Get Up Songtext
von Dennis Brown

A victory in every move
A victory in every move
A victory in every move

Get up, get up, get up
Identify yourself
Get up, get up, get up
Identify yourself
Get up, get up
Identify yourself
Get up, get up, get up
Identify yourself (Yeah)

The earth is the Lord′s, yeah-yeah
And the fullness thereof now
What are we really fighting for? (Tell me)
(What are we fighting for?)

Get up, get up, get up
Your soul will never go to hell (No)
Get up, get up, get up
Now only time will tell


The kingdom of Jah belongs to his children (Yeah)
Who have repented from their evil ways (Alright)
(You must repent from your evil ways)
Repent from your evil ways (Alright, see)

The poor feel, the people cry
The people fight both day and the night
The poor feel, the people cry
The people fight both day and the night (Woah-woah)
(You must repent from your evil ways)
You have to stand up right for what you believe in
(You must repent from your evil ways)

Stand upright (You must repent from your evil ways)
Get up! (Woah-woah, yeah, see)

The earth is the Lord's, yeah-yeah
And the fullness thereof now
What are we really fighting for? (Tell me)
(What are we fighting for?)
(Yeah)


Get up, get up (Get up)
For truth and rights
Get up, get up (Get up)
For equal rights
Get up, get up (Get up)
For equal rights
Get up, get up (Get up)
For truth and rights

Oh death, oh death, where is your sting?
Oh grave, oh grave, oh where is your victory? (Yeah)
Identify yourself (Woah-oh)
Oh Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan and Gad
Asher, Naphtali, Joseph, a Benjamin, sister Dinah (Woah-oh)
The twelve tribes of Israel (Woah-oh)
The twelve tribes of Israel (Yeah)

Get up, get up (Woah-oh)
Get up, get up (Get up)
For truth and rights
Get up, get up (Get up)
Identify yourself (Yeah)

No more hesitation, no more hesitation
Purification, yeah
Woah-oh, well, identify yourself (Yeah)
Identify yourself (Oh)
Get up (Get up), get up (Get up), get up (Get up)