Don't stand up no no no
Don't fill your cup
Don't ask for anything
'Cause you have had enough
Just get in line
Just do your time
Just take your medicine
'Cause what you have is mine
These are the words
That I think everybody's heard
And how our freedom gets deferred
By all these lies
Don't say I'm brave
Because I will not be a slave
To these ideas somebody gave
That hold me down
Be a man
And always have a plan
Be more responsible
Then anybody can
Just pay no mind
And keep on killing time
And always take your medicine
'Cause what you have is mine
You can be free
Just look at me
I'm not like anything
That I'm supposed to be
So it's your turn
What do you have to learn?
To stand up with me
While we let the prison burn?
Just stand up
And fill your cup
Don't ask for anything
'Cause you have had enough
These are the words
That nobody's ever heard
No more freedom gets deferred
And no more lies
Don't say I'm brave
Because I will not be a slave
To these ideas somebody gave
That hold me down