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 you don't know,
What life is really worth.
It's not all that glitters is gold,
Half the story has never been told:
So now you see the light,
Stand up for your rights, ey!

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 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,
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!

We sick an tired of your ism-skism,
Dyin' n goin to heaven in-a Jesus name.
We know when we understand,
Almighty God is a living man,
Well you can fool some people sometimes,
But you can't fool all the people all the time,
And now you see the light,
Stand up for your rights, ey!

Get up, stand up! Stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up! Don't give up the fight! (no!)
Get up, stand up! Stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up! Don't give up the fight!