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!

They want to take us back to when the rich men ruled the land,
when women, blacks & poor folk from the voting booth were banned
But this is our democracy, and this is our demand:
Not one step back! No way!

Voting’s how we make our choices
Voting’s how we raise our voices
Vote suppression is their ploy – yet:
Not one step back! No way!

They gerrymander us right off the map – it’s 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!

We’ve got to join together, brown and yellow, black and white,
progressives and the union folks, and fight with all our might
to show the fascist wannabes they cannot take our rights!
Not one step back! No way!

Voting’s how we make our choices
Voting’s how we raise our voices
Vote suppression is their ploy, yet –
Not one step back! NO WAY!