I grew up near the projects. They were called Newsome Park. We lived in the NEW projects some would say. We had neighbors from all walks of life. One Halloween the Korean neighbors gave us change and crackers - LOL we had the nicest black family across the hall ~ we also criminals ~ one memory was the stripper - LOL her daughter was my friend ~ we cooked pork chops and looked at her mother's high heels ~ I wanted to be her.
I grew up near the projects ~ they were called Newsome Park ~ we lived in the NEW projects some would say ~ we had neighbors from all walks of life ~ one Halloween the Korean neighbors gave us change and crackers - LOL we had the nicest black family across the hall ~ we also criminals ~ one memory was the stripper - LOL her daughter was my friend ~ we cooked pork chops and looked at her mother's high heels ~ I wanted to be her.
funky mac says.......I laugh when people say live like there's no tomorrow then just get drunk and anaesthetise their whole existence. Wake up.... very apt
This song came out in 1975 and was redone in 2010 and not a dam thing has change. If Egypt can do it. then why the hell can't we. people listen to the words of the song. and lets get cracking
There is so much hatred, war, and poverty in the world and in America. The world has still not changed and it has not gotten any better 38 years later. Its time for everybody to wake up and lets change this world we are living in for the better and not for the worsening of the world. We need to go back to the old days and learn how to teach our children ourselves and teach how to make a living like grandma would have back in the 20th century, grow and raise your own food and stop relying on govt
A beautiful song for what's going on in the world today. This is what President Obama is trying to get the world to do. The world won't get any better until we all come together as one. It's not hard for us all to do. Just give it a try, that's the only way we will ever know! Just give it a try! Let us all try this today. I will. How about you? Thanks for the post.
This when we as a people (black folks) were united and awake. Wish we can get back to this period. John Lennon gave them Imagine, but Teddy and Harold Melvin gave us this gem.
This when we as a people (black folks) were united and awake. Wis hwe can get back to this period. John Lennon gave them Imagine, but Teddy and Harold Melvin gave us this gem.
@LeBigMoneyShow IN 1975 TEDDY gave us this gem but this big jew came in our seventh grade math class and tore his sons ass UP! GOTTOE MIGHTY DAM!the cops got him.probably patted him on the back.david went from one the dumbest to the smartest.no more hot wheels, archie mags, playdo. the teacher.black bro mr.Green went and got him a belt and hung it on the doorknob right next to that poster , UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND. A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE.wake up 12yo we woke our asses up.
@LeBigMoneyShow i have to be focused on something difficult for this song and that event to be separate.aint no telling what that man was going thru to treat his kid that way.
T. P. beautiful man R.I.P. if any of you had a heart you should be in tears yall (whites) keep saying we have to do it togeather but do you really mean for all of us or just to keep the status qoue and give us lip service do you really teach your children not to be racist.I believe as long as it doesnt effect you you will keep on your blinds on,and be politicaly correct in public.But im just a southern afro/american maybe its just down here.....????.....
RIP to the man that has been my boyfriend since i was 3 years old...i was told i was made to his music and ironically hes my favorite...ever..of all time!!! i have and always will love u Teddy P...your memory will live on in your music, that i will listen to til i die...my 6 year old is smitten over him just as i was in 85 when i made my debut into this world...gotta love u Teddy P!!
when this song came out around the mid 70s; I would say 1975, Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes were in their stride; constantly making hits and this one song really helped them out as well. Probably one of the most politically conscious songs ever written and sung in the 1970s period next to "What's Going On"
This is the true year of sudden change, blessing, and being awakened from slumber. Time for focus on our purpose for living on this earth 2010 is the year
Well, here we are in the year 2010 and this song still resonates profoundly of the tragedy, sorrow and sadness that is our world today. However, let us not forget the HOPE, FAITH AND STRENGTH, AND THE LORDS GRACE THAT CONTINUES TO PROPEL US FORWARD FOR OUR CHILDREN, BROTHERS, SISTERS, MOTHERS, FATHERS AND YES OUR TEACHERS!!!!!!!!! GOD B LESS US ALL ALWAYS!!!!!!, july161956
On an technical note, some of your timing is off but I once had an English teacher (rip) who influenced my own teaching career, now under way, who said: did you understand the message, to which I now reply: right on!!
