Letras
My people, can't you see, can't you see, can't you see?
Take a look, take a look, take a look around you
You're getting down too long
Get up, get up, get up, get up
You've been getting down for much too long
Get up, get up, get up, get up
You've been getting down too long
People, take a look around you, tell me what you see
Everybody's busy fighting, there's no unity
Your mind is out to a party, the truth your eyes can't see
If the earth is the lord and the fullness thereof
So tell me what we're fighting for
Get up, get up, get up, get up
You've been getting down too long
Get up, get up, get up, get up
You've been getting down too long
The ghetto's getting bigger, the suburbs much too close
I thought it was some kind of plague and I thought it was a ghost
Crime and poverty, inflation, I thought it was a curse
Instead of getting better, it's getting so much worse
Get up, get up, get up, get up
You've been getting down too long
Get up, get up, get up, get up
You've been getting down too long (Tell me something)
Who looks after the children when you're out there getting down?
Who is gonna teach them while you're busy fooling around?
City's stealing love on the side, but your character just can't hide
Get up, get up, get up, get up
You've been getting down too long
Get up, get up, get up, get up
You've been getting down too long (Tell me something)
Who the hell you're gonna blame when the child can't write his name?
I try my best to educate, sometimes it's in a song
I want to beg your pardon, brother, if I say anything wrong
Get up, get up, get up, get up
You've been getting down too long
Get up, get up, get up, get up
You've been getting down too long (Won't you hear me now?)
Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
You've been getting down too long
Get up, get up, get up, get up