Higher Ground

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Higher Ground by Stevie Wonder

About Higher Ground

Higher Ground is a funk song written and performed by Stevie Wonder, released in 1973 as part of his album Innervisions. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the US Hot R&B Singles chart. Wonder wrote and recorded the entire song in just three hours, playing all the instruments himself, including a distinctive wah-wah clavinet sound achieved with a Mu-Tron III envelope filter pedal. The lyrics address the concept of reincarnation, with Wonder expressing his belief in second chances and the value of life. .

Higher Ground Lyrics

Are you ready? (yeah)
Can we do this? (yeah)
Here we go
Battete le mani con me
Battete le mani con me
Everybody clap your hands

People keep on learnin'
Soldiers keep on warnin'
World keep on turnin'
'Cause it won't be too long

Powers keep on lyin', yeah
While your people keep on dyin'
World keep on turnin'
'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'
'Til I reach my highest ground

Lovers keep on lovin'
Believers keep on believin', um yeah
Sleepers just stop sleepin'
'Cause it won't be too long, oh, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah

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'
'Til I reach my highest ground, whoo

'Til I reach my higher ground, oh no
No one's gonna bring me down
They're sure gonna try

I'm gonna go higher (higher)
Higher (higher)
Higher (higher)
Higher (higher)
Higher (higher)
Higher (higher)
Higher (higher)
Higher (higher)
Higher (higher)
Higher (higher)
Ooh, ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(Higher) Higher
Higher (higher)
Higher (higher), yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Don't you let nobody take you to a low level
Just keep on and keep on until you reach higher ground
Don't you let nobody take you to some low, low level
Just keep on and keep on until you reach higher ground
And a high, and a how
Grazie

From the album: BEST ROAD TRIP DISCO FEVER Classics