(spoken style)

Wake up, face the future
Cause I feel I have to salute you
On the things that's goin on, in this world today
You can run, but you can't hide
You have to find your sense of pride
To let you know, that this world, will never decay

It's later than it's ever been, time's up (time's up)
It's later than it's ever been, time's up (time's up)
It's later than it's ever been, time's up, in this world, today

Brothers and sisters, grab a hold
There's a story solid as gold
We must try to stay alive
We must strive, and never slip away
Where there's sunshine, there is rain
Where there is joy there will be pain
We must move, m?--? move
We must move, and never decay

It's later than it's ever been, time's up (time's up)
It's later than it's ever been, time's up (time's up)
It's later than it's ever been, time's up, in this world, today