Rise Up
Rise Up
In our screen-numbed sleepwalking culture, every once in a while we need a wake up call to push us from apathy back into action. We all see broken things that need to change, and we’re the ones to do it — the clock is ticking, it’s time to rise up.
RISE UP
Written by Nikki Holguin (BMI), Mark Alan Schoolmeesters (BMI), Benjamin Hardesty (BMI), Justin Sinclair (BMI)
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INTRP
Ab5
Rise up, c’mon, rise up
VERSE 1
Ab Amaj7 Gbm/B Ab
Standing in the aftermath
Ab Amaj7 Gbm/B Ab
In the wake of what has passed
Ab Ebm Dbm Ab
Fire and rain with falling ash
Ab Ebm Bbm7
How do we rebuild?
Ab Ebm7 Eno6
How do we make sense of this?
VERSE 2
Ab Amaj7 Gbm/B Ab
Devastated, people trapped
Ab Amaj7 Gbm/B Ab
Dust will settle, stories lapse
Ab Ebm Dbm
And so it goes, we scroll to numb
Ab
Our conscious state
Ab Ebm Dbm Ab
How many bodies laid to rest before we activate?
Ab Ebm7 Eno6
When will we awake?
CHORUS
Ab5
Rise up, c’mon, rise up
Dead things will breathe
Wake up from sleep
Lets rise up
Eyes up, lift your eyes up
Don’t ya dare forget
That we’re the ones
To rise up
VERSE 3
Ab Amaj7 Gbm/B Ab
We prefer the power pass
Ab Amaj7 Gbm/B Ab
Casting blame while no one acts
Ab Ebm Dbm Ab
But tides are turning, slowly stirring stagnant hearts
Ab Ebm Dbm
A growing undercurrent pulling every one of us to
BRIDGE
Ab
We are the hands
Ab/Gb
We are the feet
Fm Ab/Gb
Its time to bring the change we wanna see
It’s time to bring the change its time to
CHORUS
Ab5 Fm
It’s time to rise up, c’mon, rise up
E6
Dead things will breathe
Ebm
Wake up from sleep
Dbm
Lets rise up
Ab5 Fm
Eyes up, lift your eyes up
E6
Don’t ya dare forget
That we’re the ones
Dbm Ab5
To Rise Up
(We’re gonna rise up)
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