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Stand up, stand up,
You been sitting way too long
v.1
Thieves in the temple
Too much money changing hands
Greed and corruption
Has got it’s grip on this land
Times, they are a changin
And we want equality
Power to the people
It ain’t gonna happen
Till folks like you and me…
(chrous)
Stand up,You been sitting way too long
Step up, You know what’s right and what is wrong
Rise up, Don’t let the system hold you down
Stand up, stand up, you been sitting way to long
v.2
We demand justice
We demand respect
We demand fairness
So take your knee off my neck
Fight for your country
You hold the power in your hand
March for your freedom
Listen to me people
Do you understand we gotta
(Chorus)
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Anita Aysola - America
04:31
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Some came here searching
Some came here in chains
No matter what we all knew
We would never be the same
We all were hoping for a better way to live
We are America
We’re subway stations and tractor trailors
And highways with eight lanes
We wear hijabs and cowboy hats
But live on the same lane
We speak every language known to man
But we’re saying the same thing
We are America
Chorus:
Oh say can you see
Can you still see me
And do we all still dream the same dream
From sea to shining sea
America you broke my heart today
But I know you will finally find your way
Until then I’ll still love you for the rest of my days
We are America
Chorus
Chorus Part 2:
United in Joy
Divided in pain
No matter how we pray or love we are the same
And we can live up to our name
Beyond hatred and shame
From sea to shining sea (x2)
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I've got a brain that's got a switch that makes a thought like:
“I should just stay in bed.”
But I got a dream that paves the way to melt the pain,
For me to forget my old head.
Why they gotta sell me like I don’t know what I’m doin?
Every day they treat me like the first day of school
Movin where - I don’t know - Findin’ while they stomp on my light...
That even if I cry...
I won't put up with it, I won't put up
I've seen the other side, and if its right, I don't wanna be.
I won't put up with it, I won’t put up I know
I’ll make a new world, oooh
I won’t put up with it no!
Take a breath, take a breath...
We see the game, we’re overworked to feed some jerk
And keep em’ fat and entertained
Love thy neighbor, shoot thy father, love’s the answer,
Now please go on and hate
Ohhh, Still they wanna sell me like I don’t know what I’m doin’
Cos every day I’m movin on a permanent high,
Like that’s some kinda crime?
I won't put up with it, I won't put up
I've seen the other side, and if it’s right, I don't wanna be.
I won't put up with it, I won’t put up I know
I’ll make a new world (Just give me the new world!)
Yeah yeah, I won’t put up with it no!
I want a new world now...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Just imagine what this world could be
Why don’t u let yourself be free
Why you bust a cap on it!?
An ordinary world with ordinary thoughts
So dangeous, cos you can never see the cost,
Less ya won’t put up with it
I want the new world... now!
Oooh won’t you give it to me
No, No, I won’t put up with it no!
I won't put up with it, I won't put up
I've seen the other side, and if it’s right, I don't wanna be.
I won't put up with it, I won’t put up with it...
I want the new world now
I want it now!
(Just imagine what this world could be
Why don’t you let yourself be free?
Why ya bust a cap on it?)
Its really what its all about
What its really all about.
Quit livin’ asleep, you gotta wake up
Don’t wait for the feelin’,
Gotta find the feelin’
Gotta get up, get up, get up...
I’m talking wake up, wake up, lets see...
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I have seen some wrongs to right and
I have justice in my sight;
These aren’t just suggestions!
History records –
I know that history rewards –
Those who ask big questions!
I see the world I came into ...
I’m askin’ “why?”,
Dreamin’ ’bout what could be ...
’Promise you’ll hear my cry!
Why must I be smarter?
Why must I be stronger?
Why must I work harder
Just to start the race?
Why am I pushed off the table?
Why’s my name not in the air?
I take nothin’ for granted,
But set a winning pace!
Sisters have been waiting,
Mothers have been praying
For justice to come now!
Though the sky looks threat’ning,
There’s a shining rainbow.
Just beyond the clouds!
I see the world I came into ...
I’m askin’ “why?”,
Dreamin’ ’bout what could be ...
’Promise you’ll hear my cry!
Why must I be smarter?
Why must I be stronger?
Why must I work harder
Just to start the race?
Why am I pushed off the table?
Why’s my name not in the air?
I take nothin’ for granted,
But set a winning pace!
Stand up for me and
I’ll stand up for you.