URGENT - Help us to get the track "The more I get the more I want" by Teddy Pendergrass back into the UK TOP 40 Charts this weekend. Please join our facebook group GET TEDDY PENDERGRASS BACK IN THE TOP 40 THIS WEEK! Every download counts and costs only about 70p. We are going to ask the record label to donate to the HAITI Disaster Appeal in Teddy's memory. Please help us to achieve this - support is growing but time is running out. Thank you, Fiona & The Team xx
This has to handsdown be one of my favorite songs.... It's a song with message and purpose . Teddy, you are able to soar above us all with the wings of the angel and a halo shining bright... may your spirit stay with us and your soul R.I.P.
My prayers go out for his family.. R.I.P. You are greatly missed/
May I please say, I'm praying that you somehow God's Grace will help you find the strength you need during this time, in the wake of you losing your loved one, "Teddy" Pendergrass. And,I would like to dedicate the lyrics of his song, "Wake up Everybody," to you all, because its lyrics are just and revelant today as they were when I first saw and heard Teddy perform it, years ago, in N.W., Washington D.C., at a place called the "Blue Mirror." Rest, peacefully, "Teddy."
With Taddy gone, a small part of us is gone also. Now we need to look up to see this new star shining the night sky today.
Please come back again some day. The world needs a singer that can put hope in our eyes and love inour hearts. I pray the Lord bestow you a star in the heavens as large and bright as the music and voice you are. Enjoy your journey in the afterlife.
I used this cut to motivate my children.....we cleaned the house by listening to this...very educational....(taught responsiblity and accountability)they all graduated with college degrees......Thank you Teddy P!
From Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. Teddy made his Mark on Soul music and enetertainment in general. He wrote this in the 70s still relative today!! strong soulful music , strong DNA!!
This song always (and will always) do it for me. Back then in the dorms in university this was the song that hit the airwaves and would.. wake us up. every morning. Everything about the song is beautiful and the message remains true more than thirty years later
so many people still out here sleeping though, big time when you wake up you are transfromed big time, your whole attitude, music everything changes whole new meaning to everything
Not just Bush, but the others that came before him that screwed this country over! The only decent one we've had in my lifetime has been Bill Clinton! Now, he really knew how to run a country!
Wake up, all the doctors, make the old people well, they're the ones who suffer and who catch all the hell. Too bad we can't turn back the hands of time to the 70's when music was music, not the gibberish they have now.
campaign signature song. Can see it played at rallies across the country. This video is an example - kind of a masterpiece. Now do another one (same song) for the campaign and send it to them. When he sees it - if you make the videos more universal - I"ll bet they'll pick it up. I never get tired of hearing its inspiration.
WOW, forgot about this song, great way to start the NEW YEAR!!! This is what youtube should be promoting and featuring instead of some of the trash it chooses. Thanks for the vid, will continue to view your videos, thanks.
Damn...it is just me or does this song and Teddy's voice make you feel like there is hope for the human race after all :-)
926cheyenne 1 month ago
Its Time 2 Wake Up!
rashadjeraehood 2 months ago
still a hit
MATCHMONEYMUSICVIDS 3 months ago
Wake UP....
demoville1969 5 months ago
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I love this song ~
I grew up near the projects. They were called Newsome Park. We lived in the NEW projects some would say. We had neighbors from all walks of life. One Halloween the Korean neighbors gave us change and crackers - LOL we had the nicest black family across the hall ~ we also criminals ~ one memory was the stripper - LOL her daughter was my friend ~ we cooked pork chops and looked at her mother's high heels ~ I wanted to be her.
