People, keep on learnin´
Soldiers, keep on warrin´
World, keep on turnin´
´Cause it won´t be too long

Powers, keep on lyin´,
While your people, keep on dyin´
World, keep on turnin´,
´Cause it won´t be too long

I´m so darn glad he let me try it again
Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
I´m so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin´
Till I reach the highest ground

Teachers, keep on teachin´
Preachers, keep on preachin´
World, keep on turnin´
´Cause it won´t be too long
Oh, no

Lovers, keep on lovin´
While believers, keep on believin´
Sleepers, just stop sleepin´
´Cause it won´t be too long
Oh, no!

I´m so darn glad he let me try it again
´Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
I´m so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin´
Till I reach the highest ground

(Spoken) An´ Stevie knows that, uh, no-body´s gonna bring me down.
Till I reach the highest ground
(Spoken) ´Cause me ´n´ Stevie, see, we´re gonna be a sailin´ on the funky sound
Till I reach the highest ground
(Spoken) Bustin´ out, an I´ll break you out, ´cause I´m sailin´ on.
Till I reach the highest ground
(Spoken) Just, uh, sailin´ on sailin´ on the higher ground
Till I reach the highest ground