Kemp Harris and the Shoal Survivors - Stand Up, Rise Up

from Songs for Social Change Volume 6 by The Finalists of the Songs for Social Change 2021 Contest

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    This album contains the songs of Kemp Harris, the winner of the Songs for Social Change Contest of 2021 sponsored by the Renaissance Artists and Writers Association, RAWA, and the top finalists in the competition. The songs on this album address current social and economic challenges facing the world. The artists and their songs span a variety of genres with their messages.
    There are 13 songs on the album.
    released February 22, 2022

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This is the prize winning track in the Songs for Social Change songwriting contest of 2021. Kemp Harris defies categorization. He is a singer and songwriter, a master weaver of American musical styles. He’s an actor, activist, author, and storyteller, and an award-winning educator who has taught young public school students for more than 40 years.

lyrics

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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from Songs for Social Change Volume 6, released February 22, 2022

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