Peace,
V
MegaVeronicaLodge 5 months ago
I love this song ~
I grew up near the projects ~ they were called Newsome Park ~ we lived in the NEW projects some would say ~ we had neighbors from all walks of life ~ one Halloween the Korean neighbors gave us change and crackers - LOL we had the nicest black family across the hall ~ we also criminals ~ one memory was the stripper - LOL her daughter was my friend ~ we cooked pork chops and looked at her mother's high heels ~ I wanted to be her.
Peace,
V
MegaVeronicaLodge 5 months ago
Teddy is Awesome, he will be missed!!!!
abc37869 6 months ago in playlist great stuff
5 people need 2 just kill themselves
jmack9001 6 months ago
great accommodating storyboard
TABULOUS1 6 months ago
Oh my! LOVE THIS SONG!!!! I used to set my clock for 5:55AM to hear thisbefore school on WEAS 93.1 in Savannah, GA.
MrStormtrooper3000 6 months ago
@MrStormtrooper3000
total respect
MrJimbodrummer 5 months ago
My fave song ever.... this is REAL MUSIC
amandamyhre4 7 months ago 2
Turn it up!!!
sjr10011 7 months ago 2
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT!!!
christianrubyk 7 months ago
.......Sooooo this is where John Legend got it from. Man, I be jamming to this!
packleader1215 7 months ago
funky mac says.......I laugh when people say live like there's no tomorrow then just get drunk and anaesthetise their whole existence. Wake up.... very apt
dennisthesinger 7 months ago
This song is my inspiration TODAY AND THE DAYS TO COME!!!!!!
GET ON BOARD~~~~~
treasuretreat 10 months ago
This song came out in 1975 and was redone in 2010 and not a dam thing has change. If Egypt can do it. then why the hell can't we. people listen to the words of the song. and lets get cracking
bstern10 1 year ago 2
There is so much hatred, war, and poverty in the world and in America. The world has still not changed and it has not gotten any better 38 years later. Its time for everybody to wake up and lets change this world we are living in for the better and not for the worsening of the world. We need to go back to the old days and learn how to teach our children ourselves and teach how to make a living like grandma would have back in the 20th century, grow and raise your own food and stop relying on govt
87DiscoGirl 1 year ago
happy martin luther king day
tennis3022 1 year ago
Not allot has changed since 1973 when this song came out. I hope we all can "wake up" Awesome!!!
mlanosa 1 year ago
This song speaks for it's self!!
cdiddey 1 year ago
Great song my friend and video too ;-)))
The name of song ( Wake up everybody ) tells us a lot :-)))
Peace , hope and love with you , my friend ;-)))
~ Lara ~
lara8550able 1 year ago
telln the truth
GhostRecon213 1 year ago
Pay close attention to the words in this song!
MissSexy1965 1 year ago
VERY NICELY DONE :-) Songs/Pics Right on time :-) To much EVIL in the world for ppl to take heed :-( BUT we can't give up......... Peace!
mssquirrely 1 year ago
A beautiful song for what's going on in the world today. This is what President Obama is trying to get the world to do. The world won't get any better until we all come together as one. It's not hard for us all to do. Just give it a try, that's the only way we will ever know! Just give it a try! Let us all try this today. I will. How about you? Thanks for the post.
dwlr94 1 year ago
such a great song
shauna0904 1 year ago
I love the lyrics
j1o2y3c4e 1 year ago
Nobody can do this song like Teddy did it. John Legend messed it up. This is an authentic piece. RIP Teddy.
MrFireLT 1 year ago
@MrFireLT
I agree. Nothing like the real thing!
dwlr94 1 year ago
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This when we as a people (black folks) were united and awake. Wish we can get back to this period. John Lennon gave them Imagine, but Teddy and Harold Melvin gave us this gem.
LeBigMoneyShow 1 year ago
This when we as a people (black folks) were united and awake. Wis hwe can get back to this period. John Lennon gave them Imagine, but Teddy and Harold Melvin gave us this gem.
