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Wake Up Everybody (feat. The Roots)

John Legend

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Wake Up Everybody (feat. The Roots)

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Wake up everybodyNo more sleepin' in bedNo more backward thinkin'Time for thinkin' aheadThe world has changedSo very muchFrom what it used to beThere is so much hatredWar and poverty, whoa, ohWake up, all the teachersTime to teach a new wayMaybe then they'll listenTo what'cha have to say'Cause they're the ones who's coming upAnd the world is in their handsWhen you teach the childrenTeach 'em the very best you canThe world won't get no betterIf we just let it beThe world won't get no betterWe gotta change it, yeahJust you and meWake up, all the doctorsMake the old people wellThey're the ones who sufferAnd who catch all the hellBut they don't have so very longBefore their Judgment DaySo wont'cha make them happyBefore they pass awayWake up, all the buildersTime to build a new landI know we can do itIf we all lend a handThe only thing we have to doIs put it in our mindsSurely things will work out'Cause they do every timeThe world won't get no betterIf we just let it beThe world won't get no betterWe gotta change it, yeahJust you and meIt's the god hourIn the morning I wake upJust for the breath of life I thank my makerMy mom say I come from hustlers and shakersMy mind builded on skyscrapers and acres You say you'll take us back to where we belongI try to write a song as sweet as the PsalmsThough I am the type to bear arms and wear my heart on my sleeveEven when I fell in God I believedWe the days atWeave through the maze and the season so amazingFeed them and raise themSeasons are AsianEarthquakes, wars and rumoursI want us to get byBut we more than consumersWe more than shootersWe more than lootersCreated in his imageSo God live through usAnd even in this generation livin' through computersOnly Love, Love, Love can reboot usCome onWake up, everybodyWake up, everybodyNeed a little help, y'allYes I do, need a little helpNeed a little help, y'all ayWake up everybodyWake up everybodyWake up everybody
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