Get up stand up
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Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights !
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Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight !
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Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights !
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Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight !
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1. You preacher man don't tell me heaven is under
the earth,
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you a
duppy and you don't know what life is really worth.
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It's not all that glitter is
gold, and half the story has never been told,
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so
now we see the light, we gonna stand up for our
rights. Come on !
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2. ‘Cause
you know, most people think
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a great
god will come from the skies,
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and take
away everything and make everybody tried.
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But if you know what life is
worth, you would look for yours on
earth,
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and
now you see the light, we gotta stand up for our
rights. Come on !
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3. We're sick and tired of this game of technology,
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humbly
asking Jesus for his mercy.
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We know and we know and
understand
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Almighty Jah
is a living man.
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You fool some people
sometimes,
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but
you can't fool all the people all the time,
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and now we see the light, we gonna stand up for our rights. Come on !
Em Em D Em
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights !
Em Em D
Em
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight !
Em Em D Em
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights !
Em Em D
Em
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight ....
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Peter Tosh)