[Verse 1]
Wake up, face the future
Because I feel I have to salute you
On the things that's going 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

[Chorus]
It's later than it's ever been, time's up (time's up)[x2]
It's later than it's ever been, time's up, in this world, today

[Verse 2]
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, move
We must move, and never decay

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Yo, yo, my brother, my brother
Let me lay it on the down stroke
I want you to know that I will provoke
Anything that life will bring
Because within these words I have a antidote
The time is coming for the song that I'm humming
To let you know it's later than it's ever been
Your time is up, you sad faced clown
Now here's the breakdown (the breakdown, the breakdown, the breakdown)
[Bridge][x2]
It is later, than it's ever been
The life you living, try not to sin
It is later, it is later, it is later, than it's ever been
Keep on moving, and grab a hold
The life you living, must have control
We can do it, we can do it, we can do it, if we try

[Chorus]