Stand Up was written by Stuart and and he and Tom Pease have used it as a writing tool for many classrooms to create their own verses. Some of those verses are included below. This is a song about bullying, and it works well with upper elementary and middle school students.
Stand up for yourself.
Stand up for someone else.
Stand up for you and me
Make this school bully free!
Stand up for yourself.
Stand up for someone else.
Stand up for you and me.
Make this school bully-free.
Bullying can hurt somebody’s feelings.
We cannot afford to just stand by.
Together we can work to beat this madness.
There’s no question that we need to try.
So many ways they pick on other people.
They call you names or send a nasty text.
They might exclude you from a game of kickball.
You never know who they’ll be after next.
When you see someone who’s being bullied.
Don’t just watch, and don’t just walk away.
You might need to go and tell a grownup.
Make a difference for someone today.
© Stuart Stotts 2011