Lyric : Wake Up Everybody ( Verse 1 )
Artist : John Legend with The Roots ft Common & Melanie Fiona
Wake up everybody
[weIk Λp ‘efrIbΛdI]
No more sleepin’ in bed
[nəU mƆ: sli:piŋ In bed]
No more backward thinkin’
[neU mƆ: bæk’wa:d θInkIŋ]
Time for thinkin’ ahead
[taIm f Ɔ:(r) θInkIŋ ə’hed]
The world has changed
[δə ‘wərld hæz ʧeInʤId]
So very much
[sə ‘verI ma:ʧ]
From what it used to be
[frəm ‘wΛt It ju:sd tə bi: ]
There is so much hatred
[δeə(r) Iz sə ma:ʧ ‘heItrId]
War and poverty
[wƆ:(r) end ‘pa:və(r)tI]
Wake up, all the teachers
[weIk Λp Ɔl δə ‘ti:ʧə(r)z]
Time to teach a new way
[taIm tə ti:ʧ ə nju: weI]
May be then they’ll listen
[meI bi: δen δeIl lisən]
To what’cha have to say
[tə ‘wΛʧə hæf tə seI]
‘Cause they’re the ones who’s coming up
[kə:z δeərə δə wΛn hu:z ‘kΛmiŋ Λp]
And the world is in their hands
[end δə ‘wərld Iz In δeIr ‘hændz]
When you teach the children
[wen ju ti:ʧ δə ‘ʧIldrən]
Teach’em the very best you can
[ti: ʧəm δə ‘verI best ju kæn]
Analyzed by :
Vilya Lakstian
Student of English Letters
State Islamic Institute (IAIN Surakarta)
Indonesia
