Wake Up Everybody

[Wyclef Jean] My people in the east, sure, you gotta wake up Midwest, dirty south, girl you gotta stand up All my homies in the west, sure you gotta wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up [Mary J. Blige] Wake up everybody, no more sleeping in bed No more backwards thinking, time for thinking ahead The world has changed so very much from what it used to be There's so much hatred, war and poverty [Monica] Wake up all the teachers, time to teach a new way Maybe then they'll listen to what you have to say [Claudette Ortiz] Cause they're the one's who coming up The world is in their hands When you teach the children Teach them the better questions you can [Eve] Uh, huh, scream 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 better and I know it might take some time But we gotta start somewhere, how bout wit you and me From us it goes to others then we'll have our unity [Musiq] Wake up all the doctors, make the old people aware They're the ones who suffer, catch all the hair But they don't have so very long before their judgement day So won't you make them happy before they pass away [Ashanti] (Faith Evans) 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 in my minds And surely things will work out cause they do it everytime (do it everytime) [Fabolous] (Brandy) I ain't here to take up y'all time I came to shake up y'all mind it's everybody's wake up call time I can't sleep too long while they do the people wrong Let's clean the world up before they sweep then gone This is real talk you can peep through songs So when you feel weak these words will keep you strong And help make a change for the better It's hard for one to do it but we can make some change if we do it together (heyy, yeah) The world will get no better, if we just let it be The world will get no better, we gotta change it yeah, you and me [Jadakiss] Set it off for the plan up here, we gotta stand up here And give thanks to the man upstairs Put the egos and the pride to the side regardless And just be role models, parents, artists 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 bout time that we opened out eyes, wake up [Jaheim] Wake up everybody, no more sleeping in bed No more backwards thinking, time for thinking ahead The world has changed so very much from what it used to be There's so much hatred, war and poverty [Missy Elliott] Wooooo, yep, we all best to vote I don't care about the guns you tote Listen to me like you listened to Fahrenheit 9/11 Ain't no time for the second guessin' The words I speak, wake up, the ones who sleep Now leave the ships, fix your mouth to teach MC's teach the kids what's peace, they don't have to worry bout the police We make 'em rich so they don't have to thief Every artist here on this track, oh Will make a change here for young cats, oh This is for everybody, white or black You better go and vote and get up off your back Wake up everybody, no more sleeping Wake up everybody, no more sleeping Wake up everybody, no more sleeping Wake up everybody, no more sleeping Wake up everybody, no more sleeping, take the opportunity Wake up everybody, no more sleeping, your responsibility Wake up everybody, no more sleeping, your voice has to be heard Wake up everybody, no more sleeping, save the world, save the world Wake up everybody, no more sleeping Wake up everybody, no more sleeping Wake up everybody, no more sleeping Wake up everybody, no more sleeping