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 glitters is gold and
Half the story has never been told
So now you see the light
You stand up for your rights
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, stand up for your right
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
I want you to 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
Stand up for your right
Get up, stand up
Don't give up the fight
We sick an' tired of your ism-skism game
To dyin' and go to heaven in a Jesus' name
We know when we understand
Almighty God is a living man
You fool some people sometimes,yeah
But you can't fool all the people all the time
So now we see the light
We gonna stand up for our 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, yeah
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
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