It's a long road oh 
Everyday I wake up and turn my phone on 
I read the news of the day just as it's coming down 
I do my best not to let it get me down 
I try to keep my head up but this is Babylon 
This world's in crisis we try to fight it this changing climate 
The scientists and politicians divided by it 
So many ways we could solve it but they would never sign it 
This mountains tumbling down but still we try to climb it 
It's in the Torah Quran and in the bible 
Love is the message for some how we turn to rivals 
It's come to people always picking up their rifles 
Another school getting shot up homicidal 
Some people tryna look fly some people tryna get high 
Some people losing their mind some people tryna get by 
And when you look in my eyes you see the sign of the times 
We all looking for the same thing 
But what if this song's number one 
Would it mean that love had won 
Would it mean that the world was saved 
And no guns are being drawn today 
What if everybody had a job 
And nobody had to break a law 
What if everyone could say 
That it's good to be alive today 
Oh oh oh oh 
Is it good to be alive today 
Oh oh oh 
Is it good to be alive today 
Oh oh oh oh 
Is it good to be alive today 
Oh oh oh 
No matter what nobody say 
People used to feel safer when they would hear a siren 
Like help is on its way but now they only think of violence 
Another youth in the streets and police is in a conflict 
And now they hear the guns click yo 
Ebola crisis and ISIS is taking heads off 
A drone is bombing a village and now the kids all 
Signing up to be soldiers but they all willing now 
To do the killing now now are you willing now 
Some politicians out there making up some problems 
And tryna tell the people that they can solve them 
With TV shows and soundbites and quotes 
But everybody knows that it's all about the cash flow 
They telling you and me they're making progress 
But tell it to the millions of jobless 
It's like a players club with billions of dollars 
To get the votes you got to make it rain in congress 
Some people tryna look fly some people tryna get high 
Some people losing their mind some people tryna get by 
And when you look in my eyes you see the sign of the times 
We all looking for the same thing 
But what if this song's number one 
Would it mean that love had won 
Would it mean that the world was saved 
And no guns are being drawn today 
What if everybody had a job 
And nobody had to break a law 
What if everyone could say 
That it's good to be alive today 
Oh oh oh oh 
Is it good to be alive today 
Oh oh oh 
Is it good to be alive today 
Oh oh oh oh 
Is it good to be alive today 
Oh oh oh 
And we all say 
One day one day 
One day one day 
One day all will say 
That it's good to be alive today 
One day one day 
One day one day 
One day all will say 
That it's good to be alive today