Ms. Dynamite, Akala - Get Up, Stand Up lyrics

Get up stand up, make a difference
One shout is louder than a thousand whispers
Each breath brings death closer
What breath u got left, make the most of
Till your life is over
Sieze the time, life don't pause that record
No rewind, one time to hear that section
Hear opinions
But you've gotta rule in your kingdom
Make choices that cause you
To realise your vision
You don't show it, but you can do it
Blood i know it
Don't flow it but we still both thug poets
Raised by momma, nuff cut offs
Gas and electrics
Certain birthdays I ain't get shit
But it's cool mums forget it, your love
The only reason that i ain't sleep
Only reason at these pricks I
Ain't poppin' off clips
Got family and friends that i'd
Lay down and die for forces in my head
But in my heart i'm still for the life force

Get up woah stand up
Stand up and make a change
Get up oh stand up now
Get up and make a change woah

However you hurtin'
Situation worsens by lack of earners
System only workin' for certain persons
A man 'll get caught tryna keep the rent up
But a paedophile 'll spend less time bent up
Next time you pick up, blood
Think of the consequences
Someone's daughter or son cracked
Out on park benches can't do it I know
Can't afford to have a soul
'Cause if you thinkin' you slippin'
And not on ya toes genocide turned suicide
It's not coincidental no chains
But it's worse when the shackles are mental
Scared to shine, don't share
Breed like rabbit's feed abuse of habit's
And the situations get drastic

Kick in more, sure that it's soon to be you
We enterin, it's hard to be strong
When the lifestyles so temptin', fat pockets
Getting money, grabbin hoes away
But if we don't change today our
Kids grow the same way

Get up oh stand up stand up get up and fight
Get up oh stand up now
Don't just survive and live your life

However hard shit gets
Try and maintain focus
'Cause god always side with the
Most hate and the brokest
I know there's a god 'cause all
The times I should've died
Impossible circumstance, somehow I survived
Plus there's the fact that
The universe is designed blood circulates
Light reach Earth in the same time
Stars and cells born at rates you can't count
Body earth water solids exactly
The same amount
Our everything, it's so insignificant
Earth not even cell-sized compared
To total existence
Eighteen years ago, I weren't even visible
Now I spit lyrical syllables
For spiritual criminals
Nothin' worse than potential
That remained hidden
Don't look back could've
Would've, should've, too late I didn't
While most of us struggle to strive
For what we believe in
Imagine the strength of those who died
For what they believe in

Get up, oh stand up
Stand up and make a change
Get up oh stand up now
Get up and make a change woah
Get up oh stand up now don't just survive
Live your life, live your life