[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 $#&@ 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