You've Got To Stand For Somethin'

I've seen the Rolling Stones

Forgot about Johnny Rotten

Saw The Who back in '69

Saw Bobby Seal

Talkin' to the Panthers

Sayin' just what he had on his mind

I saw Marlon Brando

On a motorcycle

He was actin' out Rebellion

I saw Rocky Stallone

In a X-rated movie

I call the Italian Stallion

I've seen lots of things

But I have not seen a lot of other things

But I know

You've got to stand (Stand) for somethin'

Or you're gonna fall (Stand) for anything

You've gotta stand right up for somethin'

Or you're gonna fall for anything

I saw Nikita Krushchev

Kissin' Fidel Castro

Saw a man walkin' on the moon

I saw Miss America

In a girly magazine

I bet you saw that too

I've seen the London Bridge

In the middle of a desert

Seen thirty three years go by

I know the American people

Paid a high price for justice

And I don't know why

Nobody seems to know why

I know a lot of things

But I don't know a lot of other things

Yeah, yeah, yeah

You've got to stand (Stand) for somethin'

Or you're gonna fall (Stand) for anything

You've gotta stand right up for somethin'

Or you're gonna fall, fall for anything

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Well I've been to Harlem County

And I've seen Paris, Texas

And I've spent some time in Rome

I know a lot of funny people

In a lot of funny places

But the Midwest is my home

We've got to start respectin' this world

Or it's gonna turn around and bite off our face

You've got to stand (Stand) for somethin'

Or you're gonna fall (Stand) for anything

You've gotta stand (Stand) for somethin'

Or you're gonna fall (Stand) for anything

Yeah, yeah

You've got to stand (Stand) for somethin'

Or you're gonna fall (Stand) for anything

Yeah, you've gotta stand right up for somethin'

Or you're gonna fall for anything

(Stand) Yeah, yeah

(Stand) Stand for something

(Stand) You've gotta stand right up for somethin'

(Stand) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(Stand)

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