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Stevie Wonder

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Some people ask me why always on the bright sideWhen there's so much going on down the other sideIt's like I live in a bubble with no troubleAnd problems don't existI chuckle and tell them that ain't the case at allIt goes way back to the time when I was very smallNot in mind but size and age my papa use to sayYou can always look at the negativeBut you should always live in the positiveSo I try everyday to live that wayYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahSome people live in what was and what they could have beenAs opposed to living in a what is and how much they canAnd be the first to complain about nothing in life going their wayThe attitude is “that I can't do nothing ‘bout”And very happy with just breathing in and outThe ones that when you say “lets go make a difference”They'll say “naw that's OK”So I don't waste time on the trip side'Cause I do know the real on the flipsideAnd I'm crystal clear everyday that's why I say, yeahYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahWhen I see the morningAnd the sun is smiling down upon meI joy in the blessingThat still the ground is not above meAnd for the peopleThat I can truly say do love me, I feelPositivity, ‘cause that's what life's meant to bePositivity, ‘cause this day did not have to beSome ask me why I'm such an optimistWhen it's more fashionable be a pessimistFrom what’s in seventy-five percent of what we read, hear and viewWell I use to have a friend named Minnie RipertonWho use to always say when she was living“Like fine wine I like seeing the glass of life as half full than half empty”I'm saying sometimes life can't be roughBut never to the point of me saying I've had enoughLong as my heart beats I ain’t giving upThat's why I say everydayYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahWhen people ask me as an African AmericanWhat 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 visionAnd if its narrow, try to expand beyond the horizonBut true leaders must guide us through the ills of societyThat stands in our waySo if the road is to harmony, be with the callBut if its about discord, don't take the ride at all’Cause the world vision I see is the one-we for everybodyYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahWhen I see the morningAnd the sun is smiling down upon meJust joy in the blessingThat still the ground is not above meAnd for the peopleThat you can truly say do love you, do feelPositivity, ‘cause that's what life's meant to bePositivity, and that’s the energy the world needsPositivity, ‘cause that's what life means to mePositivity, ‘cause this day did not have to bePositivity, ‘cause that's what life's meant to bePositivity, ‘cause that’s the energy the world needsPositivity, ‘cause that's what life's meant to bePositivity, and this day did not have to bePositivity, ‘cause that's what life means to mePositivity, and that’s the energy the world needsPositivity, ‘cause that's what life's meant to bePositivity, and that’s the energy the world needs

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