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Compiled By Geraldine Washington

The Women's Agenda is a call for action.
Not a separation by any means.
It's a call for help!
A call for action!
It's a call for love!
Do you know what I mean?
You talk about this.
We talk about that.
But we got the vote and that's a fact
It's a cause and effect,
To make a positive act.
Hear our voices hear our screams.

We're living in America!

A building here
A Tower there,
People living in the street,
Do you think that's fair?
No place to live and that's a fact.
People living in the streets
Back to back.

We're living in America!

No laughter! No Rickety Rack! Or Tap! Tap! Tap!
Our children are running around in packs
Not playing games,
Do you see Jacks?
Oh! Can't you see?
Running here,
Running there,
Look at our children
They're running scared.
Oh!

We're living in America!

How do you think
We came this far?
Our senior citizens
They carry the scars.

Fought and died for liberty.
How do you think we got free?

We're living in America!

Education is a must,
So what's the fuss.
Looking up,
Looking down,
We got trouble in our town.
Eye to eye, Nation to Nation
Bring a change
Through quality education.

We're living in America!

Unemployment is an issue,
And that's a fact
We need to know... who's got our back.
We need business, we need work
To feed the hungry & house the poor.
We don't need to say any more,
Yet.

We're Living in America!

Our pledge of allegiance, this plan you see,
we are concerned for the future
Of our communities.
It's a call for help,
A call for reaction,
A call of love.
Do you know what I mean?

We're Living in America!

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