(Wake up and live now!) (Wake up and live!) Wake up and live! Don't you complicate your mind Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy! Don't bury your thoughts All together now Come on, man! One, two, three, four!

Come on, wail Wail, Cotton Tail Benny Webster, come on and blow for me That's Cotton Tail

Come on, wail Wail, cotton tail Benny Webster, come on and blow for me That's cotton tail

Stir it up, little darlin', stir it up. Come on, baby Come on and stir it up, little darlin', stir it up. O-oh! It's been a long, long time, yeah! (Stir it, stir it, stir it together) Since I've got you on my mind (oh-oh-oh-oh) Oh-oh! Now you are here

Got to build our love on one foundation Got to come together There will never be, yeah! No love at all There will never be no love at all Got to put aside them segregation, yeah! Got to put aside them organization Got to put aside them denomination There

We can make it work We, Jah people, can make it work Come together and make it work, yeah Five days to go, working for the next day Four days to go, working for the next day Say we got, three days to go now, working for the next day Two days to go (ooh),

We are reincarnated souls (from that time) (Drink water) Let him come hither Let them drink clear water And we are living on earth, heat, air and water (in this time) Living on earth, heat, air and water (in this time) Living on earth, heat, air and

Come on, wail Wail, cotton tail Benny Webster, come on and blow for me That's cotton tail

The man oppressed will seem to do the worst But with all he possesses self preservation comes first His damnation comes not from burning free As destruction of the poor is their poverty, is their poverty While oppression is the poor man's choice Ah, but

Into our life again Turn your lights down low And I want you to know right now And pull your window curtains Oh, let Jah moon come shining in Sayin' ooh, it's been a long, long (long, long, long, long) time I kept this message for you, girl But it seems