From the recording Light it Up
Lyrics
Betty Wally on the front line
Dust on the boots
Hands in the sky
Heartbeat loud like a warning sign
Everybody ready?
It's our time
Who says sit down? I rise
Head high, bare ground
They point, they push, they shout
I step forward, I don't bow
Call Betty Wally
You go follow?
Which parts I gon' fight 'til morning light?
Call Betty Wally
You gon' run?
I stand firm, I turn to none
Sweat on my face
Drum on my chest
Same pace
You try to tie my hand
I cut that rope
I draw this line and say
Stand up
Stand up
Stand up
We ain't backing down
Betty Wally in front
We surround this ground
Hey ya, hey ya, hey ya
Let 'em feel that sound
We fight back now
We fight back now
Stand up
Stand up
Stand up
Let 'em hear that roar
Bare feet stomping
Shaking every floor
Hey ya, hey ya, hey ya
We were made for more
We fight back now
We fight back now
They talk big talk from their tall white chair
But they don't walk where we taste that air
Red dust rise when we march as one
Hot sun burn but we never done
Call Betty Wally
Who you with?
Every voice they try to dish
Call Betty Wally
What you say?
Power coming, we refuse to obey
Hands to the sky
Name every pain
Let it fly
Rage in the rhythm
Hope in the rhyme
We make change
Step, step, keep time
Stand up
Stand up
Stand up
We ain't backing down
Betty Wally in front
We surround this ground
Hey ya, hey ya, hey ya
Let 'em feel that sound
We fight back now
We fight back now
Stand up
Stand up
Stand up
Let 'em hear that roar
Bare feet stomping
Shaking every floor
Hey ya, hey ya, hey ya
We were made for more
We fight back now
We fight back now
Betty Wally say
When they shout one, no
We kicked 'em all
When they brought that line
We crossing time
Stand up
Stand up
Stand up
We ain't backing down
Betty Wally in front
We surround this ground
Hey ya, hey ya, hey ya
Let 'em feel that sound
We fight back now
We fight back now
Stand up
Stand up
Stand up
Let 'em hear that roar
Bare feet stomping
Shaking every floor
Hey ya, hey ya, hey ya
We were made for more
We fight back now
We fight back now
Betty Wally
Stand up
Betty Wally
Rise up
Last shot, last stand
One voice, one band
We fight back now
We take this land
Stand up