Stand Up Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
E no [Am]be as e be befo[F]re[G][Am]
E been dey sweet like sugar[F]cane [G]oh
My [Am]brother
Everything [F]don change oh
E [G]don change oh
E don [Am]spoil eh
No [F]mind dem
No [G]mind dem
No [Am]mind dem

[Verse 2]
Put your hand[F]s up now hands inna [G]the air
My [Am]sister
Make we stand [F]up now hands
inna [G]the [Am]air
Because everything [F]don change oh
[G]E don change oh
E don [Am]spoil eh
No [F]mind dem
No [G]mind dem
No [Am]mind dem eh eh

[Verse 3]
Here comes [F]one and two
[G]Suffering and smiling na for
[Am]me and you
Nobody cares
See number [F]three and four
Take a [G]look at the poll
What dem are [Am]push to the wall
You see dem poll
For number [F]five and six
And [G]seven and eight
Dem just dey [Am]miscalculate
Instead of make dem relate
Dem go sit [F]down dey debate
[G]On who get the cake
And the [Am]people don tire to dey wait
See de[F]m they no wan stop the f[G]ighting
See [Am]de m dem are biting and criticizing
[F]Only dem are[G] just dividing
[Am]But Jah is providing for I and I surviving
[F]Dem are hating som[G]e are
faking accumu[Am]lating
Debating money depreciating
[F]manipulating to [G]hold us down
But [Am]nobody can stop us now

[Verse 4]
So if you want make e [F]good oh
Put your hand[G]s up
You wanna make a [Am]move oh
Make you stand up
Anything wey you go [F]do
Just keep your head [G]up
Make we stand [Am]up now stand up
E been dey sweet like sugar[F]cane oh
Put your hand[G]s up
But now it's full [Am]of pain oh
Make you stand up now
Everything [F]don change oh
[G]E don changel oh
No [Am]mind dem

[Verse 5]
So make dem stop to dey [F]look oh
Person no be [G]fool oh
Dem know the [Am]rules and the views
But still dem refuse
[F]Looking for a scapegoat to [G]choose
Na the fool dem go [Am]use
To portray as a political mumu
[F]Dem go tell am make e loo[G]t and improve
Their [Am]party wey dey rule
And when [F]e come refuse chei
Dem go start to dey dey con[G]fused
Dem go want to dey use [Am]ex cuse
To infuse wetin no dey for book oh
[F]They no want to stop the fig[G]hting
[Am]See dem are biting and criticizing
[F]Only dem are just di [G]viding
But [Am]Jah is providing for I and I surviving
[F]Player hat[G]ing demarcating and in
[Am]flating rating [F]democrazing
Miscalculating to [G]hold us down
But [Am]nobody can stop us now

[Verse 6]
So if you want make e [F]good oh
Put your hand[G]s up
You wanna make a [Am]move oh
Make you stand up
Anything wey you go [F]do
Just keep your head [G]up
Make we stand [Am]up now stand up
E been dey sweet like sugar[F]cane oh
Put your hand[G]s up
But now it's full [Am]of pain oh
Make you stand up now
Everything [F]don change oh
E don [G]change oh
No [Am]mind dem

[Verse 7]
Put your hand[F]s up now hands
inna [G]the air in the air
My [Am]brother
Make [F]you stand up now
hand inna [G]the air in the air
My [Am]sister
Everything don [F]change oh
E [G]don change oh
E don [Am]spoil eh
No [F]mind dem
[G]No mind dem
No [Am]mind dem

[Verse 8]
My brother no [F]more
Suffering and [G]smiling no [Am]more
Children are crying no [F]more
Police dey keep [G]harassing
[Am]Oga police eh you no go fit
deny that no [F]more
Political [G]crisis no [Am]more
Cos they don't care no [F]more
My brother[G]s and sisters

[Verse 9]
[Am]So if you want make e good[F] oh
Put your hand[G]s up
You wanna make a [Am]move oh
Make you stand up
Anything wey you [F]go do
Just keep your head [G]up
Make we stand [Am]up now stand up
E been dey sweet like sugar[F]cane oh
Put your hand[G]s up
But now it's full [Am]of pain oh
Make you stand up now
Everything [F]don change oh
E [G]don spoil oh
No [Am]mind dem

[Verse 10]
You need to shine [F]your eyes oh
Put your hand[G]s up
You need to real[Am]ize say
Make you stand up
Everything [F]don spoil oh
Just keep your head [G]up
Make we stand [Am]up now
You need to shine [F]your eyes oh
Put your hand[G]s up
And visu[Am]alize it
Make we stand up now
E [F]don spoil oh
E [G]don change oh
No [Am]mind dem
No mind dem
[F]No mind dem
No [G]mind dem
No [Am]mind dem
My brother no [F]mind [G]dem
Stand [Am]up now
My sister no [F]mind [G]dem
[Am]Stand up now
Make we [F]stand up now [G]eh
Make [Am]we stand up now in the air eh