Wake up everybody,
no more sleeping in bed
No more black thinking,
time for thinking it in
The world has changed so very much
from what it used to be
There is so much hatred,
war and poverty
Oh yeah
Wake up all the teachers,
time to teach a new way
Maybe then they'll listen
to what you have to say
Cause they're the ones
who's com ing up
And the world is in their hands
When you teach the children
Teach them the very best you can
Oh yeah
The world won't get no better
If we just let it be
Oh, no, the world won't
get no better
We've got to change again,
just you and me
Wake up all the doc tors,
make the old people well
They're the ones who suffer
and who catch all the hell
They don't have so very long
before their judgment day
So won't you make them happy
before they pass away, oh yeah
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 minds
Surely things will work out
cause they do every time
Yeah, the world won't get no better
if we just let it be
Oh, the world won't get no better
if we gotta change again
Just you and me
Yeah, yeah, yeah
It's the God hour,
the morning I wake up
Just for the breath of life
I thank my maker
My mind say I come from
hustlers and shakers
My mind build it on skyscrapers and acres
He said take us back to where we belong
I try to write a song
as sweet as the songs
Though I'm the type to bend arms
and wear my heart on my sleeve
Even when I'm failing God I believe
Read the days and weave
through the maze
And the seasons so amazing
Feed them and raise them,
seasons are aging
Earthquakes, wars, and rumors
I want us to get by,
but we more than consumers
We more than shooters,
more than looters
Cre ated in this image,
so God lived through us
An d even in this generation,
living through computers
Only love, love, love can be boot -ups
Oh, wake up everybody,
no more sleeping in bed
Oh, wake up everybody,
yeah
Because I need a little help,
I can't do it alone
Oh, I need a little help, y 'all
Come on, come on, come on, come on
I need a little help, y 'all
I can't do it alone
Oh, I need a little help,
y 'all
Oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -o
h -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh
Wake up, everybody
Wake up, everybody
Wake up everybody