[spoken style]    wake up, face the future  cause I feel I have to salute you  on the things that's goin on, in this world today  you can run, but you can't hide  you have to find your sense of pride  to let you know, that this world, will never decay    It's later than it's ever been, time's up (time's up)  It's later than it's ever been, time's up (time's up)  It's later than it's ever been, time's up, in this world, today    brothers and sisters, grab a hold  there's a story solid as gold  we must try to stay alive  we must strive, and never slip away  where there's sunshine, there is rain  where there is joy there will be pain  we must move, m?--? move  we must move, and never decay    It's later than it's ever been, time's up (time's up)  It's later than it's ever been, time's up (time's up)  It's later than it's ever been, time's up, in this world, today    yo yo my brother my brother  let me lay it on the downstroke  I want you to know that I will provoke  anything that life will bring  because within these words I have a antidote  the time is comin' for the song that I'm hummin'  to let you know it's later than it's ever been  your time is up, you sad faced clown  now here's da breakdown (da breakdown, da breakdown, da breakdown)    [sung vocals]  It is later, than it's ever been  the life you livin', try not to sin  it is later, it is later, it is later, than it's ever been    keep on movin', and grab a hold  the life you livin', must have control  we can do it, we can do it, we can do it, if we try    It is later, than it's ever been  the life you livin', try not to sin  it is later, it is later, it is later, than it's ever been    keep on movin', and grab a hold  the life you livin', must have control  we can do it, we can do it, we can do it, if we try    [spoken style]  It's later than it's ever been, time's up (time's up)  It's later than it's ever been, time's up (time's up)  It's later than it's ever been, time's up, in this world, today