QUEEN LATIFAH – Just Another Day (1993)

Dana Elaine Owens (born 1970), better known by the stage name Queen Latifah, is an American rapper, actress and singer. She has received various accolades, including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two NAACP Image Awards, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award. In 2006, she became the first hip hop artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In the place that I lives’ Yeah We gon’ take this one over to 275 Haulstead 384 Stiverson We gon’ take it over to 155 Margen

141 Harrison

Just another day, living in the hood Just another day around the way Feeling good today, feeling lovely-yay Just another day, living in the hood Just another day around the way Feeling good today I hear the- but I’m here to stay

Well it’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood A beautiful day in the neighborhood Can’t go wrong, I feel strong and the flavor’s good I’m with whateva’ comes my way, hip-hop hooray Latifah’s on vacation, I’m just plain ol’ Dana today I strap out, step out in every direction Glock, tech, jimmy hat’s, in case I need protection So I land cruise, play I wanna be’s A kid in the M3 is gettin’ jacked right in front of me

So I play the tech close, my finger’s on the trigger Don’t wanna get wet, so they step Cause mine’s is slighty bigger But better yet, I’ma threat, so ya’ better walk Or get sketched out in chalk, cause I don’t wanna talk I stay true blue, I’m hoping it’s you too I got the fever for the flavor of a woo woo So it’s back to the block time to play It’s just another day around the way, hey

Just another day, living in the hood Just another day around the way Feeling good today, feeling lovely-yay Just another day, living in the hood Just another day around the way Feeling good today I hear the-, but I’m here to stay

Time to chill, hit the hill, uptown let’s keep it sight’s Shoot some pool, act a fool, cause it’s own tonight I’m doing the knowledge, it’s not easy, (Easy) Watchin’ a cop cuff a kid for sellin a clip to a D.T But it’s home, so I flex, get pressure’s off my chest Slip in a tape, now which hood should I hit next Stomach ache, had a steak, and take for a bean pie Get a final call from the brother in the bow tie

I’m where little kids dream and fiend for fun Lots of laughter moms, no pops playing with her son I passed by a girl’s wake, they say she died at seven Hit by a stray, but I pray that there’s a hood in heaven Fake brothers claim there’s no shame in their game You know my name, show me a real nigga with a brain So it’s back to the block, time to play It’s just another day around the way, hey

Just another day, living in the hood Just another day around the way Feeling good today, feeling lovely-yay Just another day, living in the hood Just another day around the way Feeling good today I hear the-, but I’m here to stay

You know I gotta give props, I can’t stop, without y’all, I’ll be nothing No wreckin’, no checks, and no rhymin’, no cuttin’ No stages, front pages, no phones, no beepers No reason to put Queen in front of the name Latifah I come with the real life perspective and rule ‘Cause me and my peoples from around the way remain cool So it’s back to the block, time to play It’s just another day, (around the wha?), around the muthaf’- way

Just another day, living in the hood Just another day around the way Feeling good today, I’m feeling lovely-yay Just another day, in the neighborhood Just another day around the way Feeling good today I hear the-, but I’m here to stay

Just another day, living in the hood Just another day around the way Feeling good today I hear the-, but I’m here to stay

Cuz’ it’s just another day in the neighborhood Just another day around the way I’m feeling good today, I’m feeling lovely-yay I’m feeling good today, feeling good today And then hood’s ok, it’s gonna be ok