Words and music copyright by
Howard Ashby Kranz
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gentle people are gonna rise, the gentle people are gonna rise,
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better make room, all of you
tough guys, cause the gentle people are gonna rise.
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2. Yeah the
meek ones are gonna take charge, the meek ones are gonna take charge,
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Stand at attention, Sarge,
cause the meek ones are gonna take charge.
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Bridge: Yeah those nasty guys’ll sure be set back
when the last shall be the first turns out to be a fact
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They’ll beg and they’ll
squeal; they’ll plead and they’ll scream,
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but it’ll be too late! They’re gonna get creamed!
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3. Yeah
they’re in for a big surprise, they’re gonna wake up and rub their eyes
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and say “My God, we should
have been nice! when the gentle people are gonna rise.
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Bridge 2: Yeah my old gym teacher’s gonna feel real
grim
when this runty little meek twerp looks straight at him
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through owlish specs with
thick, thick glass
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about to hand him his goddam
ass.
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4. And utter
dread is gonna fill their eyes, as in a flash of truth they realize
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that they’re about to get
just what they deserve, when the woosies inherit the earth!