[Verse 1: Wyclef] Wake up Wake up You?ve got the power You?ve got the power My people got the east yo you've got to wake up Midwest dirty south yo you've gotta stand up All my homies in the west yo you got to wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up (Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, Wake up) Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up (Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, Wake up) Wake up Wake up
[Verse 2] [Mary J. Blige:] Wake everybody no more sleeping in bed No more backwards thinkin time for thinkin ahead The world has changed so very much from what it use to be There?s so much hatetred war and poverty [Monica:] Wake up all the teachers timing for teaching new ways Maybe they'll listen to what you say Cuz there the ones who's coming up the worlds are in there hands When you teach the children teach them the very best you can [Eve:] Bring 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 betta and I know it could take some time But we gotta start somewhere How bout from you and me From us it goes to other then we can have our unity [Musiq:] Wake all the doctors make the old people well They?re the ones who suffer and catch all the hell But they don't have so very long before the judgment day So won't you make them happy before they pass away? [Ashanti:] Wake up all the builders? time to build a new land I know we can do it long as we lend a hand The only thing we have to do is put it our mind Make sure the things work out [Ashanti & Faith:] Cuz they do it all the time [Fabolous:] I ain't here to take up yall time I came to shake up yall mind its every bodies wake up call time I can't sleep to long why they do the people wrong Let?s clean the world up before they sweep you gone This is real talk so you can peak through songs So when you feel weak these words will keep you strong And help make a change for the betta It?s hard for one to do it but we can make some changes together [Everybody:] The world won't get no better (get no better) If we just let it be (let it be) The world won't get no better we gotta change it yeah you and me The world won't get no better If we just let it be (let it be, let it be, let it be) The won't get no better we gotta change it yeah you and me [Jadakiss:] Set a goal put a plan up here we gotta stand up here Give thanks to the man up stairs Put the egos and the prides to the side regardless And just be role models, parents, and artists We can make a change or make it the hardest If you gone make a baby you should make it the smartest Letem know good from bad right from wrong How to roll wit the punches as life goes on And the stress won't take toll if you don't sweat it World won't get no betta if we don't let it Let the negative energy ride Keep hope alive it bout time we open our eyes [Jahiem:] Wake everybody no more sleeping in bed No more backwards thinkin time for thinkin ahead The world has changed so very much from what it use to be There?s so much hatetred war and poverty [Missy Elliot:] Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up Yup well yall besta vote I don't care about the guns you told Listen to me like you listen to fernheit 911 Ain?t no time for the second guess The words I speak (Wake up) The ones who sleep 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 them risk so they don't have to the Every artist here on this track (oh) Will make a change for young kats (oh) this is for everyone white or black You betta go and vote and get up off yo back [Everybody:] Wake up everybody on more sleepin (as life rolls on lift your head lift your voice up) Wake up everybody on more sleepin (you see the power of the people have the choice to reunite love) Wake up everybody on more sleepin (not a choice it's a gift of people have to fight for) Wake up everybody time for thinkin Wake up everybody no more sleepin (take the opportunity) Wake up everybody no more sleepin (your responsibility yeah) Wake up everybody no more sleepin (your voice has to be heard) Wake up everybody time for thinkin (save the world, save the world) Wake up everybody no more sleepin Wake up everybody no more sleepin Wake up everybody no more sleepin Wake up everybody time for thinking.