Shake the Sky

Lyrics

[Chorus] Sister gonna wake up and shake the sky with her cry She gonna rise She gonna rise She gonna rise Sister gonna get up and wipe the tears from her eyes She gonna rise She gonna rise She gonna rise Sister gonna stand up to all the bullying lies She gonna rise She gonna rise She gonna rise Sister gonna look at the man with the blood in his eyes She gonna rise She gonna rise She gonna rise [Verse] Changes! Changes that need to pass A lot more human kindness in this life Changes! Changes that we demand For the content of our character The vision of our minds The labor of the grist-mill of society Is the hands and sweat and backs of who have least Invisibles and overlooked and disenfranchised Are holding up the sky Holding up our lives! [Chorus] Sister gonna wake up and shake the sky with her cry She gonna rise She gonna rise She gonna rise Sister gonna get up and wipe the tears from her eyes She gonna rise She gonna rise She gonna rise Sister gonna stand up to all the bullying lies She gonna rise She gonna rise She gonna rise Sister gonna look at the man with the blood in his eyes She gonna rise She gonna rise She gonna rise [Verse] Changes! Changes that need to pass A lot more human kindness in this life Changes! Changes that we demand For the content of our character The vision of our minds The labor of the grist-mill of society Is the hands and sweat and backs of who have least Invisibles and overlooked and disenfranchised Are holding up the sky Holding up our lives! [Chorus] Sister gonna wake up and shake the sky with her cry She gonna rise She gonna rise She gonna rise Sister gonna get up and wipe the tears from her eyes She gonna rise She gonna rise She gonna rise Sister gonna stand up to all the bullying lies She gonna rise She gonna rise She gonna rise Sister gonna look at the man with the blood in his eyes She gonna rise She gonna rise She gonna rise She gonna rise She gonna rise She gonna rise