Up Ye Mighty Race-Buju Banton

Up Ye Mighty Race - Buju Banton How long must our people be a human sacrifice Stand up, defend your rights Up, up ye mighty race, you can accomplish what you will Stand up, defend your rights In a day they destroy what took a thousand to build Stand up, defend your rights You may conquer our land, you never kill the will Stand up, defend your rights Liberty and democracy are truly expensive And even cost your life And those who stand for nothing fall for any little thing Father heal the blinded eye The immortal advantage, they take my people The heavens heard the cry Saviour our calamity is so great Patiently the humble wait To attain freedom Why must there be shedding of blood Is there mo real love Are they still holding a grudge Penal institution to keep us inside Regulating our progress, blocking every forward stride Let the souls of every living being nationwide Feel a shifting of the tide Put it together, stop being selfish No more shall we submit Man champion of course now Equal rights and justice Advise for the poor man Proclaiming through that music My flesh has been afflicted The soul they couldn't abuse it From the hands of cruelty We have gained solidarity Rewriting the pages of history Rewriting the pages, yeah Rewriting the pages, yeah