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Artist: Billy Paul
Canonical path: /billy-paul/wake-up-everybody
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Wake Up Everybody
Read Wake Up Everybody lyrics by Billy Paul on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Wake Up Everybody
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Wake up, wake up
You've got the power
Why don't you wake up, why don't you?
Why don't you wake up?
Why don't you wake up, why don't you?
Why don't you wake up?
Set it off for the plan up here, we gotta stand up here
An' give thanks for the man upstairs
Put the egos an' the pride to the side, regardless
An' just be role models, parents, artists
We can make a change and we can make it the hardest
If you gon' make the babies, you make 'em the smarest
Let 'em know good and bad, right from wrong
How to roll with proachers, when life moves on
And the stress won't take toll, if you don't sweat it
World won't get no better, if we don't let it
Let the negative energy ride, keep hope alive
It's about time that we opened out eyes, wake up
Why don't you wake up, why don't you?
Why don't you wake up?
Why don't you wake up, why don't you?
Why don't you wake up?
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Billy Paul performs "Wake Up Everybody", and this lyric page sits inside the Billy Paul catalog on LyroVerse.
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