wake up everybody

Lyrics

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's so much hatred, war, and poverty, whoa, oh, 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 and who catch all the hell, but they don't have so very long before their judgement 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 minds, 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, just you and me, change it, yeah, can't do it alone, need some help, y'all, can't do it alone, yeah, wake up, everybody, huh, wake up, everybody, need a little help, y'all, need a little help, need some help, y'all, to change the world, from what it used to be, can't do it alone, can't do it alone, need some help, yeah, 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, wake up, everybody, i'm talkin' about the dope pusher, stop pushin' that dope, dope users, stop usin' the dope, wake up, yeah, false lyin', false preachin', false teachin', wake up, y'all, come on, you preachers, start preachin' what you teach, teach the truth, wake up, preachers, all liars, politicians, stop lyin', why don't someone, help the poor people, help the babies, you businessmen, start treatin', start treatin', start treatin', wake up, yeah, wake up, yeah, wake up, yeah, wake up, yeah, yeah, yeah, now it don't matter, what race, creed or color, everybody we need each other, wake up, everybody, you see, we need, wake up, everybody, 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 that suffer, each and every day, teach the children, teach the babies, teach the children, teach the babies, teach the children, they're the ones who's coming out