Rize

Rise, rise (oh-yeah), time to get up and rise Rise, rise (oh-yeah), time to stand up and rise So much for fallen soldiers Don't let them die in vain So much for freedom fighters (it's now that we feel your pain) So much for so-called justice (justice) A martyr's sacrifice Got gunned down during the protest Demanding our equal rights, equal rights, hey Rise, rise, got to get up and rise Rise, rise (oh-yeah), got to stand up and rise Built your goddamn country (country) And reaping no rewards (the land of milk and honey) We've even fought your wars Confined to the backs of the buses We've even took all of your blows How we survive the burning crosses Only heaven knows, heaven knows, heaven knows We say rise (rise), rise (rise), got to get up and rise We say rise (rise), rise (rise) got to stand up and rise We say rise oh, we say rise oh Got to get up and rise Exercise your human rights Come, we get out of this plight Rise, rise, rise Come out of your slumber (rise), oh-yeah Rise, rise, rise Keep growing in numbers (no jestering) So much for your redlining Forever tryna keep us back 'Cause we're the Windrush generation Who won't take any more of that, hey Rise (rise), rise (rise), got to get up and rise Rise (rise), rise (rise), got to stand up and rise We say rise oh, we say rise oh Got to stand up and rise It's your demise if you're not wise Got to move forward and rise Got to get up (get up, get up) Got to stand up, yeah (stand up, stand up) Got to march on, yeah (Uprising) Got to move on and rise Your fork tongue and your treaties, yeah, with too much hypocrisy We gonna rise, rise, rise from incarceration (no jestering) Speak about it, about it, yeah, whoa-oh Rise, rise, rise Got to stand up and rise Time to stand up and rise Got to stand up and rise Got to get up and rise Time to stand up and rise Got to get up and rise Time to stand up and rise Got to get up, got to get up Got to get organised