[Verse 1]
Human Rights, the latest platform
On which politicians lunge from
When they want to control your will
"Human Rights" they shoutin' from the highest hill
[Chorus]
"For Human Rights I will fight!
With all my might!
Day and night!"
[Verse 2]
Once you have a little schoolin'
You bound to see it's you they foolin'
Some of them so damn crooked
They think the public stupid
False promises and false [?] they give for quotes
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Nobody ain't want no welfare
We want jobs and we want healthcare
Education, give we that quick
We are one with politic and rhetoric
[Chorus]
"For Human Rights I will fight!
With all my might!
Day and night!"
[Verse 4]
We have sense and we know better
Can't catch wе with propaganda
[?] recession
Is crippling the nation
About thе slangs and slogan
We want action
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 5]
In this world social injustice
Seem to be the normal practice
Some reform become evident
When it's politically expedient
[Chorus]
"For Human Rights I will fight!
With all my might!
Day and night!"
[Verse 6]
Half the world know pangs of hunger
We growing weak instead of stronger
Some men [?]
To seek the people's interest
But when they goin' lose they office
They goin' to wonder, "What's this?"
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 7]
Double standards, case-in-point is
Embraces the highest places
Who deny you freedom of choice
Are the ones who shouting with the loudest voice
[Chorus]
"For Human Rights I will fight!
With all my might!
Day and night!"
[Verse 8]
Listen well and don't be confused
Human Rights is really abuse
Boycott for Afghanistan
Ignore Black South African
Support for Jews, not Gentiles
It's really wild!
Human Rights was written by Mighty Sparrow.
Mighty Sparrow released Human Rights on Thu Jan 01 1981.