Wake Up Lyrics

[Intro]
Wake up
Wake up
Get up
Wake up
Wake up
Get up
Wake up


[Verse 1]
When I woke up this morning and got out the bed
I had some really fresh thoughts going through my head
They were the thoughts that came from a wonderful dream
It was the vision of a world working as a team

[Chorus]
It was a dream (Get up)
Just a dream (Wake up)
Wake up
Get up


[Verse 2]
There were no guns, no what? No tanks, no what? Atomic bombs
And to be frank, homeboy, there were no arms
Just people working hand in hand
There was a feeling of peace all across the land
[Chorus]
It was a dream (Wake up)
Just a dream (Get up)
Wake up
Wake up


[Verse 3]
Between all countries, there were good relations
There finally was a meaning to united nations
And everybody had an occupation
'Cause we all worked together to fight starvation

[Chorus]
It was a dream (Wake up)
Just a dream (Wake up)
Get up

[Verse 4]
Everyone was treated on an equal basis
No matter what colors, religions, or races
We weren't afraid to show our faces
It was cool to chill in foreign places

[Chorus]
It was a dream (Get up)
Just a dream (Wake up)
Wake up
Get up
Wake up
Wake up
Get up
Wake up

[Verse 5]
All cities of the world were renovated
And the people all chilled and celebrated
They were all so happy and elated
To live in the world that they created

[Chorus]
It was a dream (Get up)
Just a dream (Wake up)
Wake up
Get up


[Verse 6]
There were no street people, we lived rent-free
And every single person had a place to be
A job, a home, and the perfect pay
And the world was free of greed and hate

[Chorus]
It was a dream (Wake up)
Just a dream (Get up)
Wake up
Wake up


[Verse 7]
Unemployment was at a record low
And the presidents were chillin' at our show
Listening to the things that we had to say
And trying to create a new and brighter day
[Chorus]
It was a dream (Wake up)
Just a dream (Wake up)
It was a dream (Get up)
Just a dream (Wake up)
It was a dream (Wake up)
Just a dream (Get up)
It was a dream (Wake up)
Just a dream (Wake up)
Get up
Wake up
Wake up
Get up
Wake up
Wake up
Get up
Wake up
Wake up
Get up
Wake up
Wake up

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Genius Annotation

Run D.M.C explains a dream with a utopian world. There is no war, greed, hate, homelessness or unemployment. At the time that this album was released, cold war tensions between the US and Soviet Union were still heightened.

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Recorded At
Greene St. Recording, SoHo, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Release Date
March 27, 1984
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