I Was Here

I've never felt so alive before Out here together, I realize I'm not alone anymore I feel a part of something bigger than me (I feel a part of something) Something bigger, exploding open I feel my world completely change I finally feel it change Hello, Ida Wells speaking It's Mary, here with Phyllis in Nashville And? Mary, what happened? It passed They did it We did it Go on now Tell me how much easier this all would've been without my trouble making Not this time I bet all the white ladies were crying rivers, huh? Oh, they sure were, but me and mama We danced our way right out of the State House, didn't we? Your mama dancing, now I would like to see that I like to dance, okay? They'll still stop our women from voting Same as they do to our men I know, but I'm so tired of fighting And so, lifting as we climb Onward and upward we go Say it, mama And so, lifting as we climb Onward and upward we go And so, lifting as we climb Onward and upward we go I want my mother to know I was here I want my sisters to know I was here I want my great-granddaughter to know I was here I want your mother to know I was here I want your children to know I was here I want your great-granddaughter to know I need her to know I was here