Stand Up for Your Rights

Now I don’t mind a little bit of compromise, a little give and take.|
I’ll do my part, I’ll even sacrifice, to get a fair shake.
I’ll do the work, I’ll pay the price; I’ll earn my piece of the cake.
I’ll give you sweat and toil, fire and ice; just cut me an even break.
But when they got their greedy hands on the chicken in your pot.
In the pockets of your pants taking everything you got –
Well I have to get off the fence, and face the Jaggernaut •

STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS – get back in the saddle;
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS – resurrect the battle;
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS – Stand up with me;
Stand up and be free.

Seems like every time I turn around, someone wants concessions.
And every time I gain a little ground, here comes same recession.
And when a little prosperity comes to town, things start really regressin’.
You think we’d find, we’d know by now; you think we’d learned the lesson –

That the more they get, the more they want; they can’t be satisfied.
When it comes to greed, their only creed is bleed you till your dry.
Well I can’t run and hide;
I’ll have to swim against the tide.

STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS – get back in the saddle;
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS – resurrect the battle;
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS – Stand up with me;
Stand up and be free.

They say you’re gonna fall,  
If you fight the boys in city hall.
They said I better not go,
And buck the status quo … oh no ..• oh no … here

Some people say, “don’t rock the boat; just let it drift in the sand.
“Don-‘t get involved, don’t bother to vote; just let the shit hit the fan.”
Well I don’t know about you, but I can’t stand the stench;
I’m gonna prove we can make a difference.
And I have to get off the fence;
It’s only common sense –

STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS – get back in the saddle;
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS – resurrect the battle;
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS – Stand up with me;
Stand up and be free.

STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS – let me here you hollar;
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS – you ain’t no cannon fodder.
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS – let me hear you scream;
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS – I think you know what I mean –
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS – stand up with me; stand up and be free (2X).