Song | Stand Up - (Album Version) |
Artist | Flobots |
Album | Fight With Tools |
Stand up, we shall not be moved | |
Except by a child with no socks and shoes | |
If you've got more to give then you've got to prove | |
Put your hands up and I'll copy you | |
Stand up, we shall not be moved | |
Except by a woman dyin' from the loss of food | |
If you've got more to give then you've got to prove | |
Put your hands up and I'll copy you | |
We still don't understand thunder and lightnin' | |
Flashback to when we didn't fund the dam | |
Didn't fund the damn levee? No wonder man | |
Now, our whole damn city's torn asunder man | |
Under water but we still don't understand | |
We see hurricane spills over on the land | |
Through gaps you couldn't fill with a 100 tons of sand | |
No, we still don't understand | |
We've seen planes in the windows of buildings crumbled in | |
We've seen flames send the chills through London | |
And we've sent planes to kill them and some of them are children | |
But still we crumblin' the buildin' | |
Underfunded but we still don't understand | |
Under God but we kill like the son of Sam | |
But if you feel like I feel like about the Son of Man | |
We will overcome | |
So stand up, we shall not be moved | |
Except by a child with no socks and shoes | |
If you've got more to give then you've got to prove | |
Put your hands up and I'll copy you | |
Stand up, we shall not be moved | |
Except by a woman dyin' from the loss of food | |
If you've got more to give then you've got to prove | |
Put your hands up and I'll copy you | |
I said, "Put your hands up and I'll copy you" | |
Put your hands up and I'll copy you | |
If you've got more to give then you've got to prove | |
Put your hands up and I'll copy you | |
We shall not be moved | |
Except by a child with no socks and shoes | |
Except by a woman dyin' from the loss of food | |
Except by a freedom fighter bleedin' on a cross for you | |
We shall not be moved | |
Except by a system that's rotten through | |
Neglectin' the victims and orderin' the cops to shoot | |
High treason, now we, need to prosecute | |
So Stand up, we shall not be moved | |
And we won't fight a war for fossil fuel | |
It's times like this that you want to plot a coo | |
Put your hands up and I'll copy you | |
Stand up, we shall not be moved | |
Unless we're takin' a route we have not pursued | |
So if you've got a dream and a lot to do | |
Put your hands up and I'll copy you | |
I said, "Put your hands up and I'll copy you" | |
Put your hands up and I'll copy you | |
If you've got a dream and a lot to do | |
Put your hands up | |
Now shake, shake, a Polaroid dream | |
Nightmare negatives develop on the screen | |
We sit back and wait for the government team | |
Criticize they but who the fuck are we? | |
The people want peace but the leaders want war | |
Our neighbors don't speak, peek through the front door | |
House representatives preach, ‽Stay the course†| |
Time for a leap of faith once more | |
Put your hands up high if you haven't imagined | |
Hope that the pen strokes stronger than the cannon | |
Balls to the wall, nose to the grindstone | |
My interrogation techniques leave your mind blown | |
Place your bets, let's speak to the enemy | |
Don't let â€~em pretend that we seek blood | |
And who's we anyways, Kemo Sabe? | |
Mighty warlord, wannabe street thug | |
A threat for a threat leaves the whole world terrified | |
Blow for blow never settles the score | |
Word for word is time, need, clarify | |
We the people did not want war | |
So stand up, we shall not be moved | |
Except by a child with no socks and shoes | |
If you've got more to give then you've got to prove | |
Put your hands up and I'll copy you | |
Stand up, we shall not be moved | |
Unless were takin' a route we have not pursued | |
So if you've got a dream and a lot to do | |
Put your hands up and I'll copy you | |
I said, "Put your hands up and I'll copy you" | |
Put your hands up and I'll copy you | |
If you've got a dream and a lot to do | |
Put your hands up |
Stand up, we shall not be moved | |
Except by a child with no socks and shoes | |
If you' ve got more to give then you' ve got to prove | |
Put your hands up and I' ll copy you | |
Stand up, we shall not be moved | |
Except by a woman dyin' from the loss of food | |
If you' ve got more to give then you' ve got to prove | |
Put your hands up and I' ll copy you | |
We still don' t understand thunder and lightnin' | |
Flashback to when we didn' t fund the dam | |
Didn' t fund the damn levee? No wonder man | |
Now, our whole damn city' s torn asunder man | |
Under water but we still don' t understand | |
We see hurricane spills over on the land | |
Through gaps you couldn' t fill with a 100 tons of sand | |
No, we still don' t understand | |
We' ve seen planes in the windows of buildings crumbled in | |
We' ve seen flames send the chills through London | |
And we' ve sent planes to kill them and some of them are children | |
But still we crumblin' the buildin' | |
Underfunded but we still don' t understand | |
Under God but we kill like the son of Sam | |
But if you feel like I feel like about the Son of Man | |
We will overcome | |
So stand up, we shall not be moved | |
Except by a child with no socks and shoes | |
If you' ve got more to give then you' ve got to prove | |
Put your hands up and I' ll copy you | |
Stand up, we shall not be moved | |
Except by a woman dyin' from the loss of food | |
If you' ve got more to give then you' ve got to prove | |
Put your hands up and I' ll copy you | |
I said, " Put your hands up and I' ll copy you" | |
Put your hands up and I' ll copy you | |
If you' ve got more to give then you' ve got to prove | |
Put your hands up and I' ll copy you | |
We shall not be moved | |
Except by a child with no socks and shoes | |
Except by a woman dyin' from the loss of food | |
Except by a freedom fighter bleedin' on a cross for you | |
We shall not be moved | |
Except by a system that' s rotten through | |
Neglectin' the victims and orderin' the cops to shoot | |
High treason, now we, need to prosecute | |
So Stand up, we shall not be moved | |
And we won' t fight a war for fossil fuel | |
It' s times like this that you want to plot a coo | |
Put your hands up and I' ll copy you | |
Stand up, we shall not be moved | |
Unless we' re takin' a route we have not pursued | |
So if you' ve got a dream and a lot to do | |
Put your hands up and I' ll copy you | |
I said, " Put your hands up and I' ll copy you" | |
Put your hands up and I' ll copy you | |
If you' ve got a dream and a lot to do | |
Put your hands up | |
Now shake, shake, a Polaroid dream | |
Nightmare negatives develop on the screen | |
We sit back and wait for the government team | |
Criticize they but who the fuck are we? | |
The people want peace but the leaders want war | |
Our neighbors don' t speak, peek through the front door | |
House representatives preach, Stay the course | |
Time for a leap of faith once more | |
Put your hands up high if you haven' t imagined | |
Hope that the pen strokes stronger than the cannon | |
Balls to the wall, nose to the grindstone | |
My interrogation techniques leave your mind blown | |
Place your bets, let' s speak to the enemy | |
Don' t let em pretend that we seek blood | |
And who' s we anyways, Kemo Sabe? | |
Mighty warlord, wannabe street thug | |
A threat for a threat leaves the whole world terrified | |
Blow for blow never settles the score | |
Word for word is time, need, clarify | |
We the people did not want war | |
So stand up, we shall not be moved | |
Except by a child with no socks and shoes | |
If you' ve got more to give then you' ve got to prove | |
Put your hands up and I' ll copy you | |
Stand up, we shall not be moved | |
Unless were takin' a route we have not pursued | |
So if you' ve got a dream and a lot to do | |
Put your hands up and I' ll copy you | |
I said, " Put your hands up and I' ll copy you" | |
Put your hands up and I' ll copy you | |
If you' ve got a dream and a lot to do | |
Put your hands up |