Al Green — Stand Up

[Intro] Stand up Everybody, stand up Think it's time to stand up and identify yourself Stand up and identify yourself [Bridge] What's your name, what's the nature Of the game, who you are How far you come, where have you been, hey, yeah [Verse 1] Stand up, you've been promised just one day And that's today Stand up, no sense sleeping your life away, ay [Bridge] Where you going, what's your plan If you a loser or a winning man Tell me now, I wanna know You've got to let the glory show [Verse 2] Hey, stand up Hey hey hey, everybody Stand up, gotta stand up right now Hey, stand up, tomorrow's about to come Are you ready? Stand up, today's got you on the run, hey [Bridge] Keep it steady, don't fall down on your face And let someone take your place 'Cause you oughta know, you can do it Tell me that there's nothing to it Where you going, what do you know Did you're friends tell you so Can you make it by yourself With the strength that you have left Why don't you give me your hand I'll try my best to understand I don't know about goodbye But nothing fails but a try [Outro] Hey, stand up, everybody, hey hey hey When you're lonely, why don't you stand up, everybody Hey hey hey, oh baby If you wanna help somebody, stand up today Stand up today, stand up today Oh oh, feel like you've only been promised today You might as well stand up, everybody