Lyrics It's A New Day - Heavy D. & The Boyz

It's A New Day

Yeah, another day in the ghetto
(It's a new day)
Mm, uh, well alright
(It's a new day)
Yeah, another day in the ghetto
(It's a new day)
Uh, yeah, well alright
Niggas killin' niggas whatcha figure with your finger on the trigger
You could be a bigger big-money, big-willy gettin' nigga
It’s a shame the way you live, you give grief
All things must change so when will we have peace
(A piece? of what) Of a mind in this country
I’m really sick and tired of hearin' «Mamma I’m hungry»
Or «Mamma please tell me when will Papa come home?»
Papa never comes home, papa’s a rolling stone
Hey, sometimes I picture selling drugs but then again
I known a friend who sold drugs in the fed pen
So I just sit back and bounce and count the amounts
And young brothers die from a drug dealer’s ounce
Of coke or dope, that some little black kid smoke
Might as well pass a rope, so we can hang ourselves
Get a gat and bang ourselves
Killed another brother, and just damn ourselves
(It's a new day)
Whoo!
Another day in the ghetto (tell 'em)
(It's a new day)
Uh, uh, yeah that’s right
(It's a new day)
Another day in the ghetto
(It's a new day)
Uh, uh
A-yo, black on the block sellin' rocks
He was trapped with a MAC and a baseball cap
To the back, in pursuit of the loot, he was true
With his troop, meet his crew, on the block where they sold
In order to keep in order manslaughter
Pat a brother down, make sure there’s no tape recorder
But yo don’t flex, 'cause here’s what next
X got a Tec and he’s pressed to catch wreck
My mans around the block with a Glock that’s half-cocked
Who care about a cop?
A cop could get popped
Some kids in hoodies had the goodies
Now could he or would he be a part of a neighborhood hood hoodies
'Cause in his mind there’s a picture, of how to get richer
Big dollar signs, numbers and figures
Feelin' kinda bitchy, itchy finger on the trigger
Pop goes a gat, down goes another nigga, on the block
(It's a new day)
That’s how it is, in the ghetto
(It's a new day)
Uh (tell 'em) yeah, another day in the ghetto
(It's a new day)
(Tell 'em) Huh, my, my, my (aww yeah)
(It's a new day)
Uh, yeah, another day in the ghetto
Three in the mornin' everything is going swell
Yo what the hell, that’s the bell
Open up the door, it’s my man, «Yo what’sup pops?»
«Yo Hev I got some bad news, your brothers been shot»
Damn, jetted to the hospital, prayin' for a miracle
Lord I’ll know he’ll make it see, my brother’s kinda physical
Drippin' with sweat, but I won’t tell my moms yet
See moms is under pressure and she’ll just be a wreck
Racin' in the hallway, ran into the doc
«Yo Doc, what’s his chances son?»
(«His chances ain’t a lot»)
Leaped into the room but I can’t describe the pain
See I knew it was my brother but he didn’t look the same
Somehow I got the nerve to put my hands upon his chest
Felt the tear from my eye as I felt breathe
And all I really remembered is the words from my mother
My baby’s gonna die, and now I miss my brother
(It's a new day)
That’s how it is, it’s in the ghetto
(It's a new day)
Yeah
(It's a new day)
You’re hearin' it live
(It's a new day)
From the Heavster
(It's a new day)
Based on a true story
(It's a new day)
About my cousin
(It's a new day)
Tony Meyers
(It's a new day)
Rest in peace
(It's a new day)
From Pete Rock and Heavy D
We love ya, peace
…I make people happy
I’ll tell you something
On the last album, Peaceful Journey
I was going through this real depressing stage
Where it was like, you know I just lost Troy, my dancer T-Roy
My best friend from when I was eight, 17 or 18 years
Prior to that a year, before that, a year prior to that, I lost my older
brother, my oldest brother
This is a man who taught me… everything, basically
Ya know it was my oldest brother and I’m the youngest
He was shot and killed