LeBigMoneyShow 1 year ago
@LeBigMoneyShow IN 1975 TEDDY gave us this gem but this big jew came in our seventh grade math class and tore his sons ass UP! GOTTOE MIGHTY DAM!the cops got him.probably patted him on the back.david went from one the dumbest to the smartest.no more hot wheels, archie mags, playdo. the teacher.black bro mr.Green went and got him a belt and hung it on the doorknob right next to that poster , UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND. A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE.wake up 12yo we woke our asses up.
ohmphthschwrhu 1 year ago
@LeBigMoneyShow i have to be focused on something difficult for this song and that event to be separate.aint no telling what that man was going thru to treat his kid that way.
ohmphthschwrhu 1 year ago
@LeBigMoneyShow if we just 'let it be' thats a slam on lennons let it be.never noticed that.
ohmphthschwrhu 1 year ago
Wake up...don't dumb it down.
jeffjeanmcdonald123 1 year ago
@jeffjeanmcdonald123 1 lOVE
Dactuck 1 year ago
still relevant today. that's right, no more backward thinkin', time to think ahead.
te4888 1 year ago
Nice and good song with a good message in it .We have to teach the children to not hate anymore
mlkworld 1 year ago
wake up everybody teddy saw the world going to hell in a hand basket way before
now come on lets help each other
ronaldlsmith1 1 year ago
Amazingly, this song was written in the 70's, and it is so still talking to America today.....Let's Wake Up America
delmarie13 1 year ago
T. P. beautiful man R.I.P. if any of you had a heart you should be in tears yall (whites) keep saying we have to do it togeather but do you really mean for all of us or just to keep the status qoue and give us lip service do you really teach your children not to be racist.I believe as long as it doesnt effect you you will keep on your blinds on,and be politicaly correct in public.But im just a southern afro/american maybe its just down here.....????.....
badintensions1 1 year ago 2
This song still rings true......
iceted01 1 year ago
i feel this song real beautiful juss like sam cook's a change 2 powerful songs
peedila 1 year ago
RIP to the man that has been my boyfriend since i was 3 years old...i was told i was made to his music and ironically hes my favorite...ever..of all time!!! i have and always will love u Teddy P...your memory will live on in your music, that i will listen to til i die...my 6 year old is smitten over him just as i was in 85 when i made my debut into this world...gotta love u Teddy P!!
juicee034 1 year ago
Yes, if we all lend a hand.... things can work out ... So wake up everybody...... the can get better.
Wagumire 1 year ago
when this song came out around the mid 70s; I would say 1975, Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes were in their stride; constantly making hits and this one song really helped them out as well. Probably one of the most politically conscious songs ever written and sung in the 1970s period next to "What's Going On"
Savvynlady 1 year ago
every time i here this song i wanted too do sumting positive!! thank you TEDDY.....
sandygrant1 1 year ago
Wonderful song and tru text :)
KarimaMarocdenmark 1 year ago
Absolutely true lyrics and beautifully sung too.
judiraine 1 year ago
this time less music for the world today and untill de end
producer ,DJ Hudson" hot mix "Beauduy
Afireplacestore 1 year ago
This is the true year of sudden change, blessing, and being awakened from slumber. Time for focus on our purpose for living on this earth 2010 is the year
treemonisha2006 1 year ago
We got to steal them taxes.
ecnalubma696969 1 year ago
this is the one
hercules520 1 year ago
Well, here we are in the year 2010 and this song still resonates profoundly of the tragedy, sorrow and sadness that is our world today. However, let us not forget the HOPE, FAITH AND STRENGTH, AND THE LORDS GRACE THAT CONTINUES TO PROPEL US FORWARD FOR OUR CHILDREN, BROTHERS, SISTERS, MOTHERS, FATHERS AND YES OUR TEACHERS!!!!!!!!! GOD B LESS US ALL ALWAYS!!!!!!, july161956
july1656 1 year ago
On an technical note, some of your timing is off but I once had an English teacher (rip) who influenced my own teaching career, now under way, who said: did you understand the message, to which I now reply: right on!!
