Letras
Let's rise and shine
This is a cry of a people who were robbed and
Raped from their homeland and their loved ones
A people stripped of their rights, their
Sanity, their dignity and their liberty
And by the criminal and presumptuous hands
Of colonial and imperialistic slave owners
They were ported into the West where for over
400 Years they have toiled and they have labored
And with their blood, their sweat, their tears and their hands
They have built the great cities of Babylon
Only to be payed with the wages of the
Taskmaster's whip, torture and death
We've been down in the valley much too long
We've been down in captivity oh so long
We've been down in a slavery much too long
We've been down in humility oh so long
But we're gonna rise (Rise and shine)
And win our liberation
For now's the time when all nations must be free
So rise and shine
Restore your strength and power
Waste no more time
Remember your history
We've been down in a sufferation much too long
We've been down in humiliation oh so long
We've been down in a condemnation much too long
We've been down in a segregation oh so long
But we're gonna rise (Rise and shine)
As the morning sun that surrounds you
It's international morality dawn
Where mankind must be born anew
So rise and shine
For the sake of the younger generations
Putting hearts and mind to brotherhood and unity
We've been down in a poverty much much much too long
We've been down in humility oh so long long long long long
We've been down in a slavery much too long
We've been down in humility oh so long
But we're gonna rise (Rise and shine)
And win our liberation
For now's the time when all nations must be free
So rise and shine
Restore your strength and power
Waste no more time
Remember your history