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
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 the 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 that 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
you and me
We gotta change just you and me
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 builders
Time to build a new land
I know that we can do it
If we all lend a hand
The only thing we have to do
Is put it in our minds
things are gonna work out
They do it every time
Cause I know this world
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
You and me you and me yeah
Wake up
All you prechers
Everybody
Wake up everybody
Wake up everybody
Feel the world
Feel the new world yeah
Wake up everybody
Drug dealers
stop pushin all night don't
Wake up
everybody
Wake up everybody