Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Get up, stand up Stand up for your rights Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight Get up, stand up Stand up for your rights Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight You preacher man, don't tell me Heaven is under the earth You a duppy and you don't know What life is really worth It's not all that glitter is gold And half the story has never been told So now we see the light We gonna stand up for our rights, come on Get up, stand up (brothers) Stand up for your rights (come on) Get up, stand up (sisters) Don't give up the fight (I'm begging you to) Get up, stand up Stand up for your rights Get up, stand up (I said) Don't give up the fight 'Cause you know most people think A great God will come from the skies And take away every little thing And left everybody dry But if you know what life is worth You would look for yours right here on Earth And now we see the light We gonna stand up for our rights, come on Get up, stand up (don't make them push you 'round) Stand up for your rights (come on brothers) Get up, stand up (be brave now) Don't give up the fight (I say) Get up, stand up Just stand up for your rights (don't let 'em hold you down) Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight We're sick and tired of this game of technology Humbly asking Jesus for his mercy We know, we know and we understand Almighty Jah is a living man You fool some people sometimes But you can't fool all the people all the time And now we see the light We gonna stand up for our rights, come on Get up, stand up Stand up for your rights (come on brothers) Get up, stand up (I said) Don't give up the fight (don't let 'em push you 'round) (I say) Get up, stand up Stand up for your rights (come on all sisters) Get up, stand up

Get Up, Stand Up (x2) I was going... to see my love And I was going Get ready, brother Get ready, sister I was going... to see my love I was flowing Get on board the train For the evening train would be too late Get on board the train For the evening train will be too late But I don't hear it Where is the evening train? Sitting in the brightened sun Waiting for the day to come Wishing for the night to come That won't help Sitting in the brightened sun That won't help Each the night and day will come That won't help Get up now Get up, stand up now Sitting inside a soul Crying every day for more (x2) That won't help Crying every day for more Fly a bird in the evening sun Burning out of control (x2) That won't help C'mon, C'mon... Get Up, Stand Up Time is going down now My summer love is fading

Revelation, reveals the truth, Revelation It takes a revolution to make a solution Too much confusion, so much frustration I don't want to live in the park Can't trust no shadows after dark So my friend I wish that you could see Like a bird in the tree, the prisoners must be free Never make a politician grant you a favour They will always want to control you forever So if a fire make it burn And if a blood make it run Rasta there up on top, can't you see So you can't predict the flop We got lightning, thunder, brimstone and fire Lightning, thunder, brimstone and fire Kill, cramp and paralyse all weak at conception Wipe them out of creation Let l'es is l'es in l'es is black In l'es is red in l'es is dread Let rightousness cover the earth Like the water cover the sea Lightning, thunder, brimstone and fire Lightning, thunder, brimstone and fire

Until the philosophy which hold one race superior And another inferior Is finally and permanently Discredited and abandoned Everywhere is war Me say war That until there no longer first class and second class citizens of any nation Until the colour of a man's skin is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes Me say war That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all Without regard to race Dis a war That until that day, dream of lasting peace, world citizenship Rule of international morality Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained Now everywhere is war War And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola In Mozambique, South Africa Sub-human bondage have been toppled, utterly destroyed Well, everywhere is war Me say war War in the east War in the west War up north War down south War, war Rumours of war And until that day the African continent will not know peace We Africans will fight, we find it necessary And we know we shall win, as we are confident In the victory Of good over evil Good over evil, yeah Good over evil Good over evil, yeah Good over evil Good over evil, yeah

Listen my brother and understand Don't play like a donkey if you're really a man You don't fool a soul when you wear sharp studs Your mouth is dirty and you cuss a bad word Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans this is the time Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Mother been weeping We were no more strangers (yes I pray) We were more than friends (battles came down) Yet the battles were splintered all over the place Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans this is the time Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Always come up and always rude Smashing things and breaking rules Man what do you think you are A little beast for sure Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans this is the time Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Can't a woman's tender care (return you now) Change from all the child she beared We were no more strangers (yes I pray) We were more than friends (battles came down) Yet the battles were splintered all over the place Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans this is the time Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans this is the time Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind

Until the philosophy which hold one race superior And another inferior Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned Everywhere is war Me say war That until there are no longer First-class and second-class citizens of any nation Until the colour of a man's skin Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes Me say war That until the basic human rights Are equally guaranteed to all Without regard to race Dis a war That until that day The dreams of lasting peace World citizenship And the rule of international morality Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued But never attained Well, everywhere is war War And until the ignoble and unhappy regime That hold our brothers in Angola In Mozambique South Africa Sub-human bondage Have been toppled Utterly destroyed Well, everywhere is war Me say war War in the east War in the west War up north War down south War, war Rumors of war And until that day The African continent Will not know peace We Africans will fight, we find it necessary And we know we shall win As we are confident In the victory Of good over evil Good over evil, yeah Good over evil, evil Good over war Until bigotry and prejudice malicious Inhuman sub interests have been replaced by understanding And tolerance and goodwill yeah War Until all Africans stand and speak as free beings Equally in the eyes of the Almight War Everywhere is war