Check out the rap song and original spoken word written by Emery Bright, part of our close-knit JASS extended family. Lisa VeneKlasen, JASS ED, explains the song was "partly inspired by an activist we lost (Berta Caceres) and partly by our troubling elections."
Strong women 'bout to walk across the line
This ain't no once upon a time
These stories we 'bout to write are true
Sweat n' bleed for the rights of me n' you
Got Grandmas n got little girls
Steppin' cross the line to change the world
Go on raise ya hands and pump ya fists
Defensoras feministas activists
We black n' white n' We brown
But we only go by jus' one sound
Strong women 'bout to walk across the line
This ain't no once upon a time
These stories we 'bout to write are true
Sweat n' bleed for the rights of me n' you
This ain't no trumped up make believe
Sacrifice in order to achieve
Glass ceiling yeah we know th' score
Break outta chains bust righthu' the door
Lost lives battlin' issues tough as hell
Rest in Peace strong women who have fell
Standing tall on continents big n' small
Clap ya' hands n' sing it wit' me y'all
Strong women 'bout to walk across the line
This ain't no once upon a time
These stories we 'bout to write are true
Sweat n' bleed for the rights of me n' you