One Day

Album: Light (2009)
Charted: 85
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  • (Ooh ooh-hoo, ah ya, ah no ah ah oh)
    (One day, one day, one day)
    (Ah no oh oh oh)

    Sometimes I lay under the moon
    I thank God I'm breathin'
    Then I pray don't take me soon
    'Cause I am here for a reason

    Sometimes in my tears I drown
    But I never let it get me down
    So when negativity surrounds
    I know someday it'll all turn around because

    All my life I been waitin' for
    I been prayin' for, for the people to say
    That we don't want to fight no more
    They'll be no more wars
    And our children will play

    One day (one day), one day (one day), one day
    (Oh oh oh)
    One day (one day), one day (one day), one day
    (Oh oh oh)

    It's not about win or lose 'cause we all lose
    When they feed on the souls of the innocent
    Blood drenched pavement
    Keep on movin', though the waters stay ragin'

    In this maze you can lose your way, your way
    It might drive you crazy
    But don't let it phase you, no way, no way

    Sometimes in my tears I drown (I drown)
    But I never let it get me down (get me down)
    So when negativity surrounds (surrounds)
    I know someday it'll all turn around because

    All my life I been waitin' for (waitin' for)
    I been prayin' for (prayin' for), for the people to say
    That we don't want to fight no more (fight no more)
    They'll be no more wars (no more wars)
    And our children will play

    One day (one day), one day (one day), one day (oh oh oh oh)
    One day (oh oh oh)
    One day (one day), one day (one day), one day
    (Oh oh oh)

    One day this all will change
    Treat people the same
    Stop with the violence down with the hate
    One day we'll all be free and proud to be
    Under the same sun
    Singing songs of freedom like

    One day, one day
    (Oh oh oh)
    One day, one day
    (Oh oh oh)

    All my life I been waitin' for
    I been prayin' for, for the people to say
    That we don't want to fight no more
    They'll be no more wars
    And our children will play

    One day (one day), one day (one day), one day
    (Oh oh oh)
    One day (one day), one day (one day), one day
    (Oh oh oh)

    (Ooh ooh-hoo, ah ya, ah no ah ah oh)
    (One day, one day, one day)
    (Ah no oh oh oh) Writer/s: Ari Levine, Matthew Miller, Peter Gene Hernandez, Philip Martin II Lawrence
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Alon from Forest Hills, NyBruno Mars is also listed in credits for this song.
  • Alex from Ada, Ohi am doing this song for a project in history and it really is a comlicated song but i started listening to all of his music
  • Mark from Southern, Nh"'One Day' is the song I've been wanting to make since I started my career," Matisyahu told Spinner. "It is an anthem of hope with a big beat -- the kind of song that makes you bob your head and open your heart at the same time."
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