Rise Songtext
von Daryl Braithwaite

Friends, foes and firewood are gathering in the tenements tonight
The fast one amongst them brings home food for those too slow
For too many years they have lived on these streets
Their freedom just a memory as the darkness repeats
Somehow everything is turning upside down

And they′ve been sleeping in the subway
The only place they call their own
And eventually they rise, yes they rise
And they rise in their own way
They rise in their own way


Daughter ran away one day, didn't have a lot to say
They wondered why
She comes home twice a week to wash her clothes
And watch her mother cry
There′s too many eyes watching her family home
The seeds of revolution inside her are sown
And somehow everything is turning upside down

And they've been sleeping in the subway
The only place they call their own
Eventually they rise, yes they rise
And they rise in their own way
They rise in their own way

They will rise
They will rise

Only daughter left her many years ago
Still she don't know why
She said, "Don′t you worry mother
You will never see me cry"

Yes they rise in their own way
Yes they rise in their own way
And they rise in their own way
Yes they rise in their own way


They will rise
They will rise