Same Boat Now.mp3We may have come here on different ships
But we’re in the same boat now (x2)
Some of us came here for freedom from hunger and from hate
Some of us came here to make it rich
Some of us came here in chains
We gathered in the cities, claimed the new frontier
We pulled the cotton from the land we watered with our tears
Some grew rich by toil and trade, some grew rich by vice
Some grew rich in power and all of us paid the price
And in the name or progress how we ground each other down
But no one is the winner when you’re
Building on bloody ground
Women of all colors from every walk of life
We bore the hidden burden as workers, mothers and wives
Hired when we’re needed sent home when the jobs ran down
They think we’re waiting on the shore
But we’re turning the boat around
We’re a people born of many shores, our journeys so entwined
But we’ll be on a sinking ship if we leave anybody behind
Don’t want to be a melting pot, we’re a rainbow family
It’s gonna take everything we’ve got to set each other free
