[00:05.37]Some people ask me why always on the bright side
[00:07.75]When there's so much going on down the other side
[00:10.12]It's like I live in a bubble with no trouble
[00:12.09]And problems don't exist
[00:15.05]I chuckle and tell them that ain't the case at all
[00:17.43]It goes way back to the time when I was very small
[00:19.73]Not in mind but size and age my papa use to say
[00:24.48]You can always look at the negative
[00:26.86]But you should always live in the positive
[00:29.31]So I try everyday to live that way
[00:32.51]Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[00:40.79]...
[00:41.79]..
[00:42.79].
[00:43.79]Some people live in what was and what they could have been
[00:46.16]As opposed to living in a what is and how much they can
[00:48.60]And be the first to complain about nothing in life going their way
[00:53.40]The attitude is "that I can't do nothing 'bout"
[00:55.70]And very happy with just breathing in and out
[00:58.05]The ones that when you say "lets go make a difference"
[01:00.05]They'll say "naw that's OK"
[01:02.93]So I don't waste time on the trip side
[01:05.24]'Cause I do know the real on the flipside
[01:07.57]And I'm crystal clear everyday that's why I say,yeah
[01:12.72]Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[01:17.46]...
[01:18.46]..
[01:19.46].
[01:20.46]When I see the morning
[01:25.72]And the sun is smiling down upon me
[01:30.13]I joy in the blessing
[01:35.39]That still the ground is not above me
[01:40.07]And for the people
[01:44.94]That I can truly say do love me, I feel
[01:49.78]Positivity, 'cause that's what life's meant to be
[01:54.61]Positivity, 'cause this day did not have to be
[02:07.08]...
[02:08.08]..
[02:09.08].
[02:10.08]Some ask me why I'm such an optimist
[02:12.44]When it's more fashionable be a pessimist
[02:14.97]From what's in seventy-five percent of what we read, hear and view
[02:19.18]Well I use to have a friend named Minnie Riperton
[02:22.07]Who use to always say when she was living
[02:24.58]"Like fine wine I like seeing the glass of life as half full than half empty"
[02:29.29]I'm saying sometimes life can't be rough
[02:31.65]But never to the point of me saying I've had enough
[02:34.11]Long as my heart beats I ain't giving up
[02:36.21]That's why I say everyday
[02:38.46]Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[02:45.29]...
[02:46.29]..
[02:47.29].
[02:48.29]When people ask me as an African American
[02:50.81]What do I see for tomorrow in the human plan?
[02:53.37]Is it possible for all the people of the world to co-exist?
[02:57.94]I say unity is only as big as our vision
[03:00.39]And if its narrow, try to expand beyond the horizon
[03:03.01]But true leaders must guide us through the ills of society
[03:05.19]That stands in our way
[03:07.84]So if the road is to harmony, be with the call
[03:10.11]But if its about discord, don't take the ride at all
[03:12.47]'Cause the world vision I see is the one-we for everybody
[03:16.88]Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[03:22.00]...
[03:23.00]..
[03:24.00].
[03:25.00]When I see the morning
[03:30.64]And the sun is smiling down upon you
[03:34.99]Just joy in the blessing
[03:40.31]That still the ground is not above you
[03:44.71]And for the people
[03:49.83]That you can truly say do love you, do feel
[03:54.60]Positivity, 'cause that's what life's meant to be
[03:59.37]Positivity, and that's the energy the world needs
[04:04.37]Positivity, 'cause that's what life means to me
[04:08.97]Positivity, 'cause this day did not have to be