thing

You don't know where I'm going, and so you think I'm lost

I ain't on your page ok, so to you that means I'm off.

When I dance, I dance to the beat of a drummer that you can't hear and can't see

So if I look offbeat to you, well the problem must be you, not me

Irregular but never irrelevant, unusual but never uncool.

You're not cut from my cloth so you don't get me. Well, I don't get you.

Either a believer of the fact that unique equals love.

Am I going to fast for you? Open your mind and speed up.

My road, it ain't your road but trust I know (I know just where I'm going)

My flow, it ain't your flow but trust I know (I know just how I'm flowing)

I'ma do my thing (I'ma do my thing)

So please feel free to hate and complain

I'ma do my thing

And say what you like because this one ain't gonna change

I'ma do my thing

Songwriters: SMITH, SHAFFER / KURTISS, WARREN / SNODDY, MIYKAL / REYNOLDS, TYJILLA

Published by: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group