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.

 Chorus:

 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!

 Chorus

 An' Stevie knows that, uh, no-body'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 sound
 Till I reach the highest ground.
 Bustin' out, an 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