Song Lyrics

The Anthem
Pledge allegiance
Pay the ransom
They held us back then we fought the phantoms, ghosts of pasts
Platinum platinum, million marching, that's for action
Me, you, us, that's the anthem
Together
Lift every voice forever

The anthem
A new day for the woman

The anthem
Break down the walls til patriarchy falls

Lift every voice, sing, spread your wings
Cut the strings, take a swing
Fight to fight, the past is left, light a light
Find the stars, held by night
The woman
Can't be dimmed or shunned
They asked for light, we gave them sons, our power comes tongue and cheek
What man will stand, speak, allow the anthem for woman?

The woman is not an anomaly
Do you stand with your woman?
The woman, my woman
I am she, she is me
Lift every voice, this is the promise to our queens
To their future, to our dreams

I pledge allegiance to the sisterhood, to the woman I am
To the daughters of today, the queens of tomorrow
No more promises borrowed, only to be given back
This is a seat at the table
Rosa refused and never sat
We'd rather stand on it, jump, scream, rap
Jumping rope, jumping Jack
Exercising our right to be more than shadows in the black
See us, see me
Not as an anomaly
As a tribe, the new standard
As Maya said, still we rise'
Walking to a new tune, this is not the reprise
I was born to walk beside, not behind
To the beeline to the battle
Y'all got beef, I got cattle
Milk and honey flows through my bosom
Thinking if Cuba Gooding could coach?
Then why should we not be first class pilots?
Adjust the dial on the radio, I am not an anomaly, I should be a standard
Men, women we should be banded together
It's instrumental for our survival, our mental
Otherwise we just stencils and copies instead of creating genius
A world that's truly rounded to lay it flat then cock it back
Aim, squeeze, bang, let this thing sing, like Aretha to the gospel
Until we acquire what should have been possible long before
Equality
This is the anthem, the new space Odyssey, the frontier, front and center
I pledge allegiance to woman

Aaron Parks, Marlanna Evans

The duration of The Anthem is 7:08 minutes and seconds.