Take a Stand by T-Jay, Nathaniel Parrott

Iris by T-Jay

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Take a Stand
by T-Jay, Nathaniel Parrott

Album: Iris

Verse 1:

There's a war goin' on on the stages!
There's a war goin' on on the pages!
There's a war goin on within the playlists!
There's a war goin' on on the pavement!

There's a war goin' on throughout the nations!
There's a war goin' on within the races!
There's a war goin' on due to hatred!
There's a war there's a war everyday kid!
It's hard to make it, money's tight!
Dr. Phil and Oprah help us run our life.. That sounds funny right? We all have our own dirt like a muddy bike! And it's berserk how we search for the yucky type! We wanna hit up the club and have a lucky night, we go and chuck the dice, the kind of luck
where lightning came and struck you twice… TWICE!
We about to bust like a runny pipe! It's time to!

TAKE A STAND! Everybody get your hands high
If you wanna do more than just stand by!
TAKE A STAND! Everybody get ya hands up, STAND UP! This the warrior anthem! (Repeat)

Verse 2:

Every day there's suicide, we feed into the lies,
abortion rates rise, society's demise..
We need to speak up! But we murmur rarely..
We don't value life, we just murder daily!
Sometimes I sit and watch the news, and I
feel more confused, as to why we do what
we do, a misconstrued point of view, it seems
to me! That we ain't in the mood for truth but
we seem to be! Quick to judge, and slow to love!
We swift to hold a grudge even though we know it's us at the root of the feud, overcome by our pride,
We pollute what we view through the roots of our eyes... In the booth I could hide, but I choose and decide to remove all my pride, in the Truth I abide,
Let the youth get the vibe and the movement arise!
Christ on high comin' soon for His bride!

TAKE A STAND! Everybody get your hands high
If you wanna do more than just stand by!
TAKE A STAND! Everybody get ya hands up, STAND UP! This the warrior anthem! (Repeat)

Verse 3:

Mind focused, gotta stay strong..
Hold onto your faith when the rain comes!
We ignore the chains until the pain's numb,
and then we live every day on the same song!
I can see that we need peace!
Just a piece of relief is what we seek...
And we hopin' to drown out the sound of
our grief, but the moment is now STAND UP FOR YOUR BELIEFS AND! Be free you can find it in Christ, Designer of life, He's shining His light, He's got your eye in His sight! See it all boils down to our choices, and my choice is to be the voice of the voiceless!
The murdered, the martyred, the mute…
The fallen troops, all of the indigenous groups BUT!
We sit back while they are killed, and
if we don't take a stand for these people…
Then who will?!

TAKE A STAND! Everybody get your hands high
If you wanna do more than just stand by!
TAKE A STAND! Everybody get ya hands up, STAND UP! This the warrior anthem! (Repeat 2X)