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've 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've know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin' till I reach the highest ground

An' Stevie knows that 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 sailin' on, sailin' on the higher ground
Till I reach the highest ground