Rise

My brother's been shot down My sister's been battered and used My child has been handed a gun Mother's been raped and abused Daddy's got one foot in the grave He's still crying over someone he couldn't save I'm watching all this pain And you say, "it's a game" We will rise now, stand upright We will burn like candles in the night We will learn to sing, not to fight Unless it's for our freedom right We will hold each others' hands Try hard to understand Liberty is our demand We are one people, one land Some live a life of illusion Not knowing of another solution As we breathe in the deadly pollution You know it's a shame We will rise and stand upright We will burn like candles in the night We will learn to sing, not to fight Unless it's for our freedom right We will hold each others' hands Try hard to understand Liberty is our demand We are one people, one land We must break these chains of gold We've been slaves enslaved We've been sold All the lives, all the lies we've been told If we keep moving along We will sing a new song We will rise and stand upright We will burn like candles in the night We will learn to sing, not to fight Unless it's for our freedom right We will hold each others' hands Try hard to understand Liberty is our demand We are one people, one land One people, one people One soul