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POLITICS OF INCLUSION
Music and Lyrics by Jade Esteban Estrada
Additional musical arrangements by Tracy Stark
Photo by Angel Hess
Dedicated to Celeste Angela Estrada 
 
From the Musical:
Jade Esteban Estrada as Susan B. Anthony
ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 2

Susan B. Anthony:

Who really matters? Who does not?

Soft voices shattered ones our forefathers forgot

It’s a farce this constitution

What we need is revolution

It’s not right or fair

How can we get beyond

Days and nights asking for the right…

To vote?

 

The politics of inclusion

Don’t allow female inclusion

I breathe somehow

I won’t stop fighting, crying, dying

For one amendment more!

The politics of inclusion don’t make room for me

 

Does a woman have a soul

I heard a man say

Can they ever pray to God?

Would he hear them anyway

There’s no attempt at resolution

There’s no love, there’s no sound conclusion

It’s not right or fair

Will they ever hear our song

Give us our rights?

Just give us some lights for the road?

 

The politics of inclusion

Don’t allow female inclusion

I breathe somehow

I won’t stop fighting, crying, dying

For one amendment more!

The politics of inclusion don’t make room for me

 

I’m not the type to sit around and watch my life go by

I want to soar where those eagles fly

When and where does justice become the law?

 

The politics of inclusion

Don’t allow female inclusion

I breathe somehow

I won’t stop fighting crying dying

For one amendment more!

That’s what we’re fighting for!

One amendment more!

You can’t deny or ignore!

One amendment more!

The politics of inclusion will make room for me!

©2004 Jade Esteban Estrada

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