Higher Ground

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
 And Stevie knows that, uh, nobody's gonna bring me down
 Till I reach the highest ground.
 'Cause me 'n' Stevie, see, we're gonna be a sailin' on the funky funky sound
 Till I reach the highest ground.
 Bustin' out, and I'll break you out, 'cause I'm sailin' on
 Till I reach the highest ground
 Just, uh, sailin' on, sailin' on the higher ground
 Till I reach the highest ground