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Artist: The Wailers
Canonical path: /the-wailers/wake-up-and-live
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Wake Up And Live
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Wake Up And Live
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One, two, three, four!
Wake up and live, y´all,
Wake up and live!
Wake up and live now!
Wake up and live!
Life is one big road with lots of signs,
So when you riding through the ruts, don´t you complicate your mind:
Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy!
Don´t bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality, yeah!
All together now:
Wake up and live (wake up and live, y´all),
Wake up and live (wake up and live),
wake up and wake up and live, yeah! (wake up and live now),
Wake up and (wake up and live) - wake up and live!
Rise ye mighty people, ye-ah!
There´s work to be done,
So let´s do it-a little by little:
Rise from your sleepless slumber! Yes, yeah! Yes, yeah!
We´re more than sand on the seashore,
We´re more than numbers.
All together now:
Wake up and live now, y´all!
(Wake up and live) Wake up and live!
Wake up and live, y´all!
(Wake up and live) Wake up and live now!
You see, one - one cocoa full a basket,
Whey they use you live big today: tomorrow you buried in-a casket.
One - one cocoa full a basket, yeah, yes!
Whey they use you live big today: tomorrow you bury in-a casket.
W´all together now:
(Wake up and live now!) Wake up and live! Oh! Yeah-eah!
(Wake up and live!) Uh!
(Wake up and live now!) Wake up and live!
(Wake up and live) Keep on playin´!
(Wake up and live, y´all) Uh! Yeah! Yeah!
(Wake up and live!)
(Wake up and live now!)
(Wake up and live!) Break it down!
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[Saxophone solo]
Come on, man!
How is it feelin´ over there?
(Wake up and live now) All right!
(Wake up and live!) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Uh!
Come on, man!
You gotta wake up and live!
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Life is one big road with lots of signs, yes!
So when you riding through the ruts, don´t you complicate your mind:
Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy!
Don´t bury your thoughts; put your dream to reality, yeah!
W´all together now:
(Wake up and live, y´all)
(Wake up and live!) Wake up and live, yea-eah!
(Wake up and live now!)
(Wake up and live!)
Wake up and live now!
(Wake up and live) Wo-oh!
Wake up and live now!
Wake up and live
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