[Feat. Wyclef Jean, Mary J. Blige, Monica, Claudette Ortiz, Eve, Musiq, Ashanti, Fabolous, Jaheim, Missy Elliott, Jamie Foxx, Omarion, Raphael Saadiq, Reverend Run, Floetry, Nate Dogg, Julia Fordham, Jon B, McLyte, Ben Jelen, Akon, Marques Houston, Kristine W, Bonnie Mckee, Bilal, Miri Ben-Ari (violin)]
[Intro: Wyclef Jean]
Wake up,
Wake up.
You've got the power.
You've got the power.
My people got the east yo you've got to wake up.
Midwest dirty south, yo, you've gotta stand up.
All my homies in the west, yo, you got to wake up.
Wake up,
Wake up,
Wake up,
Wake up.
(Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, Wake up)
Wake up,
Wake up,
Wake up,
Wake up.
(Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, Wake up)
Wake up,
Wake up.
[Hook: Mary J. Blige]
Wake 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.
[Verse 1:]
[Monica]
Wake up all the teachers time to teach a new way.
Maybe then they'll listen to what you have to say.