[Hook: Akon] Can you hear them now? In the streets they riot, they riot But we won't stand down We rise up, we rise up Ain't no hiding now When the world's on fire, on fire We gon' stand our ground We rise up, we rise up Hear them coming in the dark night But we won't go from where we are, no Can you hear them now? In the streets they riot, they riot But we won't stand down We rise up, we rise up
[Verse 1: Mavado] Hope and pray for a better day, and a better day will come Oh so many people dying in the rising of the sun Oh, and when they think it's over, it's only just begun Yes, and we should keep on fighting They could never shoot us down I'm so early rising up now, and we only fight to win Got an evil man who host us God forgive me for my sins In time, we shall seek, we shall find There's a mountain to climb We shall leave no one behind
[Hook: Akon]
[Verse 2: Rick Ross] I know they wanna see me fall I know they wanna see me fail That's why I go so hard Only the real will prevail I will look into the sky Won't let no man give me Hell As I reach for my sword Drop the gold in a pail I love riding with the roof gone Got the money with my jewels on Might fuck her with my shoes on Dope boy, need two phones
[Hook: Akon]
[Verse 3: Mavado] This one's for the people Sing this for all the have-nots Life is like a journey Life is all we've got Oh, but only if we rise up and fight together We could never stop If we back down for a minute It will never stop And they try so hard to fight us And we try so hard to win So fight the desert like a cactus Fighting for the...
[Hook: Akon]
[Outro: Akon] We rise up, we rise up We rise up, we rise up We rise up, we rise up We rise up, we rise up