Written by Robert Nesta Marley, Winston Hubert McIntosh
Get up, stand up! Stand up for your right!
Get up, stand up! Don't give up the fight!
Preacher man, don't tell me
heaven is under the earth.
I know you don't know
what life is really worth.
Is not all that glitter is gold
half the story had never been told.
So now you see the light
stand up for your right!
Come on!
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 will look for yours on earth.
And now you see the light
you stand up for your right!
Jah!
Jah, Jah!
Get up, stand up!
Life is your right!
So we can't give up the fight!
Lord, Lord!
Keep on struggling on!
Yeah!
We sick and tired of your ism-schism game
die and go to heaven in a 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 we see the light
we gonna stand up for our right!
So you better:
Get up, stand up!
In the morning! Don't give it up!
Stand up for your rights!
Stand up right now! In the night!
Don't give it up, don't give it up!
* Don't be a n*gg*r in your neighborhood. Yeah!
I don't ??? very good. Lord!
I said, don't be a n*gg*r in your neighborhood.
* Peter Tosh fade-out lyrics