Wake Up Everybody

Encouragement to wake up and take action

Realization of personal empowerment

Repetition urging someone to awaken

Why don't you wake up?

Why don't you wake up, why don't you?

Why don't you wake up?

Advocating for taking a stand, setting aside egos and being positive role models

An' give thanks to the Man upstairs

Put the egos an' the pride to the side, regardless

An' just be role models, parents, artists

Emphasizing the importance of educating and guiding the younger generation

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

Advising not to let stress affect progress, to foster positivity, and remain hopeful

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

Repeated calls for awakening and initiating critical thinking

Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'

Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'

Wake up everybody, time for thinkin', thinkin'

Encouragement to vote, disregarding violence, urging critical attention akin to political documentaries

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'

Encouraging artists to use their influence positively to guide the youth away from crime

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

Universal call for societal improvement, urging participation and responsibility

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

Expressing urgency to provoke thought and action against injustice and global issues

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

Asserting the power of music to inspire and strengthen individuals in tough times, urging collective action

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

Reiteration of the need to awaken and engage in critical thinking

Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'

Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'

Wake up everybody, time for thinkin', thinkin'

Repeated questioning of why individuals aren't waking up to societal issues

Why don't you wake up?

Why don't you wake up, why don't you?

Why don't you wake up?

Questions about the sincerity of calls for peace and belief in a better future for children worldwide

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?

Encouragement to actively work towards a better world, acknowledging the necessity of time and unity

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

Reiterated urgency to awaken and engage in thoughtful action

Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'

Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'

Wake up everybody, time for thinkin', thinkin'

Continued insistence on the need to wake up and think critically

Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'

Wake up everybody, no more sleepin'

Wake up everybody, time for thinkin', thinkin'

Emphasizing the limited time to act before facing consequences

Before their judgment day