Story Behind the Song
Thanks to U. S. Army Recruiting Command for their slogan,
"Be all that you can be."
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Lyrics
(Spoken introduction)
Chanukah, Festival of Lights
by spirit, not by might, we're gonna be ire-ites
we're gonna stand up for our rights
got to be free you and me you gotta
Chorus:
Be all that you can be join the Macabee army
Be, all that you can be; join, become a Macabee
Verse:
Holiday of re-dedication, Chanukiot illumination
Shedding light across the nations
Stand up for your rights, don't give up the fight
you gotta (Be)
Verse:
Reverend Martin Luther King, Mahatma Ghandi, Yitzak Rabin,
All warriors of peaceful means
Who stood up for their rights, never gave up the fight
and they'd want you to (Be)
(from "Get Up, Stand Up" by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh)
No we never give up the fight, no we don't give up the fight
No we won't give up the fight, no we don't give up the fight
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
Nes gadol haya sham, a great miracle happened there, man /
woa-o-o, o-o-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh / Be all that you can be
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