Rise

You better do something about it
You learn to love or learn to live without it
You gotta take it by the hand
You gotta take it by the hand

I said rise, rise, rise
Rise, rise, rise
Rise, rise, rise
Rise

The world can make a fool of you
Get you where it wants you to
Scared of the neighbors and the boys in blue
And you're 'fraid of the corners on your avenue

I said rise, rise, rise
Rise, rise, rise
Rise, rise, rise
Rise

The rich man hates the poor man too
The poor man hates the Black and Jew
The Black man hates the Jap man too
And the Jap man hates all of you

Here comes my brother
He's walking down the street
Two convictions, armed robbery
And a minor felony
Here comes my sister
She's walking down the street
Two children and a bad reputation
But that don't mean a thing to me

Rise, rise, rise
Rise, rise, rise
Rise, rise, rise
Rise
Rise, rise, rise
Rise, rise, rise
Rise, rise, rise
Rise
Rise, rise, rise
Rise, rise, rise
Rise, rise, rise
Rise