Hey, everybody won't you lend me your ear There's something to fear, it's here, and that's clear Men gettin' rich off rapin' the land I can't understand, why we don't take them in hand Oh, Lord, I don't want to be their fool no more I don't want to be their fool no more Open eyes, but you're sleepin' You best wake up 'fore tomorrow comes creepin' in 'Fore tomorrow comes creepin' in Feel that our lives are in the hands of fools Loosin' their cool, it's us that they rule Too many people sittin' dead on their ass They ain't got no class, people, this time must pass Oh, Lord, I don't want to be their fool no more Hey, I don't want to be their fool no more Open eyes, but you're sleepin' You best wake up 'fore tomorrow comes creepin' in 'Fore tomorrow comes creepin' in Oh, yeah, tomorrow comes creepin' Oh, hear me cryin' 'cause the people like me That long to be free, are not actually Please everybody won't you hear this song Help a country that's wrong to someday be strong Oh, Lord, I don't want to be their fool no more No! Lord, I don't want to be their fool no more Open eyes, but you're sleepin' You best wake up 'fore tomorrow comes creepin' Creepin' Tomorrow comes creepin'