Get Up Stand Up Songtext
von Ijahman Levi

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

Preacher man, please don′t tell me
Heaven is under the Earth
I know you don't know
What life is really worth
It's not all that glitter is gold
Half the story has never been told
And now you′ve seen the light
You have to stand up and fight for your rights


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 see, most people think
Great God will come from the sky
Take away everything
And make everybody feel high
But if you know what life is worth
You would look for yours and hers
And now that you′ve seen the light
You better get up and stand up for your rights

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


Sick and tired of the ism and schism game
Die and go into heaven and jolly
We know and we understand
The almighty God is a living man
You can fool the people sometime
But you can't fool the people all the time
And now that we see the light
We got to stand up and fight for our rights

Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up

Don′t give up the fight, don't give up the fight
Get up, stand up

Don't give up the fight, Rastafari
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 you give up the fight, Rastafari
Get up, stand up

Stand up for your rights, hey
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight

In the name of his imperial majesty
Hebra-hay Selassie I
Jah Rastafari
Kings of kings and lords of lords
For his name I glorify I
Rastafari
I say, hey
Get up, stand up

Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don′t give up the fight