oldschooljams 1 year ago
Whoo yeah baby! Just what I needed. "Wake up everybody!" It's already happening. The "New Earth" is being fashioned. Keep believing. Peace.
filmtress 1 year ago
r.i.p teddy
luv diz song lmao lolz
dovaqueen144 1 year ago
R.I.P Teddy we will miss u we love u I really love this song wake up every body
cutiewitbooty16 2 years ago
Y is President Bush in there?
googl142 2 years ago
Love the video! How interesting that the paradigm has not shifted and changed in terms of the condundrums presented lyrically. What does that say?
RocknRollhoochiecoo1 2 years ago
One of his best songs. This man can sing. I can listen to his music all day long.
logerfeld45 2 years ago
i love this song it is so positive
93lovelythang 2 years ago
i love u teddy.
gracelandm1 2 years ago 2
R.I.P
denishalw 2 years ago
beautiful shit mannnnn! music at its finest, the golden era
woodsmando 2 years ago 16
positive social commentary Teddy!!!!
EVER4MJ 2 years ago 15
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missprim78 2 years ago
what a voice ! rest peaceful my friend, peace
pabl0nzeus 2 years ago 3
Go Tommy Reeder
slimj817 2 years ago
R.I.P. Teddy P.
sula496 2 years ago 3
R.i.p. teddy p..Hatia keep your head up..
AAu99 2 years ago 2
R.I.P, Teddy!!!
I will never forget you!!! My sons even play your music, as they grew up on it!!!
wildblondeangel2000 2 years ago
RIP Teddy I will never forget that voice, respect and thoughts are with your family and friends.
TooDarnSoulful 2 years ago
This has to handsdown be one of my favorite songs.... It's a song with message and purpose . Teddy, you are able to soar above us all with the wings of the angel and a halo shining bright... may your spirit stay with us and your soul R.I.P.
My prayers go out for his family.. R.I.P. You are greatly missed/
miraclewoods 2 years ago
Amen!
CocoaLife 2 years ago
i get so emotional went i hear this song, when i was little this was the that i would get up to everyday. Thank you Teddy, make you rest in peace.
gotmusic1122334455 2 years ago
My parents had some Teddy Pendergrass albums and I have to say he was one of the greatest!!!
MrGossardX 2 years ago
May I please say, I'm praying that you somehow God's Grace will help you find the strength you need during this time, in the wake of you losing your loved one, "Teddy" Pendergrass. And,I would like to dedicate the lyrics of his song, "Wake up Everybody," to you all, because its lyrics are just and revelant today as they were when I first saw and heard Teddy perform it, years ago, in N.W., Washington D.C., at a place called the "Blue Mirror." Rest, peacefully, "Teddy."
joynpayne 2 years ago
With Taddy gone, a small part of us is gone also. Now we need to look up to see this new star shining the night sky today.
Please come back again some day. The world needs a singer that can put hope in our eyes and love inour hearts. I pray the Lord bestow you a star in the heavens as large and bright as the music and voice you are. Enjoy your journey in the afterlife.
ajp0007 2 years ago
I used this cut to motivate my children.....we cleaned the house by listening to this...very educational....(taught responsiblity and accountability)they all graduated with college degrees......Thank you Teddy P!
deepsix7 2 years ago
I remembered many of Teddy's song but didn't think he did this one. . . . This is a timeless classic.
R.I.P.
ncat2ncsu2psu 2 years ago
RIP Teddy. Certainly could sing, , still like to hear the hits now.
959staf 2 years ago 2
Teddy was here and know he's gone but his message still lives on Wake everybody.
pitorro921 2 years ago
WE LVE YOU TEDDY. SO MUCH
jinalanguniafrika 2 years ago
whoa..just heard the news that teddy died...RIP!
