Stand Up

You see that fool just standin' there
He's as fool as a fool can be
But that crazy fool is the man I love
So that fool is comin' with me.

All of these years you've looked after me
And I thank you from deep down in my soul
But today is the day I worked for all my life
Step aside, yeah, I'm takin' control!

Unroll the red carpet, and uncork the champagne
We're flyn' to New York on a big ol' areoplane!
It's time we stand up
Stand up, and make New York hear our song
Don't you know it's time to stand up
Stand up!
Time to prove that we belong
I'll get respect I never had, be a music makin' VIP!

And I'll be the first to play that underground sound
I'll rock and roll your black 'n white T.V.!
You're the man I love and the brother I need
But ya both been gettin' on my nerve
So we go up north
To where the Yankees live
And live the life that we deserve!

Ol' Bobby Dupree, was just pushin' a broom!
Now I'm on your T.V., tearin' up the room!
I met me a girl and I make her go
Wow!
He's my cool cat!
Ans she's the cat's meow!

Now it's time we stand up! Stand up!
Make 'em all hear our song!
Don't you know it's time to stand up! Stand up!
Gonna prove that we belong!
We talkin' non-stop be-bop do-wop
Slipslopa, flip-flopa tip-top, baby!
Time to get down! Time to get down!

Stand up in the name of rock!
Gonna roll you with my song!
Can't ever let this music stop!
This train is rollin' on
Don't you know it's time to stand up!
Make 'em all hear our song!
It's our time to stand up!
Gonna prove that we belong!
Don't you know it's time to stand up! I say it's time to stand up!
It's our time to stand up! Stand up!
It's our time to stand up! I say it's time to stand up!
Don't you know it's time to stand up! Stand up!
Gonna prove that we belong!