“Wake Up Everybody” is a cover of the song of the same name by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. John Legend performed this song on the piano as the first song in his set for the Biden Harris Election Night 2020 Rally. Legend originally recorded “Wake Up Everybody” with The Roots featuring Melanie...
[Verse 1]
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 what you have to say
'Cause they're the ones who's coming up
The world is in their hands
When you teach the children, teach them thе very best you can, hey
[Chorus]
Thе world won't get no better
If we just let it be, woah
The world won't get no better
We gotta change it, yeah, just you and me
[Verse 2]
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, ohh
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, cause they do every time, hey
[Chorus]
The world won't get no better
If we just let it be, woah
The world won't get no better
We gotta change it, yeah, just you and me
[Interlude]
Oh, yeah
I need a little help
(Spoken)
Put your hands together y'all
Come on
(Sung)
I need a little help y'all
I can't do it alone
Come on
[Outro]
Wake up everybody, no more sleeping in bed
Wake up everybody
Oh, I need a little help
Can't do it alone
I need a little help
Come on, come on
Hey, ohhh
Wake up everybody
Woah, I need a little help
I can't do it alone
I need a little help
Come on, come on
Hey
Wake Up Everybody was written by Gene McFadden & Victor Carstarphen & John Whitehead.
John Legend released Wake Up Everybody on Mon Nov 02 2020.