Wake Up Everybody Thelma Houston

Everybody, everybody
I want you to listen to me for a little bit, right here:
I wonder, did you read the newspapers this morning?
Or did you see the evening news, as you were having dinner with your family last night?
Well, if you did, then you must know, that this world is in a whole lot of trouble
But I don't want you to get discouraged by that, no
Because I believe, that there's a solution to all of this, deep down within my soul
All we have to do, is put our hands and our hearts together

You got to wake up, everybody, no more sleepin' in bed
And no more backward thinking, it's time for thinking ahead
The world's changed so very much, from what it used to be
There is so much hatred, war and poverty
Oh, yeah

Wake up all you teachers, you better teach a new way
Maybe then they'll listen to what you have to say
Because they're the ones who's coming up
And the world is in their hands
When you teach the children, you better teach them
The very best you can

The world won't get no better
If we just let it be (don't let it be, don't let it be!)
No no no, no no no
The world won't get no better
You gotta change it, yeah (you gotta change it, yeah)
You and me