Our grandmas fought to get the vote a hundred years ago 

But folks of color had to keep on fighting even more 

Today we fight an evil push to take our rights away 

Not one step back! No way!

CHORUS:

       Voting’s how we make our choices 

       Voting’s how we raise our voices

       Voter suppression is their ploy, but we say

       Not one step back! No way! 

They want to take us back to when the rich men ruled the land

When only wealthy white landowners votes could ever stand

But this is our democracy, and this is our demand

Not one step back! No way!

CHORUS

They gerrymander us right off the maps is how they play

They kick us off the rolls if we just look a certain way 

They want to kill democracy, and that is why we say

Not one step back! No way!

CHORUS

We’ve got to join together, a-and keep the goal in sight

Progressives and Conservatives, and fight with all our might

To show the fascist wannabes they cannot take our rights! 

Not one step back! No way!