Product Description
Written for SSAA chorus. Theme: empowerment, activism. We are the ones who can fix this world!
Accompanied by piano, with optional violin (or flute) part
Available formats: full score with piano, lead sheet (no piano, for singers), violin part, piano reduction.
The mp3 is a rough mix of the parts recordings created for rehearsal (which are available).
My community chorus memorizes, so I write with repetition and consistency! Our chorus found this exciting and inspirational to sing. This piece was also chosen to be performed as a mass chorus piece for the national Sister Singers Network Festival 2023 in Cleveland.
Lyrics:
Movin' and a-shakin' and a-shakin' and a-movin',
Movin' and a-shakin' and a-shakin' and a-movin',
Movin' and a-shakin' and a-shakin' and a-movin',
Movin' and a-shakin' and a-shakin' and a-movin',
Rock on, sisters! Rock on!
Awaken the world, sisters.
Awakenin', awakenin' the world. Wake up!
Awaken the world, sisters.
Awakenin', awakenin' the world.
We are the ones Who get things done.
We are the ones Who make it run.
We are the ones Who work together.
Together we can change the world.
Honor the mothers.
Honor the mothers who carried us through, to get us to
a world of possibility
where we can see
how to be more, how to live free.
We stand on the shoulders.
We stand on the shoulders of women who died, and
women who cried out
for freedom, for justice, for life.
Some of us rock the cradle.
Some of us rock the boat.
Giving what we are able
to do, to see, to be.
Standing on the rock of community.
Standing on the rock of community.
We're standing on the rock of community.
Makin' a way to grow and live the power,
the power of our own truth.
Together we can change the world. Liberty!
Together we can change the world. Equality!
Together we can change the world. Community!
Together we can change the world.
Fix this world. There's a whole lot to do.
Fix this world. Gonna make it new.
Fix this world. It's up to me and you.
I witnessed. Because it needed to be done.
I spoke out. Because it needed to be done.
I stood up. Because it needed to be done.
I did what needed, I did what needed, I did what needed to be done.
Awaken the world, sisters.
Awakenin', awakenin' the world. Wake up!
Awaken the world, sisters.
Awakenin', awakenin' the world. Wake up!
We are the ones Who get things done.
We are the ones Who make it run.
We are the ones Who work together,
Together we can change the world.
Movin' and a-shakin' and a-shakin' and a-movin', Together we can change the world
Movin' and a-shakin' and a-shakin' and a-movin', Together we can change the world.
Together, Together, Together, Together,
Together we can change the world.
(2021) Lois J Henrickson (Lytingale)
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