[Intro]
Ooh, yeah, hmm
Ooh, yeah
Times so hard, times so hard
Getting serious, oh Lord, but I

[Chorus]
Stand tall for my children, stay strong for my wife
Stand tall for everybody out there fighting to survive
I see too many people going to bed hungry tonight (Ayy)
Before I see them suffer, I will sacrifice my life

[Verse 1]
Too many songs we sing but nuttin' change
Time to stop talk and rearrange
Take a look out there, I swear
Everything is still the same
Make a nickel then you have to spend a nickel then
You save a likkle, politician take a likkle yeah (Ooh)
Soon it all gone, spent all me money from dusk 'till dawn

[Chorus]
Stand tall for my children, stay strong for my wife
Stand tall for everybody out there fighting to survive
I see too many people going to bed hungry tonight
Before I see them suffer, I will sacrifice my life
[Verse 2]
As long as I keep standing on me two feet
I will never back down, no way (No, I won't)
Ever strong and ever firm we a teach and we a learn every minute of every day
Easy to stress and cry, hold your head down and keep it all inside (Inside)
Me a tell unoo fi' dry your eyes, claim your prize

[Chorus]
(So I) Stand tall for my children, stay strong for my wife (Oh)
Stand tall for everybody out there fighting to survive (Fighting to survive)
I see too many people going to bed hungry tonight
Before I see them suffer, I will sacrifice my life

[Verse 3]
Too many songs we sing but nothing change
Time to stop talk and rearrange
Take a look out there I swear
Everything is still the same
Nuttin' nuh pretty, the road getting so tricky
And it making me itchy so how we fi be happy, ayy
In this season, we haffi sit down and reason

[Chorus]
Stand tall for my children, stay strong for my wife (Yeah, oh)
Stand tall for everybody out there fighting to survive
I see too many people going to bed hungry tonight
Before I see them suffer, I will sacrifice my life
Stand tall for my children, stay strong for my wife (Stand tall)
Stand tall for everybody out there fighting to survive (Fighting to survive)
I see too many people going to bed hungry tonight
Before I see them suffer, I will sacrifice my life (Said I would sacrifice my life)
[Outro]
Yeah
I will sacrifice my life
Yeah, hmm