Higher Ground is a song that was written by and originally performed by Stevie Wonder.
Red Hot Chili Peppers' cover is the second track and lead single from the band's fourth studio album Mother's Milk.
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
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)
Personnel[]
- Anthony Kiedis: Lead vocals
- John Frusciante: Guitar, backing vocals
- Flea: Bass, backing vocals
- Chad Smith: Drums
- Backing vocals by:
- Vicki Calhoun
- Wag
- Randy Ruff
- Aklia Chinn
- Jack Sherman
- Joel Virgel Viergel
- Iris Parker
- Julie Ritter
- Gretchen Seager
- Laure Spinosa
- Sir Babs
- Merill Ward
- Bruno Deron
- Kristen Vigard
Navigation[]
Standard tracks | Good Time Boys · Higher Ground · Subway to Venus · Magic Johnson · Nobody Weird Like Me · Knock Me Down · Taste the Pain · Stone Cold Bush · Fire · Pretty Little Ditty · Punk Rock Classic · Sexy Mexican Maid · Johnny, Kick a Hole in the Sky |
2003 remaster bonus tracks | Song That Made Us What We Are Today · Knock Me Down (original long version) · Sexy Mexican Maid (original long version) · Salute to Kareem · Castles Made of Sand (Live) · Crosstown Traffic (Live) |
The Red Hot Chili Peppers | "Get Up and Jump" |
Freaky Styley | "Jungle Man" • "Hollywood (Africa)" |
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan | "Fight Like a Brave" • "Behind the Sun" |
Mother's Milk | "Higher Ground" • "Knock Me Down" • "Taste the Pain" |
Blood Sugar Sex Magik | "Give It Away" • "Under the Bridge" • "Suck My Kiss" • "Breaking the Girl" • "If You Have to Ask" |
One Hot Minute | "Warped" • "My Friends" • "Aeroplane" • "Shallow Be Thy Game" • "Coffee Shop" |
Californication | "Scar Tissue" • "Around the World" • "Otherside" • "Californication" • "Road Trippin'" |
By the Way | "By the Way" • "The Zephyr Song" • "Can't Stop" • "Dosed" • "Universally Speaking" |
Greatest Hits | "Fortune Faded" |
Stadium Arcadium | "Dani California" • "Tell Me Baby" • "Snow ((Hey Oh))" • "Desecration Smile" • "Hump de Bump" |
I'm With You | "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" • "Monarchy of Roses" • "Look Around" • "Brendan's Death Song" |
The Getaway | "Dark Necessities" • "Go Robot" • "Sick Love" • "Goodbye Angels" |
Unlimited Love | "Black Summer" • "These Are the Ways" |
Return of the Dream Canteen | "Tippa My Tongue" |
Movie soundtracks | "Show Me Your Soul" • "Soul to Squeeze" • "Love Rollercoaster" |