| I stand for a conscience, do what I believe in
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| I don’t stand for monsters or the greed and
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| I’m hoping for freedom, ignore the lies that feed in
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| I stand for an environment that all of us can breathe in
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| Stand for a reason, we’ve all got a purpose
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| When I’m dropping verses, the female’s not worthless
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| The right to worship, satisfy your soul’s needs
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| Equal opportunities for all until our goal is reached
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| No one feeling lonely, living on the cold streets
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| Let us give a voice to those in fear who won’t speak
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| Hope for the weak, an inclusive society
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| Stand for free speech, the media won’t lie to me
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| We all have the right to be alive where our minds are free
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| Why won’t the crying cease? |
| I stand for care
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| I can’t stand labels, the politics we wear
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| There’s enough for the world’s need, why can’t we share?
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| Refrain:
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| (Tell me what you stand for)
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| (Do you have the strength to, to demand more?)
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| (Tell me what you stand for)
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| (Tell me what you stand for)
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| (Do you have the strength to, to demand more?)
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| (Tell me what you stand for)
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| Verse 2 (Melodiq):
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| Project kids need show the way
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| Trailer park kids need a place to play
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| Not worrying about hard times
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| Bringing relief written down in these rhymes
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| We all need space to grow
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| Let the spirit fill you up from head to toe
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| Putting things in the proper perspective
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| Uplifting souls — the final objective
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| I’m gonna do my part and much more
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| This soulful hip-hop tool
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| So we can be one nation under a groove
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| As I show and prove
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| There’s more in life than material things
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| Let us pray for a better day
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| So we can live as brothers and sisters
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| Always know that God is wit’cha
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| Refrain:
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| (Tell me what you stand for)
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| (Do you have the strength to, to demand more?)
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| (Tell me what you stand for)
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| (Tell me what you stand for)
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| (Do you have the strength to, to demand more?)
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| (Tell me what you stand for)
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| Verse 3 (Praverb):
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| I stand for equality, I gotta be equal
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| I stand for democracy, freedom to the people
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| With my daily earnings I gotta keep it legal
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| Not saying I’m a king but on this mic I am regal
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| Vacate the crown and throne
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| I’m on Shakespeare status
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| Hit you with astounding poems
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| They say the bird left his nest, well he found his home
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| I would probably die if I knew the sound was gone
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| I can spit about religion, spit about politics
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| Spit about my visions or spit about the obvious
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| I never spit about the negative
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| I represent the elements
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| A black man doing something positive
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| A role model standing tall in this land of deceit
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| I’m outspoken, y’all still planning your speech?
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| It’s Praverb teamed with Paradox and Pat D
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| The beat is jazzy so you know how ill the raps be
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| Refrain:
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| (Tell me what you stand for)
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| (Do you have the strength to, to demand more?)
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| (Tell me what you stand for) |