Get Up, Stand Up
Bob Marley & The Wailers · One Love (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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
It's not all that glitters is gold and
Half the story has never been told
So now you see the light
You stand up for your rights
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, stand up for your right
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 will look for yours on earth
And now you see the light
I want you to stand up for your right. yeah
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
We sick an' tired of your ism-skism game
To dyin' and go to heaven in a 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 right
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, yeah
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
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, 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
It's not all that glitters is gold and
Half the story has never been told
So now you see the light
You stand up for your rights
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, stand up for your right
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 will look for yours on earth
And now you see the light
I want you to stand up for your right. yeah
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
We sick an' tired of your ism-skism game
To dyin' and go to heaven in a 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 right
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, yeah
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
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
About Get Up, Stand Up
"Get Up, Stand Up" is one of Bob Marley and the Wailers' clearest calls to action. Written by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, the song moves beyond general uplift into a direct demand for rights, dignity, and resistance. Its power comes from repetition: the chorus is simple enough to become a chant, while the verses challenge passive acceptance of suffering. Musically, the recording is rooted in reggae's steady pulse, but its message has traveled far beyond genre boundaries. It remains a protest song, a concert anthem, and a concise statement of the Wailers' ability to join spiritual conviction with political urgency.