I used to pray every night
when I was younger
on my knees
folding hands with my mother
And my mother used to say
when she was younger
she used to go to bed
filled with hunger
That same hunger got her
working even harder
Got her travelin'
to Norway from Ghana
She said my son
we're blessed
Now let's say Our Father
Ups and downs
that's how life go
What's high
if you don't know low
So I try not to complain
Appreciate life
man I keep saying
Another day goes by
Another day goes by
and I
thank God that I'm alive
Another day goes by
Another day goes by
and I
thank God that I'm alive
I think I was about ten years old
watching the news with my dad
I didn't see nothin'
but tears and blood
and a bunch of people
looking so mad
That's war I was told
I said how
that ain't nothing like
the games I have
I couldn't grasp the sense
of an innocent child
dyin' by the hands
of a grown man
And while some kids
raised on cartoons
young girls making money
in dark rooms
we all deserve a decent meal
Why his belly so soft
Why she holding
that hard spoon
And where's my Head of State
If crime pays talk peace
still engage
in heavy arms trade
In the jungle
that we call Sin City
Wild life rules
survival of the fittest
Another day goes by
Another day goes by
and I
thank God that I'm alive
Another day goes by
Another day goes by
and I
thank God that I'm alive
Oh oh oh oh oh
Why ah ah ah ah
Yeah eh eh eh eh
Thank God that I'm alive
Oh oh oh oh oh
Why ah ah ah ah
Yeah eh eh eh eh
Thank God that I'm alive