Joanne Beveridge is a talented singer/song writer who wrote this song for the collaboration between Young Scot and local investigation teams for the consultation report on opinions on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in their area. Have a listen and sing along.

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Lyrics

When you’re still only young, you never know what life really holds,

Everything just seems like, a great big walk in the park,

But then within time, the reality comes and starts to unfold,

And you start knowing how it feels, to be kept in the dark,

You don’t know if you got the right to say,

Don’t know if its fine to do things your own way,

But you just gotta stand up and fight,

Finally know the truth and see the light,

Just gotta stand up for your rights,

Everyone's all the same, and should be treated that way,

You don’t have to just Bury your head in the sand,

You should hold your head high and shout, have your say,

It doesn’t matter that people just don’t understand,

You don’t know if you got the right to say,

Don’t know if its fine to do things your own way,

But you just gotta stand up and fight,

Finally know the truth, and see the light,

Just gotta stand up for your rights,

Stand up for your rights.