I want you to 

Do what you wanna 
Be how you wanna
Feel how you wanna 

I want you to 
Do what you wanna 
Be how you wanna
Feel how you wanna 

I want you to 
Do what you wanna 
Be how you wanna 
Feel how you wanna 

the restoration of the woman genius
history marches by, and her memory leaves us
every uncompromising action she took 
ripped from all the history books 

turn the pages – is there really nothing there? 
but I can still feel her in the atmosphere

every song she wrote
every house she built
every equation she solved 
every coffer she filled 
every treaty she bargained 
every movement she started 

through it all, her dignity never departed 

reaching for the largest 
future for you and me 
so we can raise our chins high
so we can see

it’s not in our heads 
when they make us feel small 
when they interrupt or talk over us 
or say apologize for it all

the only impostors here 
are the ones keeping count
who shine light on the baseless, 
not seeing beyond themselves to a fault

their lack of vision 
can’t keep us from being 
the restoration of the woman genius 
who awaits in you and me

I want you to 
Do what you wanna 
Be how you wanna
Feel how you wanna 

I want you to 
Do what you wanna 
Be how you wanna 
Feel how you wanna 

I want you to 
Do what you wanna 
Be how you wanna
Feel how you wanna 

I want you to

see her 
hear her 
know her
show her

look out into the world 
and see her gorgeous face 

of every different age and different race, 
of every different body and different faith,
no matter the place, loving in different ways,
smashing gender binaries, pushing for space 

for us to all be free, reinvent society
when are we gonna see 
the chains on you are the chains on me

how we listen for our living histories 
untold secrets, that if asked, we can plainly see
how will we use these decades to change the story

progress never linear as it zig-zags
gains move forward, gains move back 
each generation’s context born from different facts 
change not something you can buy off the rack 

each moment comes with its own opportunity 
each voice necessary to liberate our thinking
points of view spread depending where you stand 
a place of understanding is where we hope to land 

so we can convene – 
the restoration of the woman genius 
who stands without apology 
she calls to us, she’s calls for you and me

I want you to 
Do what you wanna 
Be how you wanna
Feel how you wanna 

I want you to 
Do what you wanna 
Be how you wanna 
Feel how you wanna 

I want you to 
Do what you wanna 
Be how you wanna
Feel how you wanna 

I want you to