This one goes out |To all the invisible, indivisible|Superhero types rocking the mic|All the first-evers, has-beens, and never-weres|Let's get it||It's the long-awaited moment|When it all comes into focus|Like the coming of the locusts|Or the opening of the lotus|Unfolding from the shadows to photosynthesize this|Converting light into sound, eardrum kiss|Bliss sinks through to shock your systems for days|We reflect in prism, like rainbows on rainy days|And she says, let there be light|We luminous waves|Cuttin' through the darkness of the night|In spite of the indomitable might of the isms|The schism of feminism, still we have risen|Flight high enough to punch these fools in the gut|Bustin' glass ceilings cause we've had enough||All the ladies in the house, I'm proud a y'all|When you pick up the mic you rip it raw|No apologies while you standin' tall|Brush that dirt off your shoulder when you fall|Underestimated but you got it all|Oppressed by Neanderthal|But you rise cause they minds is small|Girl, you gonna make it after all| |Girl you gonna make it, don't quit now|Girl you gonna make it, no matter how|Girl, you gonna make it, don't quit now|Girl, you gonna make it, you gonna make it||We been there, done that - we fell down - we came stacked|The champion, chief ones, so all y'all can fall back|We came to rock the pendulum, bring balance back again|Don't give me dap cause you ain't my friend|Your oppression's subversive, all written in cursive|Swiftly, this swoon unit vows to reverse it|This is coming from the heart, no need to rehearse it|We give it to you, straight up, no curses|Now, all these seeds can rise to the sun|What freedom flies shall not be undone|We priestess speak - stand tall, never run|The strongest of the silver tongued - unsung heroine||All the ladies in the house, I'm proud a y'all|When you pick up the mic you rip it raw|No apologies while you standin' tall|Brush that dirt off your shoulder when you fall|Underestimated but you got it all|Oppressed by Neanderthal|But you rise cause they minds is small|Girl, you gonna make it after all||