Stand Up

Uh, ooh, ooh

Mm, mm, mm, mm

I know its cliché to say everyday be positive

Lives filled with obstacles and broken promises

When the sun don't shine your battling time

On the search to find answers that you never find

Sometimes (sometimes), you feel like giving up

Throw your hands to the sky 'cause you're so fed up

Sometimes (sometimes), you truly lose your hope

Trying to find an escape so you drink and smoke

Then the next day comes and it doesn't get better (yeah)

Our generations lost, and we need to go get her

So many of us got folks that don't get us

It's not the samе as it was, their mentality's stuck

In their old ways, but it's not the same (oh, oh)

In the past 20 years things have really changed (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

We've lost our sense of hope and lost our sense of pride

I wanna change the way I think, at least I'm going to try (ooh, oh)

Stand up for what you believe in

Don't be afraid (don't you be afraid)

It ain't easy, to have hope when you're always broke

But you know you've gotta keep, keeping on just the same

My baby

It's a hope a sense of air the breeze around the world

Tryna latch on to somethin' like riches and pearls

Tryin' to find a sense of purpose in material things

Distracted from yourself when your cell phone rings (hey, hey)

Hey, I understand how it feels, how life can be so hard to deal with (so hard)

I've been down that road, searching for direction with no path to follow

You can't just go to college and get a degree (yeah)

For sure, it'd make enough to support your family (hey, hey)

Were an angry generation littered by the situation

Weapons too accessible to take out of frustration

With violence involved, guns resolve

Minor disputes in schools bathroom stalls

I'm not sure how to process all the thoughts I have

I know times are tough but it's not all bad

Come on

Stand up for what you believe in (you gotta believe)

Don't be afraid (don't you be afraid)

It ain't easy, to have hope when you're always broke

But you know you've gotta keep, keeping on just the same (come on)

My baby

It's up to us y'all, our generation is way too complacent

We have a war going on, and so many of us are not free (ooh, ooh)

It's time for us to make a stand (we gotta come together) and come together

And don't just talk revolution, act revolution

Stand up, come on

Stand up for what you believe in

Don't be afraid (don't you be afraid)

It ain't easy (it might not be easy baby), to have hope when you're always broke

But you know you've gotta keep (but you gotta have some hope)

Keeping on just the same (try to change things, come on)

My baby

Stand up (stand up) for what you believe in (for what you believe in)

Don't be afraid (don't you be afraid)

It ain't easy, to have hope when you're always broke (to have hope)

But you know you've gotta keep, keeping on just the same (keep on, keep on)

My baby

Stand up for something

No matter what it is (for what you believe in)

What you're unhappy with

Change your path, change your life (don't you be afraid)

Yeah, we deserve equality, come on

(To have hope, stand up now)