1975
"Wake Up Everybody"
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
So there is so much hatred war an' 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 ol' 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'tcha 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 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
Wake up, everybody
I'm talkin' about the dope pusher
Stop pushin' that dope
Dope users
Stop usin' the dope
Wake up, yeah
Wonder what you tell me, yeah
Wonder what you tell me now
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', 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
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
Teach the babies
They're the ones who's coming up
In the world, in the world