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 streetlight, 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 Improvments 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 the 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 It's a shame, his return Didn't accept him From the island where he Come frome It's a shame, his return Didn't accept him From the island where he Come frome 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