Mine eyes have seen the glory of the fire of women's rage,
kept smoldering for centuries, now flaming in this age
We won’t go back to hangers and we will not be enslaved!
We’ll keep on marching on!
Now women-hating men attempt to occupy the land
They legalize misogyny just like the Taliban
They’re terrorizing women and they’re called Republicans
Their tyranny be damned!
Rise up, women! Join together!
Solidarity forever!
We shall not retreat – not ever!
For women’s time has come!
Religious zealots bully women with Medieval rules
They think they’re doing “God’s work”
but they’re only being tools:
stooges for the power brokers – and they’re bloody cruel!
But us they will not rule!
They want to take us back
to when the only rights were men’s
They want to choose how many kids we have & even when
And what we wear, from burkas to bikinis, just for them
These edicts we condemn!
Rise up, women! Join together!
Solidarity forever!
We shall not retreat – not ever!
For women’s time has come!
So listen, boys, our rights will not be taken or postponed
Our bodies are off-limits: they're a government-free zone
My bedroom and my right to choose are mine and mine alone
No, we shall not be owned!
The patriarchy’s over now; we claim our rightful pow’r
Let’s build a new society, with caring at its core
and never raise our children to be fodder for men’s wars
For women’s time has come!
Rise up, women! Join together!
Solidarity forever!
We shall not retreat – not ever!
For women’s time has come!