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Intro:
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your right
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your right
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
It's not all that glitter is gold
Half the story has never been told
So now you see the light, ay
You stand up for your right
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your right
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight
Get up, stand up
Stand up for your right
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight
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, yeah
Get up, stand up (yeah, yeah)‎
Stand up for your right (oh-ooh)‎
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 right
(Lord, Lord)
Get up, stand up (keep on
Struggling on)‎
Don't give up the fight (yeah)‎
Bridge:
We're sick and tired of your
Ism and schism game
Die and go to heaven in Jesus'‎
Name Lord
We know and 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 gon' do?)‎
We going to stand up for our right
(yeah, yeah, yeah)
So you'd better
Bridge:
Get up, stand up (in the morning
Don't give it up)‎
Stand up for your right (stand
Up right now)‎
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 right (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 right
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight
Ending:

The story behind the song

"Get Up Stand Up" was written by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, first appearing on The Wailers' 1973 album Burnin'. Marley was inspired to write the song while touring Haiti, deeply moved by the poverty he witnessed there. It has been recorded and played live in many versions by Bob Marley and the Wailers, as well as solo versions by Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. The song is considered one of Marley's greatest and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

AI-written from these sources:Get Up, Stand Up — Wikipedia ↗Bob Marley — Wikipedia ↗

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