Alicia Keys — New Day Live from VH1 Storytellers

[Spoken Intro] So it's a new day for me And I've, you know, really been reflecting on that a lot Just in my life, you know I think that it's a new day for the world in so many ways I mean, for me personally I've learned so many things And I just really am kinda finding my center Which feels really good, just finding my center In regards to being the whole me I think sometimes maybe we're like a portion of ourselves in a way You know what I mean? And I think I personally have been a portion of myself in a lot of ways for many years, just for different reasons, you know But now, I feel like I've really stepped into my whole self And so I'm proud to be in that place So it's definitely a new day for me So when I wrote this song It was really about my own personal revolution, you know Yeah And it felt like a celebration, you know, 'cause it's like When you find that place, that freedom You gotta celebrate yourself, even in the smallest ways And I realized when my son was born and I named him Egypt I had no idea there was gonna be such a revolution in Egypt either, you know So I found that it's really a revolution of the world in so many ways And it's a new day for so many people So, I made it feel good to say [Chorus] Party people say, party people say Ayy, it's a new day, it's a new day The world is getting ready, everybody ready, yeah For a new day, for a new day Celebrate and say, ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy Ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy Ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy Ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy, ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy Celebrate and say, ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy Ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy Ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy Ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy, ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy Come on [Verse 1] It's alright to feel however you want to There's no limitation, no If you love your life, let me see your hands up one time Celebrate mine, 'cause I ain't gonna get no more So we can do this all night One time, everybody say ayy ayy oh (Oh oh) There's a feeling that I got that I can't give up Feeling in my heart that I can't get over I know that it's coming let the sun come up Tell me do you feel the same, everybody say [Chorus] Party people say, party people say Hey, it's a new day, it's a new day The world is getting ready, everybody ready, ayy For a new day, for a new day Celebrate and say, ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy Ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy Ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy Ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy, ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy [Bridge] Take a look in my eyes, can't you see I'm ready? Ayy, come along, let's get it, eh If you wanna touch the sky, hands in the air one time All night and all day I'ma live it loud like there's only one life Left to live it up, one life left to live it up [Pre-Chorus] There's a feeling that I got that I can't give up Feeling in my heart that I can't get over I know that it's coming, let the sun come up Tell me do you feel the same, everybody say [Chorus] Party people say, party people say Hey, it's a new day, it's a new day The world is getting ready, everybody ready, ayy For a new day, for a new day Celebrate and say, ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy Ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy Ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy Ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy, ayy ayy ayy ayy ayy [Outro] Yes It is a new day It's such a new day It's the most newest day there ever was Thank you