Keb' Mo' - Wake Up Everybody lyrics

Wake up, everybody, no more sleepin' in bed No more backward thinkin', time for thinkin' 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 pa** 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 sleepin' in bed No more backward thinkin', time for thinkin' 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 sleepin' in bed No more backward thinkin', time for thinkin' 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