Stand Up (feat. Nathalia)

[Chorus: Nathalia]
If I don’t stand up for something
They make me fall down for nothing
Keep me lock down down down
With no way out (no out)
If I don’t speak up for something
They take my freedom for nothing
Keep me lock down down down
With no way out (no way out)
Accurate Immaculate

[Verse 1: Kabaka Pyramid]
Haffi check myself see if I thinking straight
Cause I’m feeling so alone inna this sinking place
Everybody trying to stay afloat and think it safe
Following the news reporters everything they state
But Martin Luther had a dream weh him nuh live fi see
Rosa Parks did tek a seat, Kaepernick him tek a knee
Mandela guh a jail and end up set the people free
Marcus Garvey mek mi pree a God weh favour me
Malcolm X him tell we seh by any means necessary
Peter Tosh seh legalize it, look deh now see ganja free
The word tek onto flesh and manifest in front a me
Suh I create my own reality

[Chorus: Nathalia]
If I don’t stand up for something
They make me fall down for nothing
Keep me lock down down down
With no way out (no out)
I don’t speak up for something
They take my freedom for nothing
Keep me lock down down down
With no way out (no way out)

[Verse 2: Kabaka Pyramid]
Some a dem cyaan pay dem lawyer fee
Suh them haffi tek a plea
Suh what that says to me
Is that freedom isn’t free
Cah get no good education from certain community
Suh yuh likely fi guh end up inna di penitentiary
Breonna Taylor get shot up and George Floyd him couldn’t breathe
If a dat them do to them, then what dem ago do to me
Anyone with common sense can see wah Babylon a pree
But even when di higher man stand alone

[Chorus: Nathalia]
If I don’t stand up for something
They make me fall down for nothing
Keep me lock down down down
With no way out (no out)
I don’t speak up for something
They take my freedom for nothing
Keep me lock down down down
With no way out (no way out)

[Verse 3: Kabaka Pyramid]
See dem waan fi muzzle mi but I a speak out
That's why dem record label dem nuh try fi reach out
Dem know seh that mi different from the guy weh bleach out
And rasta nah go sell mi soul fi go buy a beach house
Tell dem seh di Bebble Rock reliable
Gideon start, nuff a dem unidentifiable
One bagga talk, until yuh see seh dem a pliable
But I a stand firm, and that is undeniable

[Chorus: Nathalia]
If I don’t stand up for something
They make me fall down for nothing
Keep me lock down down down
With no way out (no out )
I don’t speak up for something
They take my freedom for nothing
Keep me lock down down down
With no way out (no way out)

[Outro: Nathalia]
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