Stand up and fight for your rights, black man Stand up and fight for your rights Stand up and fight for Africa I am not preaching racial discrimination Stand up and fight for your rights I am only seeking human rights Zambia, and a Mozambique Guatemala, they all must be free Nigeria, way down to Ethiopia fatherland Africa must be free (Africa must be free) Africa must be free (Africa must be free) Free Africa, free Africa Free Africa, free Africa, free Africa Africa must be free (Africa must be free) Africa must be free (Africa must be free) Zambia, and a Mozambique Guatemala, they all must be free Nigeria, way down to Ethiopia fatherland Africa must be free (Africa must be free) Africa must be free (Africa must be free) Free Africa, free Africa Free Africa, free Africa, free Africa Africa must be free (Africa must be free) Africa must be free (Africa must be free) Stand up and fight for your rights, black man Stand up and fight for your rights Stand up and fight for Africa I am not preaching racial discrimination Stand up and fight for your rights I am only seeking human rights Hail lion, why di I sat up on corner an' a look so, Rasta? Relax, man You have fi go look some farmer work, I-ya Is loafting that, it nah working Who, Rasta, say I man wake up everyday, Rasta, who? Stand up and fight for your rights, black man Stand up and fight- Who, me, couldn't me, say you Is you who stole the cookie from the cookie shop Who, me, couldn't me, say you Say that dis are you, mister lazy Man, mi say you're too love crazy Man, mi say you gwan like you're crazy Cah mi say, get up, stand up and fight for your right Get up, stand up and fight for your right Be honest, say be honest Man, mi say you never so craven But now you eat up the resin You too get crazy, get up, stand up Africa must be free We cyaan walk free through brutality We cyaan work free through brutality Get up, stand up and fight for your right Who, me, couldn't me, say you Is you who stole the cookie from the cookie shop Is you who stole the cookie from the cookie shop Tell you 'bout the song an' I will never turn my back Uh-uh, uh-uh Mi said, your weary little heart an' you really take a stop But when mi really take a stop you really get flop Get up off your bad that (huh) Mi say go look little work before you get thirst Look little work an' go cool off your thirst Who, me, couldn't me, say you Singing, say that you mister lazy (man) So make you so crazy? Mi said, you crazy till you really get craven Man, mi say you eat up di resin You too craven, eat up the resin, you too craven Say, you mister craven dog, your name gone abroad All he a do are look ready done Di rasta man a look like bredda Dodd You want work fi achieve not at all (no) Say, who, me, couldn't me, say you Singing, said is you who stole the cookie from the cookie shop Who, me, couldn't me, say you Man, mi say go look little work