The Rolling Stones

Released: October 16, 2012

Songwriter: Peter Tosh Bob Marley

[Chorus]
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight

[Verse 1]
Preacher man don't tell me heaven is under the earth
I know you don't know what life is really worth
All that glitters is not gold
Half the story has never been told
So now you see the light
Stand up for your right
What I say?

[Chorus]
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight

[Verse 2]
Most people think great God will come from the sky
Take away everything, and make everybody feel high
But if you know what life is worth
You'll find your health right here on Earth
And now you see the light
You stand up for your right, yeah

[Chorus]
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight

[Verse 3]
We're sick and tired of your ism and schism game
Die and go to heaven in Jesus' name, Lord
We know when we understand
Almighty God is a living man
You can fool some people sometimes
But you can't fool all the people all the time
So now we see the light
Stand up for our right
That's what I said! I said

[Chorus]
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight

[Bridge]
Don't give up the fight
Don't give up the fight
Don't give up the fight
Don't give up the fight
Don't give up the fight
Don't give up the fight
Don't give up the fight
Don't give up the fight
A-yeah, yeah, yeah (A-yeah, yeah, yeah)
A-yeah, yeah, yeah (A-yeah, yeah, yeah)
A-yeah, yeah, yeah (A-yeah, yeah, yeah)
A-yeah, yeah, yeah (A-yeah, yeah, yeah)
A-no, no, no, no (A-no, no, no)
A-no, no, no, no (A-no, no, no)
A-no, no, no, no (A-no, no, no)
A-no, no, no, no (A-no, no, no)

[Chorus]
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight

[Outro 1]
Don't give up the fight

[Audience Applause]

[Mick Jagger & (Audience)]
A-yeah, yeah, yeah
(A-yeah, yeah, yeah)
A-yeah, yeah, yeah
(A-yeah, yeah, yeah)
A-whoa, whoa, whoa
(A-whoa, whoa, whoa)
A-whoa, whoa, whoa
(A-whoa, whoa, whoa)
A-no, no, no
(A-no, no, no)
I want to say

[Outro 2]
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
Oh, no, no, no, no
Don't give up the fight
Don't give up the fight

[Audience Applause]

[Spoken Word: Mick Jagger]
Thank you! You sounded quite good on that one, you really do. What're we gonna do now? Oh yeah, we're gonna do an Otis Redding song. A real fast one for you right now. Yes indeed

Formed in London in 1962, The Rolling Stones led the “British Invasion” along with The Beatles and were so successful their influence can be seen in arguably every rock ‘n’ roll band that followed.

Three of the current members have been there since the band’s singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, who write the majority of the band’s catalogue and also produced some albums as The Glimmer Twins; and drummer Charlie Watts. The fourth official member is guitarist Ronnie Wood, who has been there since 1975 (the keyboardist and bassist who play in studio and live are usually not listed). The Stones have released more than 20 studio albums, and even as age caught up on them, continued to be a huge attraction on the live circuit, with big stadium tours continuing through the 1990s, 2000s and into the 2010s.

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