We Are Rising Music Video
I am so thrilled about “We Are Rising,” my new song and music video in collaboration with One Billion Rising! Directed and produced by me and executive produced by Eve Ensler (author of The Vagina Monologues & founder of V-Day), Susan Celia Swan, Monique Wilson & One Billion Rising – the video features studio footage mixed with activist footage from One Billion Rising actions all over the globe. It is a call to action, to dance, to RISE.
One Billion Rising is an international organization that works to end violence against women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence). In 2020, we will RAISE THE VIBRATION together through action, art, connection, imagination, and Love.
This song is available for free download HERE and is also available to listen to on Spotify.
“We Are Rising” Lyrics
In a time of an upheaval
will come a transformation
Ignite a fire that will burn
like the sun
become strong movement
fierce and determined
informed by where we are
and where we’ve come from
We are those who are rising
from Manila to Miami
building trust and solidarity
love is our bond
And in the streets we are marching
to end the rape and the suffering
to stop the facist tyranny
organized as one
Chorus:
We are, we are rising
We are, we are rising
We are, we are rising tonight and in this life
From those who dare interrupt the violence
To those who expose the truth and break the silence
warriors who work to open the prisons bars
valiant souls who stand up against the unjust wars
multitudes who defy the walls along the border
masses who unify to protect our water
rebel minds who unionize for worker’s rights
fearless hearts who fight to defend trans lives
those who take back their land and their health
those who seek to redistribute the wealth
youth who demand a right to education
Those who reclaim political power in their nation
We cry out “say her name”
we chant “love trumps hate”
And “we will not be erased”
“It’s we who decide our fate”
cause
Chorus x2
We are women who’ve endured
violence and degradation
slavery, trafficking, and mutilation
rape and abuse, racist discrimination
Those who survived
labor exploitation
Colonization and gentrification
imprisonment, migration
and militarization
Homophobia and
Transphobic aggression
Violence by police
Reproductive oppression
But from the pain we will open eyes
Awaken hearts and awaken minds
And our demands we intensify
Strategically we are organized
Together we can raise the vibration
Through art action and imagination
Respect, love and communication
And love for our future generation
Intersectional, inclusive we come
Collective power is how this is won
We keep rising like the fire of the sun
will rise like the sun
will rise like the sun
One for a billion a billion for one x8
Chorus x2
A way of life, a way of being
Ignite the fire, we are believing
As one
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