Some people ask me why always on the bright side
When there's so much going down on the other side
It's like I live in a bubble with no trouble
And problems don't exist
I chuckle and tell them that ain't the case at all
It goes way back to the time when I was very small
Not in mind but size and age my papa use to say

You can always look at the negative
But you should always live in the positive
So I try everyday to live in that way
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)

Some people live in what was and what they could have been
As opposed to living in a what is and how much they can
And be the first to complain about nothing in life going their way
The attitude is that, "that I can't do nothing 'bout"
And very happy with just breathing in and out
The ones that when you say, "Lets go make a difference"
They'll say, "Naw that's okay"

So I don't waste time on the trip side
'Cause I do know the real on the flipside
And I'm crystal clear everyday that's why I say
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)

When I see the morning
And the sun is smiling down upon me
I join in the blessing
That still the ground is not above me
And for the people
That I can truly say do love me, I feel
Positivity, ('cause that's what life's meant to be)
Positivity, ('cause this day did not have to be)

Some ask me why am I such an optimist
When it's more fashionable be a pessimist
From what's in seventy-five percent of what we read, hear and view
Well I use to have a friend named Minnie Riperton
Who use to always say when she was living
"Like fine wine I like seeing the glass of life as half full than half empty"

I'm not saying sometimes life can't be rough
But never to the point of me saying I've had enough
Long as my heart beats I ain't giving up
That's why I say everyday
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)

When people ask me as an African American
What do I see for tomorrow in the human plan?
Is it possible for all the people of the world to co-exist?
I say unity is only as big as our vision
And if its narrow, try to expand beyond the horizon
But true leaders must guide us through the ills of society that stands in our way

So if the road is to harmony, be with the call
But if it's about discord, don't take the ride at all
'Cause the world vision I see is the one, we for everybody
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)

When you see the morning
And the sun is smiling down upon you
Just join in the blessing
That still the ground is not above you
And for the people
That you can truly say do love you, do feel
Positivity ('cause that's what life's meant to be)
Positivity (and that's the energy the world needs)
Positivity ('cause that's what life means to me)
Positivity ('cause this day did not have to be)
Positivity ('cause that's what life's meant to be)
Positivity 'cause that's the energy the world needs
Positivity ('cause that's what life's meant to be)
Positivity (and this day did not have to be) (sing with me Aisha)
Positivity ('cause that's what life means to me)
Positivity (and that's the energy the world needs)
Positivity, yeah, yeah, yeah ('cause that's what life's meant to be)
Positivity (and that's the energy the world needs)

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Writer(s): Stevie Wonder