Positivity - UK Radio Edit

Some people ask me why always on the bright side
When there's so much going on down the other side
It's like I live in a bubble with no trouble
And problems don't exist

I chuckle and tell them that ain't the case at all
It goes way back to the time when I was very small
Not in mind but size and age my papa use to say

You can always look at the negative
But you should always live in the positive
So I try every day to live that way

Yeah, yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), hey

Some people live in the what was and what they could have been
As opposed to living in a what is and how much they can
And be the first to complain about nothing in life going their way
The attitude is, "That I can't do nothing 'bout"

And very happy with just breathing in and out
Then one day when you say, "Lets go make a difference"
They'll say, "Naw that's okay"

So I don't waste time on the trip side
'Cause I do know the real on the flipside
And I'm crystal clear everyday that's why I say

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Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), hey

When I see the morning
And the sun is smiling down upon me
I joy in my blessing

That still the ground is not above me
And for the people
That I can truly say do love me, I feel

Positivity ('cause that's what life's meant to be)
Positivity ('cause this day did not have to be)

Some ask me why am I such an optimist
When it's more fashionable be a pessimist
From what's in seventy-five percent of what we read, hear and view

Well I use to have a friend named Minnie Riperton
Who used to always sing when she was living
"Like fine wine I like seeing the glass of life as half full than half empty"

I'm not saying sometimes life can't be rough
But never to the point of me saying I've had enough
Long as my heart beats I ain't giving up
That's why I say every day

Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), hey

When people ask me as an African American
What do I see for tomorrow in the human plan?
Is it possible for all the people of the world to co-exist?

I say unity is only as big as our vision
And if it's narrow, try to expand beyond the horizon
But true leaders must guide us through the ills of society
That stand in our way

So if the road is to harmony, be with the call
But if it's about discord, don't take the ride at all
'Cause the world vision I see is the one-we for everybody, yeah

Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), hey

When you see the morning
And the sun is smiling down upon me
Just joy in the blessing

That still the ground is not above me
And for the people, oh
That you can truly say do love you, do feel

Positivity ('cause that's what life's meant to be)
Positivity (and that's the energy the world needs)
Positivity ('cause that's what life means to me)
Positivity