We have an emergency on our hands
Do you understand
Sisters and mothers
Aunts and Grandmothers
Are crying, shouting and yelling 

 

Help!  Please help!
Ignored, oppressed and abused
Disabled women of color
Needs you 

On the streets
Can you believe
The state has sterilized me
Divorce from my husband, family and community
Beaten on
Kicked out
Shot up
No sirens, no ambulance, nobody gives a fuck 

Emergency, HELP, emergency
98% unemployment rate
Sisters don t want to relate
Very hard to live in this society

 Grown up with violence
Father in my bed
Billie-club upside my head
The only way to make money is to give head

 

My father was my first
My cell-mate was my second and
My x was my last
Still waiting for my first love 

Caught between two worlds
Limping and pushing to the boarder
Disabled woman an easy target for the INS
Disabled immigrant woman can t be a citizen of the US

 Social promotion
Another year in special education
Can t read the job application
Race, sex and disability discrimination

Margarett L. Mitchell shot by LAPD
Vijai Rajan rejected by the INS
Ya Fang Li roughed up by SFPD
Can t you see there is an emergency in our society 

Disabled women of color
Living under pressure
We need some answers
Time is ticking and we are sick of waiting

 It s time to take a stand
No more lines in the sand
We need a bulletproof plan
Sisters  our blood is on your hands

Disabled women of color
It s time to speak our anger
We need to educate our sisters, brothers and leaders
We can only get stronger if we come together

 Living under a state of emergency
Disabled women of color tell your story
We belong to three communities
Listen to our history

 Harriet Tubman led slaves to freedom
Fredia Kahlo painted her pain
Alicia Alonso danced through the light and darkness
Wilma Mankiller taught her people community organizing

 Disabled women of color
It s time to plan for our future
Break the silence

By Leroy F. Moore, Jr.