Stand up for those silenced
From saying #metoo.
Yes, we will be smarter!
Yes, we will be stronger!
Yes, we will work harder!
And we’ll win the race!
We will be ‘round the table!
Our names will be in the air!
We are making history and
Now we’ll take our place!
(c) David Keyes and Steph Chou Music (ASCAP)
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Come, come along
Walk beside us, you belong
Come, come along
Together, we are strong
None of us are free until all of us are free
We can make a change with solidarity
So everybody, let’s come along
Paint, paint your sign
It’s your own battle cry
Lift, lift it high
Your power can’t be denied
None of us are free until all of us are free
We can make a change with solidarity
So everybody, let’s come along
Can you hear our voices?
Can you hear our call?
Fighting with the strength we’ve had all along
Come, come along
It’s our moment, it’s our song
Come, come along
Together, we are strong
Come, come along
Walk beside us, you belong
Come, come along
Together, we are strong
None of us are free until all of us are free
We can make a change with solidarity
Walk beside us, you belong
Together, we are strong
Everybody, come along
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I can feel it coming
Well can you feel it too
Walls are falling and
Chains are breaking
Freedom's coming through
Now when the light in your heart
Is ready to shine on the world
Well don't you know everyone
The time has come for
A love revolution (love revolution)
Love (love)
Love revolution (love revolution)
Love
I can see it coming
Well can you see it too
Tides are rising
The storms are passing
And waves of change coming through
Cause when the light that's been shining in your heart
Is ready to light up the world
Well don't you know everyone
The time has come for
A love revolution (love revolution)
Love (love)
Love Revolution (love revolution)
Love (love)
Got to come together
Let love live forever inside, yeah
Sisters and brothers
Gotta love one another right now, yeah
Love one another right now
Love revolution, love
Love revolution, love
Love revolution (love revolution)
Love (love)
Love revolution (love revolution)
Love
Love revolution
Love
The times they are a-changin'
Gotta bring it back to love
Don't you know the time is right now
Don't you know everyone
The time has come for a
Love revolution
Love revolution
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Erika Kulnys - Rise Up
04:02
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Song Contest 2021
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Song Contest 2021 - 3 : Entry # 164
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Songwriter(s)
Erika Kulnys
Song Title
Rise Up
Enter your lyrics here
Rise Up
Where were you when the mountains quaked?
When the waters rose
Were you awake?
And where were you when the mother cried
Giving up her child
To the Holy State?
And where were you
When we marched in the streets?
Where were you?
Were you keeping the peace?
Where were you
When we took the waters back?
Where were you?
Did you have your mother’s back?
Rise up
Now is the hour
Rise up
Take back your power
Rise up
We will not wait
We rise up today
Where were you
When the soldiers died
Fighting for the truth?
Were you alive?
Where were you
When the towers blew?
When the temples burned
Were you inside?
And where are you
When we march in the streets?
Where are you?
Will you be the peace?
Where are you
When we take the borders back?
Where are you
Will you have your brother’s back?
Now we must rise up
Now is the hour
Rise up
Take back your power
Rise up
We will not wait
We rise up today
Rise up
Now is the hour
Rise up
Take back our power
Rise up
We will not wait
We rise up today
We Rise up today
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When darkness overcomes this land
And I can hardly see to reach for your hand
I need your light
I need your light
When gloomy shadows shroud our hearts
Dividing friends with fears that tear us apart
I need your light to shine and burst through the clouds of fears and lies
I need your light to light a rainbow of truth across the skies
I need your light
I need your light
When bullying supplants debate
When patriotic means to advocate hate
I need your light, I need your light
When fear becomes the air we breathe
When lies are told as truths for us to believe
I need your light to find my courage to touch and love my foes
I need your light to lift my burden so I can fly and glow
So I’ll be the light
as you are the light
We’ll be the light to light the pathway to justice, truth and grace
Let’s be the lights to clear the shadows and make an open space
Where we are free
Where we can speak our truth
Where we can fly and shine and burst through the clouds of fears and lies
Let’s be the light to light the rainbow of truth across the skies
Let’s be the light, Let’s be the light, Let’s be the light
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Isn’t it strange, building a wall for our freedom?
Isn’t it strange, to only care for our own?
Isn’t it strange
That we keep on fighting
Do bullets really save lives?
Isn’t it strange
That we keep ignoring
The cries of the ones who survived?
