Power

You would have us forget, you would have us make it easier Have us regret, you would never say her name You would have us forget how the mother's pressure Freed the sons and daughters caught in torture chambers Talk about it Yeah we've always been great, for a long time now But you always debate, for a long time now What a woman should make, what a woman should take But you never ask a woman, what a basic mistake? Naona chenye mimi sita do Ni ku argue na mafala busy body like you Wale wanafikiria sindiria ni weakness Ni better ni speak-less my action mu-witness Keep saying not the right time You keep telling us not the right time You keep singing not the right time You keep telling us not the right time I'm my own fix, I'm my own fixer Write my own scripts, write my own scripture And I'm so sick getting more sicker See the whole mix, see the whole picture Getting loud, getting louder Getting loud, getting louder Getting loud, getting louder Getting loud, getting louder Power power power, sisi ndio power Watoto wa Hawa ndio sisi hawa This time hatuchoki, this time hatuogopi Pesa hatukopi, tena hatusoti Ngumu kunishika kwanza jenga ka-CV Mna pressure ya kumarry but hatujiskii Mtabaki mukijicheki mshinde mkidebate-i Kwenye ninaget-i pesa ya kibeti This is for the women who came before for us Who build the world for us, who made it work for us This is for the women who came before for us Who build the world for us, who made it work for us I'm my own fix, I'm my own fixer Write my own scripts, write my own scripture And I'm so sick getting more sicker See the whole mix, see the whole picture Getting loud, getting louder Getting loud, getting louder Getting loud, getting louder Getting loud, getting louder You would have us regret, you would never say her name You would have us forget, you would never say her name You would have us forget, you would never say her name You would have us forget Talk about it You have never been straight You keep telling us to wait Then you switch up the date (Tumechoka) Then you tell us we hate One another you blame us You keep trying to shame us (To erase us) Ooh, you would have us believe There is something too big we can never achieve Ooh, you would have us believe There is something to be, we could never receive