[Intro:]
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Fi di yute dem, all ghetto ova yonda, see mi, strive
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[Chorus:]
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Yute man stand up oonu rights (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nah mek nobody bruk yuh stride (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nuh care who waan fi criticize (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nuh mek nobody hold yuh dung again yuh betta than di whole a dem
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Stand up oonu rights (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nah mek nobody bruk yuh stride (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nuh care who waan fi criticize (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nuh mek nobody hold yuh dung again yuh betta than di whole a dem
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[Verse 1:]
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Cool yah mi bredda, di signs of di times
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Caan tek di pressa, nah tun to crime
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Mama raise yuh good so beg yuh put dung di nine
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Dem have di power but a yuh rule yuh mind
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Teachin's yuh treasa, caan leave behind
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Must climb di ladda one step at a time
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Mind ova matta, greatness defined
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Must defend yuh honor if a guy cross di line
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[Chorus:]
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Yute man stand up oonu rights (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nah mek nobody bruk yuh stride (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nuh care who waan fi criticize (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nuh mek nobody hold yuh dung again yuh betta than di whole a dem
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Stand up oonu rights (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nah mek nobody bruk yuh stride (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nuh care who waan fi criticize (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nuh mek nobody hold yuh dung again yuh betta than di whole a dem
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[Verse 2:]
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Stand at di gutta, raised from di slums
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Man a faced by oppression cau dat's where yuh from
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Hatin di fadda cau betta must come
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So mek a fella know yuh step to yuh own a drum
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Sweet to di bitta, not always fun
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One life fi good dem seh yuh nose haffi run
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As hard as it seems when it is all said and done
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A new day shall dawn from di rise from di sun
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[Chorus:]
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Yute man stand up oonu rights (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nah mek nobody bruk yuh stride (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nuh care who waan fi criticize (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nuh mek nobody hold yuh dung again yuh betta than di whole a dem
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Stand up oonu rights (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nah mek nobody bruk yuh stride (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nuh care who waan fi criticize (Get up stand up and fight!)
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Nuh mek nobody hold yuh dung again yuh betta than di whole a dem
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[Bridge:]
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It's alright to have yuh vision and yuh goal
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Blessed is di child who has his own
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Yuh hear mi seh It's alright to have yuh vision and yuh goal
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Di Fadda pon yuh side yuh not alone
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Yuh hear mi seh It's alright to have yuh vision and yuh goal
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Blessed is di child who has his own
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Yuh hear mi seh It's alright to have yuh vision and yuh goal
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My son yuh are a king so claim yuh throne, again
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[Repeat Verse 1]
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Repeat Chorus Until end
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Stand Up
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Shaggy |