Excerpted from "Grand Canyon", Educated Guess - 2004, Ani DiFranco
shocked to tears by each new vision of all that my ancestors have done like, say, the women who gave their lives so that i could have one people, we are standing at ground zero of the feminist revolution yeah, it was an inside job stoic and sly one we're supposed to forget and downplay and deny but i think the time is nothing if not nigh to let the truth out coolest f-word ever deserves a fucking shout! i mean why can't all decent men and women call themselves feminists? out of respect for those who fought for this i mean, look around we have this yes i love my country by which i mean i am indebted joyfully to all the people throughout its history who have fought the government to make right where so many cunning sons and daughters our foremothers and forefathers came singing through slaughter came through hell and high water so that we could stand here and behold breathlessly the sight how a raging river of tears is cutting a grand canyon of light words and music by ani difranco © 2004 righteous babe music / BMI
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