We'll Make a Way
Created by Genesee Elementary School 4th Grade Students, their Teachers, Beth Robinson, Anne Mlod, Alison Donofrio, Mike Falzarano, Justina Taylor, Erin Woodworth,
and Magpie (Greg Artzner & Terry Leonino)
©June 2020
LYRICS:
We’ll Make A Way Out of ‘No Way’
©June 2020
Created by Genesee Elementary School 4th Grade Students, their Teachers, Beth Robinson, Anne Mlod, Alison Donofrio, Mike Falzarano, Justina Taylor, Erin Woodworth,
and Magpie (Greg Artzner & Terry Leonino)
If Harriet Tubman were here today
She would have something strong to say
Her own heart she could not betray
In oppression she would not stay
The people said to her, “No Way!”
She said, “Let’s come together; we can’t delay!”
Chorus:
She made a way out of ‘no way’,
She made a way out of ‘no way’,
She made a way...out of ‘no way’,
Harriet would not be confined
Left her family and her friends behind
But she overcame her fear
And freed others; her choice was clear
Slaveowners said to her, “No Way!”
She ran by night and hid by day
She made a way out of ‘no way’,
She made a way out of ‘no way’,
She made a way...out of ‘no way’,
She fought for the Union in the Civil War,
As a cook, a nurse, a spy, and more.
She led the Combahee River raid. (KUM-bee)
The first woman spy, she was not afraid.
The rebel soldiers said “No Way!”
She sang, “Come along, come along, make no delay.”
She made a way out of ‘no way’,
She made a way out of ‘no way’,
She made a way...out of ‘no way’,
She fed the hungry and nursed the sick
In a hospital built with her own bricks
She cared for the elderly and the poor
All were welcomed through her caring door
Some people said to her, ‘no way’
She said, “My place is safe for the sick to stay.”
She made a way out of ‘no way’,
She made a way out of ‘no way’,
She made a way...out of ‘no way’,
If Harriet Tubman were here today
She would have something strong to say,
‘Stop the violence, end the hate,
Peace and justice, let’s create!’
Some people say to us, ‘no way!’
But we shall overcome today!
chorus twice:
We’ll make a way out of no way.
We’ll make a way out of no way.
We’ll make a way...out of no way.
We’ll make a way out of no-o way!
Dedicated to George Perry Floyd, and all front line workers