People   Keep on learnin'   Soldiers   Keep on warrin'   World   Keep on turnin'   Cause it won't be too long   Powers   Keep on lyin'   While your people   Keep on dyin'   World   Keep on turnin'   Cause it won't be too long      I'm so darn glad He let me try it again   'Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin   I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then   Gonna keep on tryin' till I reach the highest ground.      Teachers   Keep on teachin'   Preachers   Keep on preachin'   World   Keep on turnin'   'Cause it won't be too long   Oh no   Lovers   Keep on lovin'   While believers   Keep on believin'   Sleepers   Just stop sleepin'   'Cause it won't be too long   Oh no      I'm so darn glad He let me try it again   'Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin   I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then   Gonna keep on tryin' till I reach the highest ground      And Stevie knows that, uh, nobody's gonna bring me down   Till I reach the highest ground.   'Cause me 'n' Stevie, see, we're gonna be a sailin' on the funky sound   Till I reach the highest ground.   Bustin' out, and I'll break you out, 'cause I'm sailin' on   Till I reach the highest ground   Just, uh, sailin' on, sailin' on the higher ground   Till I reach the highest ground