[Intro]
Yo, mi idren Yellowman (Wa gwan?)
Rasta, you want [?] (No, Fathead)
Why some ting an' ting an' ting, you no see mi, lion? (Cha)
Tell 'em-a, I want murderer style

[Verse 1]
Mi get mi passports an' mi get mi visa
Mi take a taxi, gone at Palisadoes
I jump at one Air Jamaica
Then mi fly in America (Murda)
Mi go deh nice up di area (Yeah)
But let mi tell you, mi go nice up di area (Rabbit)
A weh mi say?

[Chorus]
I beg you, get up, stand up
I beg you, stand up for your right (Black people)
Get up, stand up (Black, or you're white)
Go stand up for your right (You know?)

[Verse 2]
I beg you throw down your gun' an throw down your knife
Throw down your gun' an throw down your knife
Say, come black people, let us all unite
Whether you're black or whether you're white
[Chorus]
Get up, stand up (Hey now, so mi tell you, say)
Beg you, stand up for your right (Yeah, you know?)
Beg you, get up, stand up (Hey now, so mi say)
I beg you, stand up for your right (Swiddly-swiddly-bam)

[Verse 3]
Cah man, di queen in a England a sit down pon throne (Boom)
She no know dem a hang man at Spanish Town
Di queen deh at England a sit down pon throne
An' no know, say, dem fling shot at poor Paul Boone

[Chorus]
You get up, stand up (Hey now, so mi say-say-say)
Beg you, stand up for your right (Black or you're white, a you fi)
Get up, stand up (Ya, a so mi say)
Beg you, stand up for your right (Do it, Jah)

[Verse 4]
Cah man, a we know where we are going (You know?)
Say, we know where we are from
All of we come from di African land
A know, Yellowman are body-friend complexion

[Chorus]
I tell you, beg you get up, stand up (So, so-so-so tell you, say)
I beg you, stand up for your right (Dang-bang-widdly)
Beg you, get up, stand up (Lang-lang-lang-lang-widdly)
I beg you, stand up for your right (Hear mi now)
[Verse 5]
I beg you throw down your knife an' throw down your gun (Huh)
Cah, dis is our island in di sun
Just get one girl an' go have some fun (Hey)
Get one girl an' go have some fun
A mi are go nice up Jamdown (A weh mi say?)

[Chorus]
I beg you, get up, stand up (Black or you're white, a just)
I beg you, stand up for your right (Throw 'way gun an' knife)
Get up, stand up (Make we unite)
Beg you, stand up for your right (Hey)

[Verse 6]
Well, no bother with no fuss, mi say no bother with no fight
Well, no bother with no fuss, mi say no bother with no fight
Well, all you got to do, you pray to Jesus Christ

[Chorus]
An' get up, stand up (Hey now, so mi tell you, mi say)
Beg you, stand up for your right (Ha)
Beg you, get up, stand up (Hey-a, tell 'em-a)
I beg you, let us all unite (Yeah, you know?)

[Verse 7]
Mi are go tell you di truth, mi nah go tell you no lie (Right)
Some dress up in a jacket, some dress up in a tie (Huh)
An' some gone at court fi go tell nuff lie (Tell 'em-a)
Dem tell nuff lie dem throat get dry (Right)
[Outro]
You get up, stand up (Black or you're white, a you fi)
Beg you, stand up for your right (Throw 'way your gun an' knife)
Get up, stand up (Hey now, so mi say, mi say to)
I said to let us all unite (Yeah, you know?)