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PERFORMING ARTISTS
John Legend
John Legend
Performer
The Roots
The Roots
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Victor Carstarphen
Victor Carstarphen
Composer
Gene McFadden
Gene McFadden
Composer
John Whitehead
John Whitehead
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Thuy-An Julien
Thuy-An Julien
Producer

Lyrics

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, whoa, oh Wake up, all the teachers Time to teach a new way Maybe then they'll listen To what'cha 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, na, na, na 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 Judgment Day So wont'cha 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, na, na, na The world won't get no better We gotta change it, yeah Just you and me It's the god hour The morning I wake up Just for the breath of life I thank my maker My mom say I come from hustlers and shakers My mom built it on skyscrapers and acres He said take us back to where we belong I try to write a song As sweet as these arms the one the type to bare arms And wear my heart on my sleeve Even when I fell in God I believe Read the days that weave through the maze The seasons so amazing Feed them and raised them Seasons are aging Earthquakes, wars, and rumors I want us to get by but We're more than consumers We more than shooters, more than looters Created in this image so God live through us And even in this generation, living through computers Only love love love can reboot u Wake up, everybody Wake up, everybody Need a little help, y'all Yes I do, need a little help Need a little help, y'all ay Wake up everybody Wake up everybody Wake up everybody
Writer(s): Gene Mcfadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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