You Got a Right by The Ivorys Lyrics
[Spoken]
Yeah!
We got the Bill of Rights
First and Second Amendments
Go a little something like this:
[Verse 1]
You got a right
To freedom of speech
To worship religion or sign a petition
You got a right
A right to bear arms
As long as you don't do your brothers no harm
The Third Amendment is one you should know
Don't need to house soldiers in your home
The Fourth Amendment is one you should read
Can't search your house or have your property seized
By the law
[Spoken]
Number Five and Number Six
Go a little something like this:
[Verse 2]
You got a right
To due process
Can't be tried twice for the same offense
You got a right
To trial that's fair
To call in a lawyer, or a witness who was there
The Seventh Amendment
Is one you should see;
You got a right
To trial by jury
The Eighth Amendment
Is one you should know;
Excessive bail upon each punishment
Cannot be imposed
[Spoken]
Ah, that's right
The Bill of Rights
[Verse 3]
Yeah, the Ninth Amendment
Protects all rights
Outlined in the Constitution
And the Tenth Amendment
Gives all other powers
To the State and the people
[Spoken]
Yeah, that's right
You got the Bill of Rights down
Now let's take care of the Amendments
[Verse 4]
The Eleventh Amendment
Prevents lawsuits against the states
Twelve showed us how elections are held;
Thirteen stopped slavery
And Fourteen ensured Civil Rights are upheld
Fifteen gave immigrants the right to vote
And Sixteen made income tax, you know?
Seventeen established Senate elections
And Eighteen prohibited alcohol consumption
[Verse 5]
Nineteen established women's suffrage
And Twenty outlined the terms of office
Twenty-one repealed prohibition
Twenty-two established rules for the president's terms
Twenty-three gave D.C. the vote
Twenty-four abolished taxes in polls
Twenty-five keeps the office alive
Tells us who succeeds when the president dies
Twenty-six gave kids who are eighteen the right to vote
Don't you know that
Twenty-seven gives Congress the right to choose their pay
Yeah!
We got the Bill of Rights
First and Second Amendments
Go a little something like this:
[Verse 1]
You got a right
To freedom of speech
To worship religion or sign a petition
You got a right
A right to bear arms
As long as you don't do your brothers no harm
The Third Amendment is one you should know
Don't need to house soldiers in your home
The Fourth Amendment is one you should read
Can't search your house or have your property seized
By the law
[Spoken]
Number Five and Number Six
Go a little something like this:
[Verse 2]
You got a right
To due process
Can't be tried twice for the same offense
You got a right
To trial that's fair
To call in a lawyer, or a witness who was there
The Seventh Amendment
Is one you should see;
You got a right
To trial by jury
The Eighth Amendment
Is one you should know;
Excessive bail upon each punishment
Cannot be imposed
[Spoken]
Ah, that's right
The Bill of Rights
[Verse 3]
Yeah, the Ninth Amendment
Protects all rights
Outlined in the Constitution
And the Tenth Amendment
Gives all other powers
To the State and the people
[Spoken]
Yeah, that's right
You got the Bill of Rights down
Now let's take care of the Amendments
[Verse 4]
The Eleventh Amendment
Prevents lawsuits against the states
Twelve showed us how elections are held;
Thirteen stopped slavery
And Fourteen ensured Civil Rights are upheld
Fifteen gave immigrants the right to vote
And Sixteen made income tax, you know?
Seventeen established Senate elections
And Eighteen prohibited alcohol consumption
[Verse 5]
Nineteen established women's suffrage
And Twenty outlined the terms of office
Twenty-one repealed prohibition
Twenty-two established rules for the president's terms
Twenty-three gave D.C. the vote
Twenty-four abolished taxes in polls
Twenty-five keeps the office alive
Tells us who succeeds when the president dies
Twenty-six gave kids who are eighteen the right to vote
Don't you know that
Twenty-seven gives Congress the right to choose their pay