(Chorus: Jessie Chen)
Party people say, party people say Ay it’s a new day, it’s a new day
World is gettin’ ready, everybody’s ready, yeah! For a new day, for a new day, celebrate and say A-A-A-A-A-A-A-Aye
(Verse 1: Andy B-B) I had trouble sleepin last night, thinkin’ bout the old me,
All the choices I’ve made and struggling with myself to see,
The past is like Euridice, I can’t be looking back at it,
Gotta stand up for myself, because there’s simply no time to sit.
Waking up this morning, I look outside and realized that,
People desperately need a break, but forgot to get a kit-kat,
So we all move on, taking crowded busses and trains,
Quite a few of us have looks, but nobody has brains.
I saw myself in a store window and couldn’t believe myself,
Eighteen years, it’s been way to long to be sitting on a shelf,
So I dust myself off, and turn my computer on,
Gotta work to succeed, soon as you see me I’m gone.
(Chorus)
(Verse 2: Andy B-B)
We could toast to my accomplishments, but why waste the time,
All my haters are looking backwards, and I’m on the climb,
I’m breaking news, y’all are just like dirty laundry,
You sit around and smell, just seeing y’all is a quandary.
So I brush the insults off like dust on a windowsill,
I worked hard for my money, hundred-dollar bills,
Everybody thinks the shoes are fit, try being in mine,
Try writing sophisticated and not cursing every line,
You can’t argue with an idiot, he can’t make any sense,
Sittin in a taxi, while I’m chillin in my Benz,
If you care about me, then you’re always my friend,
Some peeps are fakers, I want that conversation to end
(Chorus)
(Bridge: Jessie Chen)
Clocks on the wall It’s now or never at all I’m gonna give it my all, oh-oooh Whether I rise or fall, oh-oooh
(Verse 3: Andy B-B)
Like some stupid people I could say I’m the best in the game,
But I know I got work before people even know my name,
So I give it my all, and prepare for what’s in front on me,
I just float like a butterfly, and I sting like a bee,
I’m never scared of challenges, I take them on head-strong,
And if you think I’m stopping now, you’re undeniably wrong,
I could care less what you think, I’m my own person,
I paid time to be here, there’s no reimbursing me.
Wake up each morning, feeling stronger than the last,
I learn from my mistakes, but I’m not stuck in the past,
And so at the end of the day, no matter what they say,
I’m a stronger person, time to prepare for a new day.
(Chorus)
credits
from Introductions,
released January 28, 2014
Produced by RobVin
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