Higher Ground by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Originally by Stevie Wonder. This song was covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers on their 1989 album, Mother's Milk. Many consider it to be the song that made the band huge, earning them a MTV Video Music Award nomination.This version was featured in the films Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995), Center Stage (2000), Walking Tall (2004) and The Longest Yard (2005).It is used in The Pursuit of Happyness, too, as "Highest Ground". It was also used during the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers pilot episode opening."Higher Ground" was the Steiner Brothers' entrance music back in WCW.As part of the "Year of a Million Dreams" Celebration, Space Mountain at Disneyland in Anaheim, California used this song as its soundtrack for 16 weeks, from January 3, 2007 to April 26, 2007.This version has also been played in a season one episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.British magazine, Total Guitar names this version as the second greatest cover version ever in 2000.

Lyrics:

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

(Spoken) An' Stevie knows that, uh, no-body's gonna bring me down.
Till I reach the highest ground.
(Spoken) 'cause me 'n' Stevie, see, we're gonna be a sailin' on the funky sound
Till I reach the highest ground.
(Spoken) Bustin' out, an I'll break you out, 'cause I'm sailin' on.
Till I reach the highest ground
(Spoken)Just, uh, sailin' on sailin' on the higher ground
Till I reach the highest ground

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[bassguitarist21]

love the beginning bass riff

[GeddyYeti2112]

GO GO POWER RANGERS!!!

[TheR0flman]

Can i not go to one of the Videos without seeing a comment that references the Power Goddamn Rangers? Who gives a Damn about 5 Teens wearing Rainbow Spandex fighting Monsters that look like they are in GWAR, That movie does not deserve this song!

[pressove]

Good old RHCP... I'm only 18 but I owned this album instead of Californiacation

[notcassandra1]

still a wicked song more than 20 years later.

WTF!!!!? 20 years ago I was listening to this?

Damn....

[CrazyFleury]

i know that song from center stage!!!

[hockeydude634]

lol i learned this song from power rangers lol i was like 6

[redpatriot]

@bassguitarist21 that's pretty much the whole song lol

[JCI1990]

Green Ranger

[grizzkids09]

dont forget karate kid (2010)

[jadedmastermind]

This song got me into RHCP!!! Born in the USA was the first song I remember, but Higher Ground was the first song that made me want to go out and buy music. Little known fact: Stevie Wonder himself sought out RHCP and requested that they cover his song.