Can’t we agree
To live and love in harmony?
Cause if I’m not wrong
We are sharing this world ‘til we’re gone
So why don’t we give it a try?
Isn’t it strange
How love is illegal
While having a gun is alright?
Isn’t it strange
How we are destroying
Our borrowed home for humankind?
Can’t we agree
To live and love in harmony?
Cause if I’m not wrong
We are sharing this world ‘til we’re gone
So why don’t we give it a try?
Isn’t it strange
How we keep on pointing
To everyone but ourselves
Isn’t it time then
To gather our forces
Why don’t we give it a try?
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You’ve been living all your life here in this town
Now bulldozers are tearing houses down
Rent has got so high you can barely get by
Still this is your neighborhood, Welcome Home
Evicted now you’re sleeping in the park
Rain and cops and no rest in the dark
You’re body’s feeling old but you’re left out in the cold
You need a place to live, Welcome Home
Bridge:
This is our city -- where we all dream
Of a better life for our family
Everybody needs a home that they can call their own
Here in the land of the free
You traveled from the battles in Iraq
Back to flag waving and lots of empty talk
We cannot forget -- we owe you a debt
Now you’ve come here to our town, Welcome Home
You fled your country middle of the night
Sky was black, no border guards in sight
You’re building a new life for your children and your wife
We’re glad that you are here, Welcome Home
You came here thinking that you had a shot
Now you’re camped out in the Walmart parking lot
Playing bars for tips, waiting for your ship
We want to hear your songs, Welcome Home
Bridge:
We clean your hotel rooms, teach your kids in school
Put our lives on the line when fires burn
We’re drivers, waiters, retail workers, caregivers and cooks
We can hardly pay our way with what we earn
We will not be destroyed by the wrecking ball
This city, it belongs to us all
Children should be safe, everyone should have a place
All together now we say Welcome Home
Children should be safe, everyone should have a place
All together now we say Welcome Home
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If it didn’t have a light glowin’ bright from a screen
If it didn’t have some murder and mayhem in each scene
If I didn’t get a buzz once it entered my bloodstream
Had no interest in that, no interest in that
If it wasn’t in the tabloids stacked up in the check-out line
If it made me think too much after a long and hard day’s grind
If a homeless guy was wantin’ I would look away each time
Had no interest in that
That’s how I used to feel that’s how I used to be
Until I stared into the eyes of a man who wasn’t free
Against my better judgement it became my concern
Now I just can’t let it go ‘cause we’ve got no time to burn
If it doesn’t come from love, if it doesn’t lead to grace
If it doesn’t bring a smile to at least one worried face
If it doesn’t leave our planet just a little better place
Got no interest in that
We all can have a vision, we all can have a dream,
We all can make it true as hard as it may seem
Alone it's all but futile, together it will come
With a million hearts and minds workin’ hard to get it done
If it doesn’t bring some justice, if it doesn’t bring some joy
If it doesn’t fill the bellies of some hungry girls and boys
If it doesn't help to lift us from this dark and growing void
Got no interest in that, no interest in that, I got no interest in that,
no interest in that, I got no interest in that
© 2018 by Brant N. Miller
Final Vinyl Music (ASCAP)
brantmillermusic@gmail.com
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Written following a personal pilgrimage to Selma, Alabama, where John Lewis, Jimmie Lee Jackson, and other heroes fought powerfully against oppression by getting into “good trouble, necessary trouble.” It’s our turn now.
1. Jimmie Lee Jackson, back from Vietnam,
In desperate times, he dared to hope
In Marion, Alabama, mid-1960s
A black man could not vote
There was a peaceful protest
The police attacked his grandpa and Mom
Jimmie tried to defend them
The cops shot and killed him, he was unarmed
2. The people said, “Enough!
We won’t let Jimmie die in vain”
They started a march to Montgomery
50 miles on foot in his name
The marchers were gassed and beaten
On national TV
Millions raised their voices saying, “Everyone should be free!”
It’s our turn now, our turn now
They showed us how
It’s our turn now
Come and join us, we will rise
We will vote and organize
They showed us how
It’s our turn now
3. The marchers arrived in Montgomery
Met by a jubilant crowd
50 thousand, black and white,
Their voices clear and loud
They overcame despair
They bravely took a stand
A law was passed protecting
Voting rights across the land
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RAWA (Renaissance Artists and Writers Association) Urbana, Illinois
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