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 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 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 won t 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 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 the world won t get no better we gotta change it yeah just you and me 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 can t do it alone can t do it alone yeah yeah wake up everybody wake up everybody need a little help y all just you need a little help need some y all to change the world what it used to be can t do it alone can t do it alone need some help yeah need some help yeah wake up everybody get up get up get up get up wake up come on come on wake up everybody teach a new way maybe then they ll listen to what you have to say wake up everybody no more sleepin in bed no more backward thinkin time for thinkin ahead come on 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 start treatin start treatin start treatin wake up yeah wake up yeah wake up yeah wake up yeah yeah 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