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Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Keys was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano. She attended Professional Performing Arts School and graduated at 16 as valedictorian. Keys released her debut album with J Records, having had previous record deals first with Columbia and then Arista Records.
Keys' debut album, Songs in A Minor, was a commercial success, selling over 12 million copies worldwide. She became the best-selling new artist and best-selling R&B artist of 2001. The album earned Keys five Grammy Awards in 2002, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for "Fallin'". Her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, was released in 2003 and was also another success worldwide, selling eight million copies. The album garnered her an additional four Grammy Awards in 2005. Later that year, she released her first live album, Unplugged, which debuted at number one in the United States. She became the first female to have an MTV Unplugged album to debut at number one and the highest since Nirvana in 1994.
I tried my best not to let myself hold onto regrets
But there was always something that I could not forget
Broken hearts, broken dreams and fucked up agreements
It's a new day, hold on
It's a new day, be strong
So many years of private fears but I made it somehow
I feel I've slept a hundred years and I am catching up now
It's a new day, hold on
A new day, be strong
It's a new day time to move on
When Wugga died, tears I cried but family struggles felt worst
All my life she told me baby you know family comes first
Lord have mercy on our souls if we continue these words
It's a new day, hold on
It's a new day, be strong
Sometimes when I pass by her house I can feel her spirit
And if I listen to the wind her voice I know is whisperin'
It's a new day, hold on
A new day, be strong
It's a new day time to move on
Don't spend your life trying to fight the path you've been given
If you fall hit the wall you have to crawl in the beginning
You take the good with the bad and then you keep on winning
It's a new day, hold on
It's a new day, be strong
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