Get Up, Stand Up lyrics
by Peter Tosh
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 1]
Preacher man 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
Now you see the light
Stand up for your rights
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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 on earth
Now you see the light
Stand up for your rights
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 3]
Oh, we're sick and tired of the -ism schism
Die and go to heaven in Jesus' name
We know and we understand
Almighty God is a living man
But you can fool some people sometimes
But you can't fool all the people all the time
Now you see the light
Stand up for your rights
[Outro]
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight
No
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight