You face each day the same old way
You play your role but the people don't seem to
Know you're there
The world is blind and just don't see
Or understand what you're trying to be
You want to be a man

Stand up and show the world
Stand up and let the people know you're there
Stand up and let them hear you shout out loud
I'm just a man trying to make my way
Brother better show the world what you're trying to be

You stood up proud, you didn't fall
And then you came when your country called
So what? The people say
You ask what more you gotta do
To show the world what you been through
What more you gotta pay?

Stand up and show the world
Stand up and let the people know you're there
Stand up and let them hear you shout out loud
I'm just a man trying to make my way
Brother better show the world what you're trying to be
What you're trying to be
What you're trying to be
What you're trying to be
What you're trying to be
What you're trying to be...