Get Up Stand Up
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 right
….
We’re sick and tired of your ism schism game
Die and go to heaven in 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 some people all the time
So now we see the light
(What you gonna do?)
We gonna stand up for our right.
Jah, Jah, Jah …
Get up Stand up, co-written with Peter Tosh, demonstrates an anti-imperialist, strident and militant tone, that acts as the rallying cry for oppressed people to fight back and in the spirit of Marcus Garvey’s self-reliance philosophy do something about their own situation.
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