Why you wanna tell me how to live my life?
Who are you to tell me if it's black or white?
Mama, can you hear me? Try to understand
Is innocence the difference between a boy and a man?
My daddy lived the lie, that's just the price that he paid
Sacrificed his life just slavin' away

Oh, if there's one thing I hang onto
That gets me through the night
I ain't gonna do what I don't want to
I'm gonna live my life
Shinin' like a diamond, rollin' with the dice
Standin' on the ledge, I show the wind how to fly
When the world gets in my face, I say
Have a nice day
Have a nice day

Take a look around you, nothing's what it seems
We're livin' in the broken home of hopes and dreams
Let me be the first to shake a helpin' hand
Anybody brave enough to take a stand
I've knocked on every door, on every dead-end street
Lookin' for forgiveness, what's left to believe?

Oh, if there's one thing I hang onto
That gets me through the night
I ain't gonna do what I don't want to
I'm gonna live my life
Shinin' like a diamond, rollin' with the dice
Standin' on the ledge, I show the wind how to fly
When the world gets in my face I say
Have a nice day
Have a nice day

Oh, oh, if there's one thing I hang onto
That gets me through the night
I ain't gonna do what I don't want to
I'm gonna live my life
Shinin' like a diamond, rollin' with the dice
Standin' on the ledge, I show the wind how to fly
When the world gets in my face I say
Have a nice day
Have a nice day

Have a nice day
(Have a nice day) when the world keeps tryin' to drag me down
(Have a nice day) I gotta raise my hands, I'm gonna stand my ground
(Have a nice day) I say: Hey, have a nice day
Have a nice day
Have a nice day
Have a nice day