GET UP, STAND UP Written by Bob Marley / Peter Tosh Bob Marley (Burnin', 1973) Live performance Oppression > Get Up, Stand Up * First time ever live on 04/07/94 for a radio show at 2 Meter Sessie (NOB Radiostudio): Hilversum, Netherlands. * Alternative performance : Burn One Down > Jah Work > Get Up, Stand Up : 05/13/97 Catalyst: Santa Cruz, CA - 07/02/97 Metropolis: Montreal, QC, Canada - 07/07/97 Clutch Cargo's: Pontiac, MI - 07/18/97 Columbia River Gorge: Bingen, WA. * Get Up, Stand Up : 12/04/99 Oracabessa Bay: Oracabessa, Jamaica - "One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute." Ben Harper joined by the Wailers. Lyrics I say we're sick and tired of your poison technology Slowly, surely, killing all humanity We know when we understand: The light of God is a living man. You can fool some people sometimes But you can not fool all the people all the time. So now you see Jah light We gonna stand up for our rights! 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 Preacher man don't tell me Heaven is under the earth I know, I know you don't know What Jah life is really worth It's not all the glitters is gold Half the story has never been told So now you see the light Stand up for your rights 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 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 don't give up the fight don't give up the fight Info From www.bobmarley.com : "This is the cutting call-to-arms that kicked off the Burnin' album. Seldom has the Rasta ethos been spelled out with greater sagacity, yet the theme transcends all religious and political boundaries. Amnesty International uses this song as their anthem." Original lyrics Get Up, Stand Up, stand up for your right (3 times) 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 glitters in gold and Half the story has never been told So now you see the light, aay Stand up for your right. Come on Get Up, Stand Up, stand up for your right Get Up, Stand Up, don't give up the fight (Repeat) Most people think great God will come from the sky Take away ev'rything, and make ev'rybody 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, stand up for your right Get Up, Stand Up, don't give up the fight Get Up, Stand Up. Life is your right 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 We're sick and tired of your ism and skism 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 all the people all the time So now we see the light We gonna stand up for our right So you'd better 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 |