Stand up and fight again

 

Here I come again

Troddin’ with da same aim

Free myself and my people from da chains

U may seh it’s vain

That da villain will always remain

Yet I know, I get to carry on fightin’

Cuz sitting and cryin’ just won’t

Save my ass from da mental strain

So i get to ease my mind

Keep it safe from da wash

In this everyday warfare

So many brothers have been strayed

Some end up jailed

Everyday a bunch of them are gettin’ slained

And i can’t praise your system

For using propaganda, violence and skullduggery

To achieve your aim

So for my people and myself

You know what

 

I will stanp up and fight again

Get to stand up and fight again

I will stand up and fight again

 

I get to be on da battlefield

Talking to ma people

Positive rhymes for ma people

Standing deep in da struggle

Seeking solutions of how to solve da reedle

Of how to help ma people

Cuz I know

United Nations just can’t do it for me

They are just a scare crow

And da crows ain’t scared anymore

Mighty USA can’t do it for me

They are pretty overbooked

Fighting wars around da world

Keeping peace

Replacing dictators

And I get no kind of oil

Or any raw materials to offer

And you see, super powers don’t wanna work for free

So for ma people and myself

I get to be deep in da battlefield

And never lose one battle

 

I will stand up and fight again

Get to stand up and fight

I will stand up and fight again

Get to stand up and fight again

 

I ‘m still standing on da watchtower

And I see da enemy increasing in numbers

Coming to blow us asunder

Dem a real warmongers

Dem a real warmongers

I get to mek dem feel my power

Word sound is my power

(so)  while they’re burning gun powder

At them I spit words of fire

Precise like a snipper

Ruff like thundah

Raging, moaning, kicking, shouting

Rising and falling

Falling and rising

Falling but never dying

Just for ma people and myself

 

I will stand up and fight again

Get to stand up and fight again

I will stand up and fight again

Get to stand up and fight again

 

lyrics and music by Meï Teï Shô, YOTANKA 2004