Some people ask me why on the bright side When there's so much going on down the other It's like I live in a with no trouble And problems exist
I and tell them that ain't the case at all It goes way back to the time when I was very Not in mind but size and age my use to say
You can look at the negative But you should always in the positive So I try everyday to live way Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
people live in what was and what they could have been As opposed to living in a what is and how they can And be the first to complain about nothing in life going way The attitude is "that I can't do 'bout" And very happy with breathing in and out The ones that you say "lets go make a difference" They'll say "naw OK"
So I waste time on the trip side 'Cause I do know the real on the And I'm clear everyday that's why I say, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
I see the morning And the sun is down upon me I joy in the still the ground is not above me And for the I can truly say do love me, I feel Positivity, 'cause that's what meant to be Positivity, 'cause this day did not to be
Some ask me why I'm an optimist When more fashionable be a pessimist From what's in seventy-five percent of what we read, and view I use to have a friend named Minnie Riperton Who use to always say when she was "Like fine wine I like seeing the glass of life as half than half empty"
I'm saying sometimes life can't be But never to the point of me saying I've had Long as my beats I ain't giving up That's why I say Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
people ask me as an African American What do I see for in the human plan? Is it possible for all the of the world to co-exist?
I say unity is only as big as our And if its narrow, try to beyond the horizon But true leaders must us through the ills of society stands in our way So if the road is to harmony, be the call But if its about discord, take the ride at all 'Cause the vision I see is the one-we for everybody Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
When I see the And the sun is smiling down me Just joy in the That still the ground is not me And for the you can truly say do love you, do feel Positivity, 'cause that's what meant to be Positivity, and that's the energy the world Positivity, 'cause that's what means to me Positivity, this day did not have to be Positivity, that's what life's meant to be Positivity, 'cause the energy the world needs Positivity, 'cause that's life's meant to be Positivity, and this day did not to be Positivity, that's what life means to me Positivity, and the energy the world needs Positivity, 'cause that's what meant to be Positivity, and that's the energy the world