Every Sunday you walk through that door With smiles and ogled eyes and much, much more While all around the world outside That evil lurks, a sneer with pride The Preacher preach and you nod your head Yet never hearing a word he said Too busy checking out your neighbor's clothes Or thinking about that new car they drove You better wake up church and pay close attention We have problems, oh, did I fail to mention Young people are being swept away You better wake up church and pray Kids selling drugs and playing with guns No playgrounds built where they can have fun Babies having babies, where the mothers, I can't tell Where are the daddies, are they all in jail Children not allowed to pray in school Yet they're still expected to know the "Golden Rule" School systems teaching inferior knowledge And you wonder why some kids can't get into college Hard working people earning minimum wage Domestic violence rising, why all the rage People lying in the streets and you wonder why Homeless and lost without their piece of the pie You better wake up church and show some unity And acknowledge the problems in your community Things not getting better, they're getting worse everyday You need to take heed church and wake up and pray Wake up church and hear the Preacher shout And pay close attention to what he's yelling about Wake up church before it's too late And the world falls prey to the ultimate fate