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Wake Up EverybodyJohn Legend

Released: November 2, 2020

Songwriter: Gene McFadden & Victor Carstarphen John Whitehead

[Verse 1]
Wake up everybody, no more sleeping in bed
No more backward thinking, time for thinking ahead
The world has changed so very much from what it used to be
There is so much hatred, war, and poverty

Wake up all the teachers, time to teach a new way
Maybe then they'll listen to what you have to say
'Cause they're the ones who's coming up
The world is in their hands
When you teach the children, teach them thе very best you can, hey

[Chorus]
Thе world won't get no better
If we just let it be, woah
The world won't get no better
We gotta change it, yeah, just you and me

[Verse 2]
Wake up all the doctors, make the old people well
They're the ones who suffer and who catch all the hell
But they don't have so very long before their Judgment Day
So won't you make them happy before they pass away, ohh

Wake up, all the builders time to build a new land
I know we can do it if we all lend a hand
The only thing we have to do is put it in our mind
Surely things will work out, cause they do every time, hey

[Chorus]
The world won't get no better
If we just let it be, woah
The world won't get no better
We gotta change it, yeah, just you and me

[Interlude]
Oh, yeah
I need a little help
(Spoken)
Put your hands together y'all
Come on
(Sung)
I need a little help y'all
I can't do it alone
Come on

[Outro]
Wake up everybody, no more sleeping in bed
Wake up everybody
Oh, I need a little help
Can't do it alone
I need a little help
Come on, come on
Hey, ohhh
Wake up everybody
Woah, I need a little help
I can't do it alone
I need a little help
Come on, come on
Hey

John Legend

John Legend was born in 1978 in Ohio. He became an in-demand session musician and songwriter, working with such artists as Alicia Keys, Twista and Janet Jackson. He was soon introduced to up-and-coming hip-hop artist Kanye West, and the two musicians collaborated on one another’s demos.

J. Ivy claims credit for bestowing the “Legend” moniker upon John Stephens (with an assist from Kanye West). Via

Kanye was like, ‘Have you heard of this singer called John Stephens?’ He played me this song from him, that I think will.i.am produced. It was so refreshing and soulful. An hour later, John Stephens comes into the studio. I told him, ‘I heard your music. It’s so amazing. It sounds old school. Man, you sound like one of the legends. You’re a legend. Matter of fact, that’s what I am going to call you from now The Legend. A couple days later, we were in the lounge of the studio (Record Plant) and John Stephens walks in and everyone shouts him out. I was like, ‘John Legend!’ Kanye then said, ‘You’re John Legend from now on. That’s your name!’”

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