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Wake Up Everybody
Teddy Pendergrass
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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, oh,-oh-oh
Wake up, all the teachers, time to teach a new way
Maybe then they'll listen to what you 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-na-na-na-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 their Judgment 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 na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
The world won't get no better
We gotta change it, yeah, just you and me (yeah, yeah)
Change it, yeah (change it, yeah) just you and me
Change it, yeah (change it, yeah) can't do it alone (can't do it alone)
Need some help, y'all (y'all) can't do it alone (can't do it alone) yeah (yeah)
Wake up! Everybody, Wake up! everybody
Need a little help, y'all (yes I do) need a little help (say it, boy)
Need some help, y'all (ha-ha) to change the world
From what it used to be, yeah! ha-ha