[Intro]
What have you seen in your short, long life?
Where did your tiny feet roam?
All the things that you've done
On top of being a wife
A mother, a daughter
A home
[Chorus]
What have you seen in your short, long life?
What has your heart overcome?
The traditional ways that are hidden away
Can be revived by the beat of a drum
[Verse 1]
What have you seen in your short, long life?
What did those tiny hands do (what did those tiny hands do)?
Stretching, scraping
Fixing and making
Bending the skins that our souls fit within
Stitching
Nothing can undo
(What did those tiny hands do)
[Chorus]
What have you seen in your short, long life?
What has your heart overcome?
The traditional ways that are hidden away
Can be revived by the beat of a drum
[Verse 2]
What have you seen in your short, long life?
A witness to so many wrongs
Relocation
Damnation
And misinformation
Surnation[?]
Our nations still strong
[Verse 3]
What have you heard in your short, long life?
When did they silence your voice?
The stories they spun made you swallow your tongue
Made you feel like it was your choice
[Outro]
What have you seen in your short, long life?
What has your heart overcome?
The traditional ways that are hidden away
Can be revived by the beat of a drum