Rise Up

Mmm, it's affectin' me, yeah

The dream is over
We can't get by
On just a dream anymore
It's time to put our bodies into action
We can't win any battles
If we won't go to the war
It's time to

Join hands and rise up
Can't you see?
We're more and more out of touch
Join hands and rise up
Welcome to the struggle
Now don't give it up
C'mon and join hands, baby, rise up
C'mon and join hands, baby, rise up

Please say that you will
But saying that you will
Won't make it happen anymore
There's far too much work
Left to be done
The children of the world
Need our love to be restored
It's time to

Join hands and rise up
Halfway to the mountaintop
Ain't good enough
Join hands and rise up
It's time to fill our brother's
Empty loving cup
Join hands, baby, rise up
C'mon and join hands, baby, rise up

Ooh, it's still affectin' me
Mmm, oh-oh-oh-oh

I'm gonna rise, I'm gonna rise up
I'm gonna get up off my chair
I'm gonna make somebody care
I'm gonna rise up, rise up

So rise to the occasion
And realize that giving
Is its own reward
Sometimes, we take
Our good fortune for granted
While we're eaten up inside
By our own little wars
It's time to

Join hands and rise up
Can't you see?
We're more and more out of touch
Join hands and rise up
Halfway to the mountaintop
Ain't good enough
C'mon and join hands, baby, rise up
C'mon and join hands, baby, rise up

Join hands, baby, rise up
C'mon and join hands, baby, rise up

Join hands, baby, rise up
C'mon and join hands, baby, rise up