Traycuzsex 2 years ago
this was played on the radio this morning on my way into work....for Haiti....
txlori71 2 years ago
we will miss u teddy p
MrTexasboy4eva 2 years ago
RIP Teddy P.
<3
Makes me proud to be from Philly..
breakfastclub75 2 years ago
@breakfastclub75 ME TOO!
MROLDSCHOOLMUSIC 2 years ago
:) Yeah Philly! We've got tons of amazing music from here to be proud of!
breakfastclub75 2 years ago
I'm sure gonna miss Teddy P. the man sure could sing. It's sad to see another one of our throw back singers are gone. RIP TEDDY
mudiwah 2 years ago
Wake UP
gettinmonee 2 years ago
This is the first song I thought to play when I heard of his death. RIP Teddy. And thank you for all the incredible music.
salsoul76 2 years ago
R.I.P. TEDDY!! You will never be forgotten
MajesticSmile 2 years ago
Brilliant song, brilliant singer. Gone, but not forgotten.
sillyposter 2 years ago 3
From Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. Teddy made his Mark on Soul music and enetertainment in general. He wrote this in the 70s still relative today!! strong soulful music , strong DNA!!
MrBlues2jazz 2 years ago 3
@MrBlues2jazz
He did!
sillyposter 2 years ago
RIP Teddy
markberg 2 years ago 4
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I love this song......it's so very apt! Come on...let's all wake up!!!
JoyNBaltimore1 2 years ago
This song always (and will always) do it for me. Back then in the dorms in university this was the song that hit the airwaves and would.. wake us up. every morning. Everything about the song is beautiful and the message remains true more than thirty years later
thejazzprofessor 2 years ago 3
so many people still out here sleeping though, big time when you wake up you are transfromed big time, your whole attitude, music everything changes whole new meaning to everything
stypostve 2 years ago 5
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I love hearing this song so much. Teddy Pendergrass just sang it perfectly.
Bryant5493 2 years ago
LOve this tune.......says it all.
Maureen
mofnn24 2 years ago
very niice!!!...
Buggy702 2 years ago
This is it!
bellaimages 2 years ago
This record is simply brilliant.
GRAZIERS77 2 years ago
VERY GOOD!!! LOVE IT!!!
THANKS!!!!!!
brightchance 2 years ago 2
Not just Bush, but the others that came before him that screwed this country over! The only decent one we've had in my lifetime has been Bill Clinton! Now, he really knew how to run a country!
mcneal78 3 years ago 5
this song is hot it almost makes me cry
jaharri25 3 years ago
Amo...........
tel1309 3 years ago
Excellent video!!! From Rio de Janeiro/BRAZIL
gfmoreira 3 years ago
wake up everybody..time to embrace each other as one..
soulflmind 4 years ago 2
What a song we all need to wake up it's a new
day
1dock 4 years ago
Love it!!!!
dougy52 4 years ago
Wake up, all the doctors, make the old people well, they're the ones who suffer and who catch all the hell. Too bad we can't turn back the hands of time to the 70's when music was music, not the gibberish they have now.
NYCman530 4 years ago 6
What a fantastic song to adopt as Osama's
campaign signature song. Can see it played at rallies across the country. This video is an example - kind of a masterpiece. Now do another one (same song) for the campaign and send it to them. When he sees it - if you make the videos more universal - I"ll bet they'll pick it up. I never get tired of hearing its inspiration.
Pruffrock 4 years ago
WOW, forgot about this song, great way to start the NEW YEAR!!! This is what youtube should be promoting and featuring instead of some of the trash it chooses. Thanks for the vid, will continue to view your videos, thanks.
shewhobringsvictory 4 years ago
beautiful. I always loved that song. Big fan of Teddy P and Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes.
cgoldsmith 4 years ago
Great to see someone has great taste in music like me. Best wishes Goldsmith.
bayliner0558 4 years ago
This song embodies the reality of our culture.
Where we are going and who we are.
Wake up!
perryk007 4 years ago
This is the truth!
bellaimages 4 years ago