Lyrics
Intro
Eh-oh
Yeh-oh
Mi seh listen good now
Verse 1
Mi born inna di heat of Kingston town
Every road an every stone dem know mi crown
From Trenchtown corner to di harbor side
Mi carry Jah love an mi nah go hide
Watch mi now
Pre-Chorus
Dem cyan stop di fire weh Jah plant inna mi
Cyan chain di lion when she finally free
Chorus
Rise up woman rise up strong
Rise up woman all night long
Roots an culture inna mi song
Mi nah go bow mi nah go wrong
Rise up woman rise up high
Reach fi di sun inna di sky
Post-Chorus
Eh-oh (Eh-oh)
Yeh-oh (Yeh-oh)
Mi seh rise an never fall
Verse 2
Sistren dem a call mi from di mountain peak
One heart one love a dat wi come fi speak
Dem try fi mute mi voice but di bass too deep
Jah a mi shield so mi never sleep
Hear mi now
Pre-Chorus
Dem cyan stop di fire weh Jah plant inna mi
Cyan chain di lion when she finally free
Chorus
Rise up woman rise up strong
Rise up woman all night long
Roots an culture inna mi song
Mi nah go bow mi nah go wrong
Rise up woman rise up high
Reach fi di sun inna di sky
Post-Chorus
Eh-oh (Eh-oh)
Yeh-oh (Yeh-oh)
Mi seh rise an never fall
Bridge
Sound a shake di earth
Warrior woman birth
Selassie crown di worth
Mi stand pon solid earth
Chorus
Rise up woman rise up strong
Rise up woman all night long
Roots an culture inna mi song
Mi nah go bow mi nah go wrong
Rise up woman rise up high
Reach fi di sun inna di sky
Post-Chorus
Eh-oh (Eh-oh)
Yeh-oh (Yeh-oh)
Mi seh rise an never fall
Rise an never fall
Verse 3
Wheel an come again fi di warrior queen
Mi voice a thunder pon di scene
Dem build a wall mi tear it down
Mi wear di roots like a royal crown
Nuff dem a talk but dem never stand tall
Mi a di lioness weh answer di call
From Half Way Tree to di Spanish Town line
Every likkle youth dem a hail mi sign
Boom
Pre-Chorus
Dem cyan stop di fire weh Jah plant inna mi
Cyan chain di lion when she finally free
Chorus
Rise up woman rise up strong
Rise up woman all night long
Roots an culture inna mi song
Mi nah go bow mi nah go wrong
Rise up woman rise up high
Reach fi di sun inna di sky
Post-Chorus
Eh-oh (Eh-oh)
Yeh-oh (Yeh-oh)
Mi seh rise an never fall
Verse 4
Selector pull it up one more time
Mi have a riddim an a reason an a rhyme
Sistren inna di dance dem a wave dem hand
Bwoy cyan stop a woman pon her owna land
Mi seh mi nuh beg mi seh mi nuh thief
Mi get mi strength from di root an di leaf
So when dem ask mi how mi stand so tall
Mi tell dem Jah Jah never let mi fall
Chorus
Rise up woman rise up strong
Rise up woman all night long
Roots an culture inna mi song
Mi nah go bow mi nah go wrong
Rise up woman rise up high
Reach fi di sun inna di sky
Post-Chorus
Eh-oh (Eh-oh)
Yeh-oh (Yeh-oh)
Mi seh rise an never fall
Bridge 2
Dub it out now
(Dub it out)
Let di bass run deep
(Let it run)
Every tribe an tongue
(Every one)
One heart one love fi keep
(One love)
Verse 5
Mi seh galang galang galang
Mi a di fire an mi a di song
Dem a di shadow mi a di dawn
Mi a di queen weh di crown fi don
Hear mi voice a shake di foundation
Riddim an rights fi di whole a di nation
From di hillside down to di sea
Jah Jah children dem a rise wid mi
Chorus
Rise up woman rise up strong
Rise up woman all night long
Roots an culture inna mi song
Mi nah go bow mi nah go wrong
Rise up woman rise up high
Reach fi di sun inna di sky
Post-Chorus
Eh-oh (Eh-oh)
Yeh-oh (Yeh-oh)
Mi seh rise an never fall
Outro
Rise an never fall
Rise an never fall
Mi seh rise an never fall
Every woman every man
Every island every land
Put yuh hand pon yuh heart
An seh it wid mi now
Rise
(Rise)
Rise
(Rise)
Rise up woman
(Up woman)
Rise up woman
(Up woman)
One more time fi di sistren dem
(One more time)
One more time fi di youth dem
(One more time)
Eh-oh (Eh-oh)
Yeh-oh (Yeh-oh)
Mi seh rise
(Seh rise)
An never fall
(An never fall)
Boom
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