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 'tween a boy and a man?
My daddy lived the life it's just the price that he paid
Sacrificed his life just slavin' away

[Chorus]
Ohhh, if there's one thing I hand 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 nothin's what it seems
We're livin' in a 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 and what's left to believe

[Chorus]
Ohhh, 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

Ohhhhhh!

Ohhh, 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

When the world keeps tryin' to drag me down
Gotta raise my hand, gotta stand my ground
I say, hey!
Have a nice day
Have a nice day