STAND UP

Youth man stand up fi unu rights, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh make nobody bruk yuh stride, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh care who want fi criticize, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh make nobody hold you down again Yuh betta than the whole ah dem Youth man stand up fi unu rights, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh make nobody bruk yuh stride, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh care who want fi criticize, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh make nobody hold you down again Yuh betta than the whole ah dem Cool yah mi bredda, the sign of di times Can't take di pressure, Nah turn to crime Mama raise you good, so beg yuh put down di nine Dem have di power, bur ah you rule yuh mind Teaching you treasure, can't leave behind Must climb the ladder one step at a time Mind over matter, greatness defined Must defend yuh honor if ah guy cross di line Youth man stand up fi unu rights, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh make nobody bruk yuh stride, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh care who want fi criticize, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh make nobody hold you down again Yuh betta than the whole ah dem Youth man stand up fi unu rights, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh make nobody bruk yuh stride, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh care who want fi criticize, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh make nobody hold you down again Yuh betta than the whole ah dem Born ah di gutter, raised from di slum Nuh fazed by oppression, cause that's where yuh from Faith in di father, cause better must come So make a fella know yuh step to yuh owna drum Sweet to di bitter, not always fun Want life fi good, dem say yuh nose haffi run As hard as it seem, well it is all said said and done A new day shall dawn from the rising of the sun Youth man stand up fi unu rights, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh make nobody bruk yuh stride, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh care who want fi criticize, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh make nobody hold you down again Yuh betta than the whole ah dem Youth man stand up fi unu rights, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh make nobody bruk yuh stride, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh care who want fi criticize, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh make nobody hold you down again Yuh betta than the whole ah dem It's all right to have yuh vision and yuh goal Blessed is the child who has his own It's all right to have yuh vision and yuh goal The father pon yuh side yuh not alone It's all right to have yuh vision and yuh goal Blessed is the child who has his own It's all right to have yuh vision and yuh goal Cause son yuh are a king so claim yuh throne Cool yah mi bredda, the sign of di times Can't take di pressure, Nah turn to crime Mama raise you good, so beg yuh put down di nine Dem have di power, bur ah you rule yuh mind Teaching you treasure, can't leave behind Must climb the ladder one step at a time Mind over matter, greatness defined Must defend yuh honor if ah guh cross di line Youth man stand up fi unu rights, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh make nobody bruk yuh stride, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh care who want fi criticize, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh make nobody hold you down again Yuh betta than the whole ah dem Youth man stand up fi unu rights, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh make nobody bruk yuh stride, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh care who want fi criticize, Get up, stand up, and fight Nuh make nobody hold you down again Yuh betta than the whole ah dem