Some people ask me why always on the side When there's so much going on the other side It's like I in a bubble with no trouble And problems don't
I chuckle and tell them that ain't the at all It goes way back to the time when I was small Not in but size and age my papa use to say
You can look at the negative But you should live in the positive So I try everyday to that way Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Some people live in what was and what they could been As to living in a what is and how much they can And be the first to about nothing in life going their way The attitude is "that I can't do 'bout" And very happy just breathing in and out The ones that you say "lets go make a difference" They'll say "naw OK"
So I don't waste time on the side I do know the real on the flipside And I'm clear everyday that's why I say, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
When I see the And the sun is smiling down me I joy in the That still the ground is not 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 in seventy-five percent of what we read, hear and view Well I use to have a friend Minnie Riperton Who use to say when she was living "Like fine wine I like the glass of life as half full than half empty"
I'm saying sometimes life can't be But to the point of me saying I've had enough Long as my beats I ain't giving up why I say everyday Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
When ask me as an African American What do I see for tomorrow in the plan? Is it possible for all the people of the to co-exist?
I say unity is only as big as our And if its narrow, try to expand beyond the But true leaders must guide us through the ills of That in our way So if the road is to harmony, be with the But if its about discord, don't take the at all 'Cause the vision I see is the one-we for everybody Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
I see the morning And the sun is smiling down me joy in the blessing That the ground is not above me And for the you can truly say do love you, do feel Positivity, 'cause that's what life's to be Positivity, and that's the energy the needs Positivity, 'cause that's what life to me Positivity, 'cause day did not have to be Positivity, 'cause that's what life's to be Positivity, 'cause that's the energy the needs Positivity, that's what life's meant to be Positivity, and day did not have to be Positivity, that's what life means to me Positivity, and that's the the world needs Positivity, 'cause that's life's meant to be Positivity, and the energy the world needs