Until you walk, run, fight a mile in her shoes.Don't you dare stand in front of me and tell me What a woman must doUntil you have walked, run, fought a mile in her shoesDon't you dare stand in front of me and tell meWhat a woman must doShe must Swing from chandeliers for undeserving spouses and paramoursWho deny her suffrage by day, but crave and praise her womanly wiles by night Good enough to fuck but, not good enough to voteShe must Go from the beauty of Africa, to the horrors of massaGo from titties dangling bare and shamelessTo being branded, licentious, temptress, embarracedGo from land of yams and heat hotTo land of cash crops and sellers blockGo… from God names, to no name, to his namesNow Black Now inhumanFreedom stolen, family stolen, now beholden… but still goldenField hollerin'… and Ain't I A WomanAin't I A WomanI can see her, me Washing dishes, clothes, and childrenMaking love, money, dinner, and bedsAlways the first one off a sinking shipBut last in the line to receive respectWhat a woman must doMust do, must do, must do, must do, must do… She must Wipe away tears and reclaim strengthAfter rape, abortion, lover's betrayal, child's birth, child's death, husband's abuseTricking to buy baby shoesShe must Be called a museWhich is just a synonym for usePut upon pedestalsDainty and protectedAnd because of that disrespectedVictorianizedMade a paradox of famous anonymityLeft to go insane with too much femininityStaring at yellow wallpaperHer heartOpenHer legsOpenWarm and welcomingWaiting… for phone calls that never comeWaiting… for words of appreciation that never comeWaiting… for equal pay that never comesWaiting, waiting, waitingWaiting for loveWaiting for acknowledgment not judgmentWaitingAnd when seeking or achieving any kind of power Reduced to labels like… Concubine. Cunt. Bitch. Whore. Stunt. Witch. DykeConcubine. Cunt. Bitch. Whore. Stunt. Witch. DykeWhat a woman must doShe must Never settle for less based upon her womanessEmbrace the pronoun and power of SHEKnow if nothing else that her uniqueness is blessedAnd a necessary component in the union between universe and peopleEqual to manAt times above human understandingShe don't have to lay down for nothing or nobodyHer body in and out a wonderThe wonder of SHEThe wonder of SHEin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSIGoQ9azjA
Until you walk, run, fight a mile in her shoes.Don't you dare stand in front of me and tell me What a woman must doUntil you have walked, run, fought a mile in her shoesDon't you dare stand in front of me and tell meWhat a woman must doShe must Swing from chandeliers for undeserving spouses and paramoursWho deny her suffrage by day, but crave and praise her womanly wiles by night Good enough to fuck but, not good enough to voteShe must Go from the beauty of Africa, to the horrors of massaGo from titties dangling bare and shamelessTo being branded, licentious, temptress, embarracedGo from land of yams and heat hotTo land of cash crops and sellers blockGo… from God names, to no name, to his namesNow Black Now inhumanFreedom stolen, family stolen, now beholden… but still goldenField hollerin'… and Ain't I A WomanAin't I A WomanI can see her, me Washing dishes, clothes, and childrenMaking love, money, dinner, and bedsAlways the first one off a sinking shipBut last in the line to receive respectWhat a woman must doMust do, must do, must do, must do, must do… She must Wipe away tears and reclaim strengthAfter rape, abortion, lover's betrayal, child's birth, child's death, husband's abuseTricking to buy baby shoesShe must Be called a museWhich is just a synonym for usePut upon pedestalsDainty and protectedAnd because of that disrespectedVictorianizedMade a paradox of famous anonymityLeft to go insane with too much femininityStaring at yellow wallpaperHer heartOpenHer legsOpenWarm and welcomingWaiting… for phone calls that never comeWaiting… for words of appreciation that never comeWaiting… for equal pay that never comesWaiting, waiting, waitingWaiting for loveWaiting for acknowledgment not judgmentWaitingAnd when seeking or achieving any kind of power Reduced to labels like… Concubine. Cunt. Bitch. Whore. Stunt. Witch. DykeConcubine. Cunt. Bitch. Whore. Stunt. Witch. DykeWhat a woman must doShe must Never settle for less based upon her womanessEmbrace the pronoun and power of SHEKnow if nothing else that her uniqueness is blessedAnd a necessary component in the union between universe and peopleEqual to manAt times above human understandingShe don't have to lay down for nothing or nobodyHer body in and out a wonderThe wonder of SHEThe wonder of SHEin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSIGoQ9azjA