Rise up! is an antiwar song I wrote in the run-up to the second Iraq war. The intro clip is from an antiwar protest in Washington a month or two before the invasion. I don't know who the guy speaking is, but he is great.
Rise up, rise up, rise up.
They say it's to protect you
while they try to dispossess you
of the right to decide between wrong or right
to openly discuss what politicians hide.
They want to keep their secret plans from the public eye
we got to keep our fires burning keep our spirits bright.
We got to rise up, rise up, rise up.
Rise up people against the war!
Money's got no children
and bombs ain't for building
and killing ain't no way to make a peaceful day
as all of God's children can easily explain.
We got to keep our fires burning keep our spirits bright
stand up and speak for what we know is right.
We got to rise up, rise up, rise up.
Rise up people against the war!
-I see days ahead
-kiss my children into bed
-all across the planet I
-see that everything is fine!
Rise up people against the war!
We've got the power and the will and
we'll do it for our children
put the warmongers and the corporate whores
in the history books with the dinosaurs.
I claim my power!
I claim my rights!
And no dirty tricks are gonna change my mind.
I'm gonna rise up, rise up, rise up.
The Positive Chi Units:
me on choppy guitar and vocals
Case Rienstra (Amsterdam) on pretty guitar and extra vocals
Simon Blechynden (Western Australia) on didgeridoo and extra vocals
