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Beginnings (First Minute Of A New Day)

This version of Beginnings (First Minute Of A New Day) was released by Gil Scott-Heron in 1976.

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We’re sliding through
Completely new
Beginnings
We’re searching out
Our every doubt
We’re winning

We want to be free
Yet we have no idea
Why we are struggling here
Faced with our every fear
Just to survive

We’ve heard the sound
And come around
To listening
We’ve touched the vine
Time after time
Insisting

We know what life brings
Still we can find a way
From dues we’ve got to pay
We hope we’ll somehow say
That we’re alive

We’re sliding through
Completely new
Beginnings

We’re searching
Our every doubt
And winning
We want to be free
Yet we have no idea
Why we are struggling here
Faced with our every fear
Just to survive
Completely new
Beginnings
Completely new
Beginnings

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The lyrics for Beginnings (First Minute Of A New Day) are defined as the words making up the song released by Gil Scott-Heron in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Beginnings (First Minute Of A New Day) have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Gil Scott-Heron and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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