Sunrise, Sunset - Molly Picon, Robert Merrill, London Festival Chorus, London Festival Orchestra & Stanley Black

Alarms buzzing, Biggie got me humming Bout to fake a sickie and do nothing My brother Micky gets me rushing Late for school but I'm still coming Get out of bed, grab my pencil lead Fuck textbooks I get my black-book instead Double dose coffee to wake me from the dead Spray on coats of Ralph Lauren, Polo red Out the door adios to my homestead Light a fag on the way to the station Rapping to an old school compilation Life fuzzy and music was my mediation I'm the curry of rap with more dedication Standing on the platform in my crap uniform Which my parents struggled to afford All I wanna do is sit home and record Please Lord make today a good day Wake up, wipe my sleep away Throw away what happened yesterday Cause today's gonna be a good day Cause today's gonna be a good day Cause today's gonna be a good day Cause today's gonna be a good day At school I wasn't seen as suitable I got to school late as usual Teachers saw me as a juvenile I spent most classes in the cubicle Writing lyrics that were beautiful I sat at the back, scribbling my raps Tryna disguise what was hidden in my bag I didn't revise for a single exam I'd rather get baked in Amsterdam Or sell flakes by the kilogram I guarantee this isn't meant for me At 7 I could foresee I was destine to be an MC Master in phonology My yapper got me in a lot of trouble Tried to fight it but I never had the muscle I could never sit still and act subtle I was good will but life was a puzzle Real struggle, anyway I hope today's a good day Wake up, wipe my sleep away Throw away what happened yesterday Cause today's gonna be a good day Cause today's gonna be a good day Cause today's gonna be a good day Cause today's gonna be a good day I packed my shit as the bell sounded Had to wait a bit, station crowded Authority omit, I was surrounded Little kids losing it, they all shouted Hopped off the train with the possi For a quick ciggie and a coffee Straight banter was a hobby Got home, it was dark and late Headed upstairs to delegate My time to record my EP See homework was ignored permanently Young kid with a big dream Some say bigger than Martin Luther King I say fuck sticking to the mainstream It's like Hip-Hop runs through my bloodstream This a regime of the slick supreme And like Wu-Tang I got the cream I'm as smooth as glass Take a quick photograph So you won't forget this ass And as the sun sets, I feel like I got my life set As I kick back listening to my cassette And I guess today was a good day Wake up, wipe my sleep away Throw away what happened yesterday Cause today's gonna be a good day Cause today's gonna be a good day Cause today's gonna be a good day

(Sunrise, sunset) (Sunrise, sunset) Is this the little girl I carried Is this the little boy at play? I don't remember growing older When did they? When did she get to be a beauty When did he grow to be so tall? Wasn't it yesterday that they were small? Sunrise, sunset Sunrise, sunset Swiftly flow the days Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers Blossoming even as they gaze Sunrise, sunset Sunrise, sunset Swiftly fly the years One season following another Laden with happiness and tears One season following another Laden with happiness and tears (Sunrise, sunset) (Sunrise, sunset)

Your daddy had a lakehouse He had me paint it that summer sophomore year Said I could stay for free A couple buddies, a couple weeks You rode in in a little red Honda And headed straight for the pier Tank top and cutoff jeans A little PacSun underneath Who knew it was 'bout to be Sunrise, sunburn, sunset, repeat Moonlight, all night, crashin' into me Nothin' will ever be easy as you and me Tangled up with nowhere to be Just sunrise, sunburn, sunset, repeat Sunrise, sunburn, sunset, repeat, ayy I turned those shutters the color of your eyes 'Til the day turned into night And took turns with a jar Turned that boat dock into a bar And then we passed the guitar around the fire to each other And watched all of our friends pair off with one another But we felt like the stars we were under And everybody knew that, that was our summer Sunrise, sunburn, sunset, repeat Moonlight, all night, crashin' into me Nothin' will ever be easy as you and me Tangled up with nowhere to be Just sunrise, sunburn, sunset, repeat Yeah Whoa oh, oh We set July on fire Whoa oh, oh Yeah, girl, you and I were Sunrise, sunburn, sunset, repeat (set repeat, set repeat, set repeat, set repeat) Sunrise, sunburn, sunset, repeat Moonlight, all night, crashin' into me Nothin' will ever be easy as you and me Tangled up with nowhere to be Just sunrise, sunburn, sunset, repeat Sunrise, sunburn, sunset, repeat Yeah Whoa oh, oh We set July on fire Whoa oh, oh Yeah, girl, you and I were Sunrise, sunburn, sunset, repeat Sunrise, sunburn, sunset, repeat