Stand Up

Stand Up

by Joshua Silva

In the hearts of your children

In the minds of your old

Some are on fire

While some have grown cold

And it doesn't matter

How old you've grown

You will either stand up

Or sit down when you're told

You will either stand up

Or do what you're told

In the eyes of a stranger

In the hands of a friend

Comfort and fear

Can defeat you in the end

And you can either fight back

Or die where you stand

Searching for justice

In an unjust land

Fighting for freedom

With chains on your hands

If you're a soldier

Or just a man

Your greatest weapon

Is not found in the hand

It's deep in the heart

Where no army can march

It's your love of freedom

And it's yours from the start

It's your right to freedom

And it's yours from the start

Mothers and Fathers

Be mindful to seek

The wisdom of children

And the dreams that they keep

And be sure that you guard

That spark in their heart

For this is the place

Where change gets its start

This is the place

Where Revolution starts