"What's Up?" is a rock song written by Linda Perry for 4 Non Blondes' 1992 debut album, Bigger, Better, Faster, More!. It was released as the album's second single in 1993. It was very successful in Brazil[1] and in several European countries, peaking at number one in Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Ireland, Norway and the Netherlands.

 

 

Twenty-five years I'm alive here still

Trying to get up that great big hill of hope

For a destination

I realized quickly when I knew I should

That the world was made up of this brotherhood of man

For whatever that means

 

And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed

Just to get it all out what's in my head

And I, I am feeling a little peculiar.

And so I wake in the morning and I step outside

And I take a deep breath and I get real high

And I scream from the top of my lungs

What's going on?

 

And I say: HEY! yeah yeaaah,

HEY yeah yea I said hey, what's going on?

And I say: HEY! yeah yeaaah,

HEY yeah yea I said hey, what's going on?

Ooh, ooh ooooooooooooooooh ooh, ooh ooooooooooooooooh

And I try, oh my god do I try I try all the time, in this institution

And I pray, oh my god do I pray I pray all sanctity

For a revolution.

 

And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying bed

Just to get it all out what's in my head

And I, I am feeling a little peculiar

And so I wake in the morning and I step outside

And I take a deep breath and I get real high

And I scream from the top of my lungs what's going on?

 

And I say, hey hey hey hey I said hey, what's going on?

And I say, hey hey hey hey I said hey, what's going on?

And I say, hey hey hey hey I said hey, what's going on?

And I say, hey hey hey hey I said hey, what's going on?

Ooh, ooh ooooooooooooooooh ooooooooooooooooh

 

Twenty-five years I'm alive here still

Trying to get up that great big hill of hope

For a destination

mmh mh