Tuesday June 9, 2020 “Get Up Stand Up” Bob Marley & the Wailers

Time for some more reggae, can there ever be too much reggae.  

 This tune was written by Peter Tosh and Bob Marley who were deeply moved by the poverty they saw in Haiti while the Wailers were touring.  The Wailers, Marley, Tosh , Junior Braithwaite and Bunny Wailer (Neville O’Riley Livingston) started as a ska band in Jamaica would go on to world acclaim both as a group and with each of their individual ventures.

 Marley tends to overshadow the group, and rightly so, but The Wailers who were previoulsy known as The Teenagers and The Wailing Rude Boys have recorded a dozen albums/CDs and have record sales in excess of 250 million. 

A member of the Rock & Roll Hall of fame, Marley has several humanitarian awards including a United Nations Peace Medal and has been credited with introducing the world to reggae, raising the awareness of Jamaica and has left behind an immense musical legacy.

Stay safe and well...now you see the light.

Get up, stand up

Stand up for your rights

Get up, stand up

Stand up for your rights

Get up, stand up

Stand up for your rights

Get up, stand up

Don't give up the fight, oh

 Preacher man, don't tell me

Heaven is under the earth

I know you don't know

What life is really worth

It's not all that glitter is gold

'Alf the story has never been told

So now you see the light

You stand up for your right

 Get up, stand up (oh)

Stand up for your rights

Get up, stand up

Stand up for your rights

Get up, stand up

Stand up for your rights

Get up, stand up

Stand up for your rights

 And I say, most people think

A great God will come from the sky

Take away everything

And make everybody feel high

But if you know what life is worth

You will look for yours on earth

And now you see the light

I want you to stand up for your right, ay

 Get up, stand up 

Stand up for your rights 

Get up, stand up 

Don't give up the fight 

Get up, stand up 

Stand up for your right

Get up, stand up 

Don't give up the fight

 We sick an' tired of your bullshit game

To die and go to Heaven inna Jesus name

We know when we understand

Almighty God is a living man

You fool some people sometimes, yeah

But you can't fool all the people all the time

So now we see the light 

We gonna stand up for our rights

 Get up, stand up 

Stand up for your rights

Get up, stand up

Don't give up the fight 

Get up, stand up 

Stand up for your rights (yeah)

Get up, stand up

Don't give up the fight

Get up, stand up

Stand up for your rights

Get up, stand up

Don't give up the fight

 Get up, stand up 

Stand up for your rights

Get up, stand up

Don't give up the fight 

Get up, stand up 

Stand up for your rights