Higher Ground - Ike & Tina Turner

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.

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