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)
© 2024 Common Hymnal Digital (BMI), Write The Hits Nik Music (BMI), Standing Room Only (BMI), Benjo Darro Music Company (BMI), Brother James Writes Songs (BMI) (admin by IntegratedRights.com). CCLI #7238192.

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)