People Wake Up And Live - James Brown

Now I know Mother Nature feels very, very, very disgusted

With you and you, and especially you

Because we have really played a sho’nuff rip-off game on Mother Nature

We’ll kill all the grass

And won’t let the cool breeze last

We just won’t let the water flow

And won’t let the natural things grow

I know sometimes you feel the world has turned its back on you

But don’t give up, heh, it’ll come through for you

So wake up, people

Wake up, people

Give yourself a chance

You owe that to yourself

So wake up, people, give yourself a chance to live

This morning I woke up, heh, feeling kinda bad

I missed all the cool breeze, and the clear air that I had

Ah, ooh, I’ve got to wake up

We’ve got to wake up

Let’s give ourself a chance

We owe that to ourselves

Wake on up, we got to wake right up

Ah, woo-hoo, we wanna wake on up

Sometimes I get so uptight

I feel, feel, feel, feel, feel like the world is gonna clean outta sight

People, come on back

We just can’t afford to overlook the crossroads

Let’s go back, let’s go back

And let’s go right on back

And live