Wake Up Everybody
(专辑: Peace... Back By Popular Demand - 2004)
Wake up, everybody, no more sleeping in bed No more backward thinking, time for thinking ahead The
world has changed so very much from what it used to be There is so much hatred, war and poverty Wake up, all the
teachers, time to teach a
new way Maybe then they'll listen to whatcha have to say 'Cause they're the
ones who's coming up and the
world is in their hands When you teach the
children, teach 'em the
very best you can The
world won't get no better If we just let it be The
world won't get no better We gotta change it, yeah Just you and me Wake up, all the
doctors, make the
old people well They're the
ones who suffer an' who catch all the
hell But they don't have so very long before the
Judgment Day So won't you make them happy before they pass away Wake up, all the
builders, time to build a
new land I
know we can do it if we all lend a
hand The
only thing we have to do is put it in our mind Surely things will work out, they do it every time The
world won't get no better If we just let it be The
world won't get no better We gotta change it, yeah Just you and me Change it, yeah, change it, yeah Just you and me Change it, yeah, change it, yeah Can't do it alone, need some help y'all Can't do it alone, can't do it alone Wake up, everybody, wake up, everybody Need a
little help y'all, yes I
do Need a
little help, need some help, y'all Change the
world to what it used to be Can't do it alone, need some help, yeah Wake up, everybody, get up, get up Get up, get up, wake up, come on, come on Wake up, everybody, teach a
new way Maybe then they'll listen to what you have to say Wake up, everybody, no more sleeping in bed No more backward thinking, time for thinking ahead Come on now Wake up, everybody I'm talking 'bout, don't push up, stop pushing that dope Don't use dope, stop using the
dope, wake up, yeah Wonder what you tell me now Wonder what you tell me now False preaching, yeah, yeah False teaching, oh yeah Wake up, y'all, come on You preacher, stop preaching what you preach Teach the
truth, wake up, preachers Politicians, well stop lying, stop lying Why don't somebody help the
poor people Help the
people, stay on there, baby You business man, stop cheating, stop cheating Stop cheating, stop cheating, stop cheating, stop cheating Wake up, yeah, wake up, yeah Wake up, yeah, wake up, yeah, yeah, yeah Oh, it don't matter, yeah What race, creed or color Everybody, we need each other Wake up, everybody Well, you see, we need Wake up, everybody, we need Come on now, wake up, everybody, no more sleeping in bed No more backward thinking, time for thinking ahead Wake up, all you teachers, time to teach a
new way They're the
ones who suffer each and every day Teach the
children, teach the
babies Teach the
babies, teach the
children Teach the
children, teach the
babies Teach the
children, teach the
babies They're the
ones who are coming up They're the
ones who are coming up