Count On The Sunshine

Verse

Landlord came around at noon, said the rent's three weeks behind

Told him check the pocket of the jacket that I left inside

Got a hole where the money used to sit and multiply

But my feet don't know the difference when the bassline starts to rise

Broke but I'm richer than the man who owns the block

Cracked concrete dancefloor, bottle caps and rented sound

Sister on the corner selling mangoes off a stock

Says the sun don't ask for money, still it shines on every crown

Pre-Chorus

So what if my shoes got holes in the sole

Tonight I'm walking taller than the steeple on the hill

Can't buy the feeling, can't put a price on gold

Tell me what's the difference if the joy is real

Chorus

I might be down but I ain't never down for good

Count on the sunshine, count on the sunshine

Dancing like tomorrow's understood

Count on the sunshine, count on the sunshine

Bills stacked up but my feet still move

Count on the sunshine, count on the sunshine

Verse

Mama used to say the tide don't check the clock or care

Comes in when it's coming, takes what's heavy, leaves you bare

So I let the old ghosts wash out with the evening air

Every worry that I'm carrying I'm leaving on the stair

Neighbors on the rooftop, kerosene lamp burning slow

Kid selling coconuts got rhythm nobody taught him

We ain't got much but we got everywhere to go

Freedom ain't a currency, it's something that you're born with

Pre-Chorus

So what if the roof got a leak when it rains

Tonight the stars are patching every hole up in the sky

Can't buy the feeling, can't erase the stains

Tell me what's the difference when the moon's this high

Chorus

I might be down but I ain't never down for good

Count on the sunshine, count on the sunshine

Dancing like tomorrow's understood

Count on the sunshine, count on the sunshine

Bills stacked up but my feet still move

Count on the sunshine, count on the sunshine

Bridge

Papa lost the boat but kept the song he used to hum

Said the water take but the rhythm always come

Some men chase the silver, I'll be chasing where the drum

Leads me to the morning like the sunrise is my own

Chorus

I might be down but I ain't never down for good

Count on the sunshine, count on the sunshine

Dancing like tomorrow's understood

Count on the sunshine, count on the sunshine

Bills stacked up but my feet still move

Count on the sunshine, count on the sunshine

Count on the sunshine, count on the sunshine