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Get Up, Stand Up

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Get Up, Stand Up Lyrics

( Bob Marley )

I say we're sick and tired of your poison technology
Slowly, surely, killing all humanity
We know when we understand:
The light of God is a living man
You can fool some people sometimes
But you can not fool all the people all the time
So now you see Jah light
We gonna stand up for our 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

Preacher man don't tell me
Heaven is under the earth
I know, I know you don't know
What Jah life is really worth
It's not all the glitters is gold
Half the story has never been told
So now you see the light
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
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
Don't give up the fight
Don't give up the fight

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