"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 is so much hatred, war, and poverty

Wake up, all the teachers, time to teach a new way
Maybe then they'll listen to all you have to say
They're the ones who's coming up, the world is in their hands
When you teach the children, teach them the very best you can
(The very best you can)
The world won't get no better
If we just let it be, no no no no
The world won't get no better
We gotta change the world, just you and me

Wake up, all you doctors, make the old people well
They're the ones who suffer and I know you can tell
They don't have so very long before the Judgment Day
We can make them happy before they pass away
Wake up, all you 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
(They do it every time)
The world won't get no better
If we just let it be, no no no no
The world won't get no better
We gotta change the world, just you and me

Wake up, everybody
Wake up, everybody
It's time to get up, everybody
We can't do it alone, everybody
We need your help, everybody
You just wake up, everybody
Kids killing kids, drug pushers
Destroying our neighborhoods
That's why we need to wake up, everybody
Teachers, keep on teaching
Preachers, keep on preaching
Wake up, everybody
Leaders, keep on leading
We need you, it's time to wake up, everybody