Stand Up Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[B][Em]
[B][Em][B][Em][B][Em][B]
[Em][B][Em]
[B]Check,

[Verse 1]
one time for the mind's ace,
ready to [Em]represent[B]
Let's get down on this one time
[Em]It's time to recognize
and open your eyes
Look around,
[B]see how it's going down,
yeah, uh -huh
[Em]Stand up people, open your eyes,
it's [B]time for you to know
There's variety to life,
[Em]monotone, melodrome
Might be good enough for you,
[B]but there's gold in the rainbows
There's silver in the dew
Pro[G]spect [B]is of [Em]the spirit,
[B]prepare [Em]to strike it rich
Because [B]there's a place beyond the gates
of all this humanness
Be[Em]lieve me, cause up in the end
it ain't so far away
[B]But only you can find the road
as you navigate
Through [Am]life, yeah, through [G]love
Lord on the [Am]side of your [G]love
Hold on [Am]tight, yeah, to your [G]love
No, don't [Am]sigh, oh, oh,
[G]oh[F#][B]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][B]
[Em][B]

[Verse 2]
Stand [Em]and live your life
because the shackles try to master you
Son of Panthers,
beaten by the black and blue,
got Malcolm too
[B]Follow Pac's philosophy,
Gandhi got me thinkin' deep
Power to the people,

[Verse 3]
but us people bein' treated like sheep
[B]We ain't ignor[Em]ant,
I see the signs and I ain't feelin' it

[Verse 4]
[Em]Ferguson, stoppin' friends,
Trayvon Martin, militants
[B]Still we

[Verse 5]
can't get into this,
in the event of ill intentions

[Verse 6]
Grab a [B]shield, protect your brethren,
this a hill we have to step up
[Em]Di

[Verse 7]
[B]vided,
a face and a [Em]liberation in this nation
Crimes of enslavement,
sittin' crazy on the taste buds
[B]Chases, chases,
still we breathin' like a race car
Face to face,
it's flashin' cards of a face -off
Dealin' [Em]with the devilish deeds
Ill elements, mentally freed,
I sense there's a renaissance
[B]Rollin' beneath, times of old die slow
Open eyes to face the future,
no more eyes closed
Through [Am]life, yeah, through [G]love
Don't lose [Am]sight of all [C]your love
[G]Hold on [Am]tight, yeah, to your [G]love
Don't lose [Am]sight of all your [G]love
Of all your love, all your love
[Am]It's one love, gotta look inside
[G]Recognize we all [Am]the same
So what you [G]saying, huh?
Hold on [Am]tight, [G]to the love
Don't lose sight [Am]of your l[G]ove
Do your love, y 'all, yeah
[Am]Don't lose sight of [C]the love
[G]Hold on tight to our love
[Am]Don't lose sight of [C]the love[G]
[Em]My f[G]riends, ho[Am]ld on tight [C]to our love
[G]Don't lose sight of the love
[Am]Hold on [Em]tight [Am]to l[G]ove
[Am]Oh, you've got to hold
[G]on to [G]love
[Am]Don't lose sight of [G]your love
[G]Oh,[Am] you've got to hold on [G]to love
[G]Stand [Am]up for l[G]ove you