Get Up, Stand Up Lyrics

Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight
Preacher man no tell me
Heaven is under the earth
I know you don't know
What life is really worth
Isn't all that glitter is gold
Half the story had never been told
So now you see the light
You stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight
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
And now you see the light
You stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight
We're sick and tired of your ism and skism game
Die 'n' go to heaven in the Jesus name, Lord
We know when we understand
Almighty God is a living man
You can fool some people sometimes
But you can't fool all the people all the time
So now you see the light
You stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight

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A cover, by the Belgian singer, of the hit “Get up, stand up by https://genius.com/artists/Bob-marley-and-the-wailers (1973).

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Release Date
March 29, 2010
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