Shake the Sky

Sister gonna wake up

And shake the sky with her cry

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

Sister gonna get up and wipe the tears from her eyes

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

Sister gonna stand up to all the bullying lies

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

Sister gonna look at the man with the blood in his eyes

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

Changes!

Changes that need to pass

A lot more human kindness in this life

Changes!

Changes that we demand

For the content of our character, the vision of our minds

The labor of the grist-mill of society

Is the hands and sweat and backs of who have least

Invisibles and overlooked and disenfranchised

Are holding up the sky

Holding up our lives!

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Sister gonna wake up

And shake the sky with her cry

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

Sister gonna get up and wipe the tears from her eyes

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

Sister gonna stand up to all the bullying lies

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

Sister gonna look at the man with the blood in his eyes

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

Changes!

Changes that need to pass

A lot more human kindness in this life

Changes!

Changes that we demand

For the content of our character, the vision of our minds

The labor of the grist-mill of society

Is the hands and sweat and backs of who have least

Invisibles and overlooked and disenfranchised

Are holding up the sky

Holding up our lives!

1 2 3 4

Sister gonna wake up

And shake the sky with her cry

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

Sister gonna get up and wipe the tears from her eyes

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

Sister gonna stand up to all the bullying lies

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

Sister gonna look at the man with the blood in his eyes

She gonna rise

She gonna rise

She gonna rise