Listen to Wake Up Everybody (feat. Teddy Pendergrass) by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

Wake Up Everybody (feat. Teddy Pendergrass)

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

R&B/Soul

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LYRICS

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Teddy Pendergrass

Teddy Pendergrass

Lead Vocals

Lloyd Parks

Vocals

Norman Harris

Guitar

Roland Chambers

Roland Chambers

Guitar

Bobby Eli

Guitar

Earl Young

Drums

Larry Washington

Larry Washington

Congas

Leon Huff

Piano

Leonard Pakula

Organ

Sam Reed

Saxophone

Bernard Wilson

Vocals

Harold Melvin

Vocals

Lawrence Brown

Vocals

MFSB

Ensemble

Ron Baker

Bass

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

John Whitehead

Songwriter

Gene McFadden

Songwriter

Victor Carstarphen

Victor Carstarphen

Songwriter

Bobby Martin

Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Joe Tarsia

Recording Engineer

Jay Mark

Engineer

Jim Gallagher

Assistant Engineer

Mike Hutchinson

Mike Hutchinson

Assistant Engineer

Leon Huff

Producer

Kenneth Gamble

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Wake up everybody

No more sleeping in bed

No more backward thinking

Time for thinking ahead

[Verse 2]

The world has changed so very much

From what it used to be

There is so much hatred

War and poverty

[Verse 3]

Wake up all the teachers

Time to teach a new way

Maybe then they'll listen

To whatcha have to say

[Verse 4]

'Cause they're the ones who's coming up

And the world is in their hands

When you teach the children

Teach them the very best you can

[Verse 5]

The world won't get no better

If we just let it be

The world won't get no better

We gotta change it, yeah

Just you and me

[Verse 6]

Wake up all the doctors

Make the old people well

'Cause they're the ones who suffer

And who catch all the hell

[Verse 7]

But they don't have so very long

Before their judgement day

So won't you make them happy

Before they pass away?

[Verse 8]

Wake up all the builders

Time to build a new land

I know we can do it

If we all lend a hand

[Verse 9]

The only thing we have to do

Is put it in our minds

Surely things will work out

They do it every time

[Verse 10]

The world won't get no better

If we just let it be

The world won't get no better

We gotta change it, yeah

Just you and me

[Verse 11]

Change it, yeah (Change it, yeah)

Just you and me

Change it, yeah (Change it, yeah)

Can't do it alone (Can't do it alone)

Need some help, y'all (Y'all)

Can't do it alone (Can't do it alone)

Yeah (Yeah)

[Verse 12]

Wake up everybody

Wake up everybody

Need a little help, y'all (Yes, I do)

Need a little help

Need some help from y'all

[Verse 13]

Change the world

What it used to be

Can't do it alone (Can't do it alone)

Need some help, yeah (Need some help, yeah)

[Verse 14]

Wake up everybody

Get up, get up, get up, get up

Wake up, come on, come on

[Verse 15]

Wake up everybody

Teach a new way

Maybe then they'll listen

To whatcha have to say

[Verse 16]

Wake up everybody

No more sleeping in bed

No more backward thinking

Time for thinking ahead

Come on, now

[Verse 17]

Wake up everybody

I'm talking 'bout the dope pusher

Stop pushing out dope

Dope user

Stop using the dope

Wake up, yeah

[Verse 18]

Wondering what you tell me now

Wondering what you tell me now

False lying

False preaching

False teaching

[Verse 19]

Wake up, y'all

Wake up, preachers

[Verse 20]

The liars

Politicians

Stop lying

[Verse 21]

Why don't somebody help the poor people?

And the babies, yeah

Help the babies

[Verse 22]

You businessmen

Stop cheating

Stop cheating

Stop cheating

Wake up, yeah

Wake up, yeah

[Verse 23]

Oh, it don't matter

What race, creed, or color

Everybody, we need each other

Wake up everybody

[Verse 24]

Well, you see

We need, wake up everybody

We need, come on now

[Verse 25]

Wake up everybody

No more sleeping in bed

No more backward thinking

Time for thinking ahead

[Verse 26]

Wake up all you teachers

Start to teach a new way

They're the ones who suffer

Each and every day

[Verse 27]

Teach the children

Teach the babies

Teach the children

Teach the babies

Teach the children

Teach the babies

They're the ones who's coming out

And the world

Written by: Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen

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