Main groove:
F5   Bb5 C5
You've gotta shout if you've got something to say

I know it's getting bad, you read it every day

And you, you can try your best ot fight it

But you can't make it on your own
F5 Db5                      Eb5
Someone better tell the people up there
  F5
I think they ought to know, 
      Ab5         Eb5     Db5
the bubble's just about to burst
                 Eb5
Tell them they'd better beware
F5              Eb5    F5
The word is on the street,
Ab5          Eb5 
get up on your feet, and shout out

The kids out there don't know how to react

The streets are getting tough 

and that's a matter of fact

and I, I can't take it any longer

But we can't make it on our own

The people there find it hard to relate

They don't know how it feels 

to be standing there on your own

Believe me, it's never too late

It's time to make a move, get up on your feet and shout
 

F5         C5
Stop, look down,
Bb5                         Ab5       Eb5 
everybody, do you see what's going on around you,
      Bb5          C5        F5
Shout out, shout it out, shout loud

Shout out, shout it out, shout loud
          Bb5
There are people who give 
              Ab5
and there are people who take
Eb5               F5
But I believe it's gonna get better
Ab5                 Eb5
Realize what a difference you make
                F5
And don't turn away,
Eb5      Eb5 
Hey! I'm talking to you!

So there's only the one solution
Stop and think what's going on
You can draw your own conclusions
But we won't make it on our own

Someone better tell the people up there
I think they ought to know
The bubble's just about to burst
Tell them they'd better beware
The word is on the street
Get up on your feet and shout

Stop, look down, everybody
Do you see what's going on
Around you, stop...