Rise Up

God you say is always the answer

But what is the answer for our cruelty

We punish a life 'til it's life ever after

Ever after the place that we all end up being



O' such is a morn' as this to awaken

Forgotten the hour that was yesterday

With a standing blow to the head of frustration

Divide and we fall have you nothing to say?



[Chorus]

So let us rise up

Stand and be counted, stand and be counted

On that let's agree

Rise up

Dig out the cancer; dig out the cancer of futility



Many's the word that's been broken true anger

Lips that are sealed as the hour slips away

Belief is a joke to this lost generation

Building the walls as the mind segregates



But when all is said

The voice that is silent can't be heard



[Chorus]



For we, we shall overcome... someday



So we bring the head of the ol' palace tribe

For there is the rapture that bleeds out a life

Hand over fist from their pulpit they spew

Liars they'll crumble not knowing the truth



But when all is said

The voice that is silent can't be heard



[Chorus]

So let us rise up

Stand and be counted, stand and be counted

On that let's agree

Let us rise up

Dig out the cancer; dig out the cancer of futility

Rise up

Stand and be counted, stand and be counted

On that let's agree

Let us rise up

Dig out the cancer; dig out the cancer of all human greed



For we, we shall overcome...