[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

yo yo my brother my brother
let me lay it on the downstroke
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 comin´ for the song that I´m hummin´
to let you know it´s later than it´s ever been
your time is up, you sad faced clown
now here´s da breakdown (da breakdown, da breakdown, da breakdown)

[sung vocals]
It is later, than it´s ever been
the life you livin´, try not to sin
it is later, it is later, it is later, than it´s ever been

keep on movin´, and grab a hold
the life you livin´, must have control
we can do it, we can do it, we can do it, if we try

It is later, than it´s ever been
the life you livin´, try not to sin
it is later, it is later, it is later, than it´s ever been

keep on movin´, and grab a hold
the life you livin´, must have control
we can do it, we can do it, we can do it, if we try

[spoken style]
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