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 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