Stand Up

If I don't stand up for something They make me fall down for nothing Keep me lock down, down, down With no way out, no out If I don't speak up for something They take my freedom for nothing Keep me lock down, down, down With no way out, no way out (Accurate Immaculate) Haffi check myself, see if I thinking straight 'Cause I'm feeling so alone inna this sinking place Everybody trying to stay afloat and think it safe Following the news reporters, everything dem state But Martin Luther had a dream weh him nuh live fi see Rosa Parks did tek a seat, Kaepernick him tek a knee Mandela go a jail and end up set di people free Marcus Garvey mek me pree a God weh fava me Malcolm X him tell we seh by any means necessary Peter Tosh seh legalize it, look deh now see ganja free The word tek onto flesh and manifest in front a me So I create my own reality If I don't stand up for something They make me fall down for nothing Keep me lock down, down, down With no way out, no out I don't speak up for something They take my freedom for nothing Keep me lock down, down, down With no way out, no way out Some a dem cyaan' pay dem lawyer fee So dem haffi tek a plea So then what that says to me Is that freedom isn't free Cyaan' get no good education from certain community So yuh likely fi go end up inna di penitentiary Breonna Taylor get shot up and George Floyd him couldn't breathe If a dat dem do to them, then what dem a go do to me? Anyone with common sense can see wah Babylon a pree But even when di higher man stand alone If I don't stand up for something They make me fall down for nothing Keep me lock down, down, down With no way out, no out I don't speak up for something They take my freedom for nothing Keep me lock down, down, down With no way out, no way out See seh dem wan fi muzzle me but I a speak out That's why dem record label dem nuh try and reach out Dem know seh that me different from dem guys weh bleach out And rasta nah go sell mi soul fi buy no beach house Tell dem seh di Bebble Rock reliable Gideon start, nuff a dem unidentifiable One bagga talk, until you see seh dem a pliable But I a stand firm and that is undeniable If I don't stand up for something They make me fall down for nothing Keep me lock down, down, down With no way out, no out I don't speak up for something They take my freedom for nothing Keep me lock down, down, down With no way out, no way out Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh