Stand up tonight
Stand up tonight
Stand up tonight
You gotta stand up tonight

I'm talking about life
cll the wrong and the right
cll the times I was shunned
Cuz my skin wasn't white
Yeah I'm talking about fear
When the cops come near
Don't wanna go to jail
Don't wanna die here
See I'm talking about pain
Been called a lot of names
Been spit at before
Just wanna see a change
Man I'm talking about us
Cuz the world treat us rough
Know I'm speaking out about it
Guess what I seen enough

I'm standing up for my rights for my life
I'm standing up the world ain't right
I'm standing up you ain't beating me tonight
I'm standing up no more wrong versus right
Stand up uh huh
What good is being here if I can't live free
Stand up
What good is the world without equality
Stand up
What good is a life If it can't find peace
Stand up
Have you ever ever been treated like me

You never would go thruough what I did
I been beat by them boys left with broke ribs
Don't tell me that you know what is like
Racial insults through my whole life
It's about time yeah we past dreams
demand some respect I ain't asking
gotta stand up let my voice ring
Feel like the ghost I want to be a king

I'm standing up for my rights for my life
I'm standing up the world ain't right
I'm standing up you ain't beating me tonight
I'm standing up no more wrong versus right
Stand up uh huh
What good is being here if I can't live free
Stand up
What good is the world without equality
Stand up
What good is a life If it can't find peace
Stand up
Have you ever ever been treated like me

I done heard all the shallow things said
cll the times people treated me negative
I'm just trying spread love to us all
Social injustice is a down fall
together we can fix it do y'all care
Let's stand up for peace everywhere
cll up to us it's in our hands
It's gonna take a Nation to take a stand

Rise up time to stand up
Rise up get off your knees
Rise up time to fight
Rise up give it what you got
Sacrifice go hard sacrifice go hard
Sacrifice yeah it's gonna take sacrifice
I'm standing up for my rights for my life
I'm standing up the world ain't right
I'm standing up you ain't beating me tonight
I'm standing up no more wrong versus right
What good is being here if I can't live free
Stand up
What good is the world without equality
Stand up
What good is a life If it can't find peace
Stand up
Have you ever ever been treated like me