Burning Spear - Rise Up

So we rise up from this little island
Where reggae music spring from
So we rise up from this little island
Where Marcus Garvey come from

He spread his wing in, yes in foreign countries
He spread his wing to help foreign people
African American people

So we rise up from this little island
Where reggae music spring from
So we rise up from this little island
Where Marcus Garvey come from

Harlem, Harlem, Harlem, Harlem, Harlem
It was happiness, brightness
You could see that light
Not street light, but Garvey light

So we rise up from this little island
Where reggae music spring from
So we rise up from this little island
Where Marcus Garvey come from

Yes, there was that war
The Italian invading Ethiopia
And he sent soldiers

So we rise up from this little island
Where reggae music spring from
So we rise up from this little island
Where Marcus Garvey come from

Let's look back on the works of Mr. Garvey
Let's look back on the improvements of Mr. Garvey
Let's look back on the development of Mr. Garvey

So we rise up from this little island
Where reggae music spring from
So we rise up from this little island
Where Marcus Garvey come from

And when he go to foreign countries
He didn't go to stay
But do a little business and then return

So we rise up from this little island
Where reggae music spring from
So we rise up from this little island
Where Marcus Garvey come from

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It's a shame, his return, didn't accept him
From the island where he come from
It's a shame, his return, didn't accept him
From the island where he come from

So we rise up from this
Little island, where reggae
Music spring from

And they turn their back against him
And they criticize him
And they turn their back against him
And they criticize him

So we rise up from this little island
Where reggae music spring from
So we rise up from this little island
Where Marcus Garvey come from

So we rise up from this little island
Where reggae music spring from
So we rise up from this little island..

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