Get Up! Stand Up!

[H2O Man]

by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh

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!

Preacherman, don't tell me,
Heaven is under the earth.
I know you don't know
What life is really worth.
It's not all that glitters is gold;
'Alf the story has never been told:
So now you see the light, eh!
Stand up for your rights. Come on!

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!

Most people think,
Great God will come from the skies,
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 rights. Jah!

Get up, stand up! (Jah, Jah!)
Stand up for your rights! (Oh-hoo!)
Get up, stand up! (Get up, stand up!)
Don't give up the fight! (Life is your right!)
Get up, stand up! (So we can't give up the fight!)
Stand up for your rights! (Lord, Lord!)
Get up, stand up! (Keep on struggling on!)
Don't give up the fight! (Yeah!)

We sick an' tired of-a your ism-skism game -
Dyin' 'n' goin' 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 (What you gonna do?),
We gonna stand up for our rights! (Yeah, yeah, yeah!)

So you better:
Get up, stand up! (In the morning! Git it up!)
Stand up for your rights! (Stand up for our rights!)
Get up, stand up!
Don't give up the fight! (Don't give it up, don't give it up!)
Get up, stand up! (Get up, stand up!)
Stand up for your rights! (Get up, stand up!)
Get up, stand up! ( ... )
Don't give up the fight! (Get up, stand up!)
Get up, stand up! ( ... )
Stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up!
Don't give up the fight!


(Note: Keep your eyes on the prize. This is the time to be registering new voters, and organizing people in your extended family, social circle, and community. Voter registration and education are the keys to victory this fall.)

[yellerpup]

1. Aye, aye!

:patriot:

[H2O Man]

2. Marley & Tosh .....

better than soap operas.

[yellerpup]

4. One of my all time favorite protest songs.

Much better than the soaps!

[1Hippiechick]

3. Proud to K&R! Rock the vote! n/t

[mmonk]

5. The ground game is how we win.

[Iris]

6. k&r

[No Elephants]

7. Amen. Focus on an Obama Biden victory. Donate. Volunteer.

[HughMoran]

8. Don't give up the fight!

Agreed - we need to keep our eye on the prize. There are too many distractions lately.

[AwakeAtLast]

9. Here's a gem of a clip that I found on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7iXcKKpdx0

Love that song! :bounce:

:hi:

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Ain't No Stopping Us Now!

AIN'T NO STOPPING US NOW
McFadden & Whitehead


We're on the move!
Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We've got the groove!

There's been so many things thats held us down.
But now it looks like things are finally comin' around.
I know we've got, a long long way to go,
and where we'll end up, I don't know.
But we won't let nothin' hold us back,
we're putting our selves together,
we're polishing up our act!
If you felt we've been held down before,
I know you'll refuse to be held down anymore!

Don't you let nothing, nothing,
Stand in your way!
I want ya'll to listen, listen,
to every word I say, every word I say!

Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We're on the move!
Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We've got the groove!

Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We're on the move!
Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We've got the groove!

I know you know someone that has a negative vibe,
and if you're trying to make it they only push you aside.
They really don't have, nowhere to go.
Ask them where they're going, they don't know.
But we won't let nothin' hold us back,
we're gonna put our selves together,
we're gonna polish up our act!
And if you've ever been held down before,
I know you'll refuse to be held down anymore!

Don't you let nothing, nothing,
Stand in your way!
I want ya'll to listen, listen,
to every word I say, every word I say!

Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We're on the move!
Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We've got the groove!

Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We're on the move!
Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We've got the groove!

Some Philly sounds courtesy of Gamble and Huff! :hi:

And yes, do keep your eyes on the prize and don't let them distract you. They are now like rats in the corner, desperate and lashing out, so we have to redouble our resolve because eventually they will collapse from exhaustion.