wake up everybody

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