Wake up, wake up   You've got the power      Why don't you wake up, why don't you?   Why don't you wake up?   Why don't you wake up, why don't you?   Why don't you wake up?      Set it off for the plan up here, we gotta stand up here   An' give thanks to the Man upstairs   Put the egos an' the pride to the side, regardless   An' just be role models, parents, artists      We can make a change an' we can make it the hardest   If you gon' make the babies, you make 'em the smartest   Let 'em know good an' bad, right from wrong   How to roll with the poachers, when life moves on      An' the stress won't take toll, if you don't sweat it   World won't get no better, if we don't let it   Let the negative energy ride, keep hope alive   It's 'bout time that we opened out eyes, wake up      Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'   Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'   Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'   Wake up everybody, time for thinkin', thinkin'      Yep, we all best to vote   I don't care about the guns you tote   Listen to me like you listened to Fahrenheit 9 11   Ain't no time for the second guessin'      The words I speak, wake up, the ones who sleep   Now leave the ships, fix your mouth to teach   MCs teach the kids what's peace   They don't have to worry 'bout the police   We make 'em rich so they don't have to thief      Every artist here on this track   Will make a change here for young cats   This is for everybody, white or black   You better go an' vote an' get up off your back      I ain't here to take up y'all time   I came to shake up y'all mind, it's everybody's wake up call time   I can't sleep too long while they do the people wrong   Let's clean the world up before they sweep then gone      This is real talk, you can peep through songs   So when you feel weak, these words will keep you strong   Help make a change for the better   It's hard for one to do it   But we can make some change if we do it together      Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'   Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'   Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'   Wake up everybody, time for thinkin', thinkin'      Why don't you wake up, why don't you?   Why don't you wake up?   Why don't you wake up, why don't you?   Why don't you wake up?      Scream, ?Peace', do we mean it?   Can you feel it when we scream it out loud?   Do you believe that we need it?   Do you believe that it could get right?   Do you believe that the children of the world deserve a good life?      Well, if you do, it's time to wake up your mind   We can make it better an' I know it might take some time   But we gotta start somewhere, how 'bout wit you an' me   From us it goes to others, then we'll have our unity      Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'   Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'   Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'   Wake up everybody, time for thinkin', thinkin'      Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'   Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'   Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'   Wake up everybody, time for thinkin', thinkin'      But they don't have so very long before their judgement day