What is “New Day” about?
"New Day" is a song of renewal, about letting yesterday's weight go and waking up with purpose. Kairo West draws on Sojourner Truth, who walked the road before him, and Nelson Mandela, who waited decades and still walked out smiling, as models of patience and forward motion, while the hook asks the sunrise to "wash the pain away." As the seventeenth track on Baldwin Bus Receipt, it offers a hopeful turn just before the closing title track.
New Day lyrics
Sun coming up and I can feel it in my chest
Sojourner walked the road so I could give my very best
Every new beginning is a chance to pass the test
New day on the horizon and I'm moving to the crest
Yesterday was heavy but I let it decompress
Woke up with a purpose and a hunger to progress
Building for the future not the temporary flex
New day new chapter new address
New day new day it's a brand new day
Wash the pain away let the sun come stay
New day new day we gon find a way
Everything is changing starting from today
Mandela waited decades still he walked out with a smile
Now I'm at the mic and every bar is worth the trial
Every step forward is a monumental mile
New day energy is spreading cross the aisle
Look at where we started look at where we at
Golden opportunity I'm swinging at the bat
Building with the dreamers never looking back at that
New day is a movement and it's bigger than a track
New day new day it's a brand new day
Wash the pain away let the sun come stay
New day new day we gon find a way
Everything is changing starting from today
The dawn is breaking through
Everything is starting new
New day new day it's a brand new day
Wash the pain away let the sun come stay
New day new day we gon find a way
Everything is changing starting from today