Stand Up from Indigo by HËS

VERSE 1

I can only speak for my skin tone
For so long it's been treated like a sin, homes
Many will shun it with moderate toleration
Silence it with placation, guilty pleasure of the nation
They love it from a distance
Don't track that shit up in the house
You don't wanna lose your life then keep quiet as a mouse
Your complexions too complex and a threat to our preservation
That's the story that they tell us
We speak a different language romanticized like novelas
Inception to our progression til we're nothing more than a shell of
The royalty from which we were born
What they tend to do in the night will come to light in the morn
They ain't ready to feel the spite of the plight of the scorned
We're one blood, no piru,
No matter creed, color or IQ
That's why write and rap with the passion that I do

CHORUS

There's so much more we can say
And so much more we can do
Cuz what will affect me
Is what will affect you
What the world needs is already inside
No need to search wide
Just need to open your eyes
If you've really had enough (say it loud!)
And you feel you've been treated too rough
(Say it loud!)
And you're tired of the feeling of being stuck (say it loud!)
If that's true, and you're ready for something new, then here's whatchu need to do
It's time to stand up (stand up!)
If you hear me
It's time to stand up (stand up!)
If you feel me
It's time to stand up (stand up!)
If you see me
It's time to stand up (stand up!)
STAND UP

There's so much more we can say
And so much more we can do
Cuz what will affect me
Is what will affect you
It's time to stand up (stand up!)
If you feel me
It's time to stand up (stand up!)
STAND UP

VERSE II

Won't 'pologize for my skin tone
It's been my right of passage
As I move through the masses and different classes
What I see is tragic, no matter the genes from which we're branded
We steady ripping the fabric
Hate is becoming habit
Love can barely be fathomed
Or even put into action
We catching the beatings
We losing our lives
Fathers, sisters, brothers, kids, mothers husbands and wives
Let's put it all in perspective
It's far beyond a battle of the sexes
When it's a crime to love who we want,
Be who we be in this so-called land of the free
When the prisons lined w visages reminiscent of me
And the rate is higher than most
Think it's a joke? Men lie, women lie, numbers don't
Done holding my peace, I'll say it even if you won't

CHORUS

• Alternative
• Hip Hop
• Hip-Hop/Rap
• Indie
• Pop
• Soul
• New York