Starting the new year ready to work hard to preserve our democracy? Me, too. The fabulous Jamaican singer Bob Marley, who left us in 1981, led Bob Marley & The Wailers in the most poignant, and commercially successful, reggae hits of the 1980s. The 1984 best-of album Legend contains all of the top reggae songs you'll recognize, and will be on my playlist until at least November 2024. Now, turn up the sound, and sing out with the Wailers, in concert here in Munich in 1980.
Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight
Preacher man don't tell me Heaven is under the earth I know you don't know What life is really worth
He said all that glitters is gold Half that story ain't never been told So now you see the light, hey You stand up for your right
Come on
Get up, stand up Stand up for your right 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
Most people think Great God will come from the sky Take away everything And make everybody feel high
But if you know what life is worth You would look for yours on earth And now a you see the light You stand up for your right Jah!
Get up, stand up (Jah, Jah) Stand up for your right (oh-hoo) Get up, stand up (get up, stand up) Don't give up the fight (life is your right) Get up, stand up (so we can't give up the fight) Stand up for your rights (Lord, Lord) Get up, stand up (keep on struggling on) Don't give up the fight (yeah)
We're sick and tired of your ism-schism game Dy'n' and go to Heaven in-a Jesus' name, Lord We know when we understand Almighty God is a living man
You can fool some people sometimes But you can't fool all the people all the time So now we see the light (watch you gon' do?) We gonna stand up for our rights (yeah, yeah) So you'd better
Get up, stand up (in the morning) give it up Stand up for your right (stand up right now) Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight (don't give it up, don't give it up) Get up, stand up (get up, stand up) Stand up for your rights (get up, stand up) Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight (get up, stand up)
Get up, stand up Stand up for your right Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight Get up, stand up
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