(Chorus)
Adversity, the sufferin’ of humanity.
The forces of tyranny keepin’ the people down.
Calamity, it doesn’t have to be.
Children of peace get off of your knees.
Great people…”Rise up from the ground”.
Take a look at the Africans
brought to America in iron and chain.
Determination, peace, love, and blood.
Brought us a savior…Martin Luther King.
Look at the Japanese decimated by the atomic bomb.
While no one looked they rose up from the ashes.
Walkin’ down Wall Street they be #1.
(Chorus)
Adversity, the sufferin’ of humanity.
The forces of tyranny keepin’ the people down.
Calamity, it doesn’t have to be.
Children of peace get off of your knees.
Great people…”Rise up from the ground”.
Look at the Jews now killed
and persecuted by the hatred of a man.
Children of Israel bonded together.
Now they makin’ peace in the promised land.
(Chorus)
Adversity, the sufferin’ of humanity.
The forces of tyranny keepin’ the people down.
Calamity, it doesn’t have to be.
Children of peace get off of your knees.
Great people…”Rise up from the ground”.
Look at Americans everyone
thinkin’ they ain't got no voice.
We all know there is power in numbers.
But every number got to make a choice.
(Chorus)
Adversity, the sufferin’ of humanity.
The forces of tyranny keepin’ the people down.
Calamity, it doesn’t have to be.
Children of peace get off of your knees.
Great people…”Rise up from the ground”.