We Are The Echo (Virago Rise
We Are The Echo (Virago Rise)
Virago Strategies is a coalition of Christian women justice leaders working to change unjust institutions, centering women of color and sharing power instead of seeking prominence. We wrote “We Are the Echo” in the room with them, and the song sounds like how they work: honest that the work costs something, grateful to the foremothers whose wisdom they steward, and unwilling to wait for a seat at tables that were never built for them. They build their own. Being in that room shaped the writing as much as the writing shaped the song.
WE ARE THE ECHO (VIRAGO RISE)
Written by Michelle Ferrigno Warren (ASCAP), Cleide Cooper (ASCAP), Gabriella Velez (ASCAP), Noah Rubin (ASCAP), Phillip Joubert (ASCAP)
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VERSE 1
G
We’re present in the story
Am
With faith to keep us going
D/F#
Joy in spite of circumstance
C/E
A strength that keeps on growing
G
Got good news for the people
Am
Bread for the resistance
D/F#
Echoing foremother’s dreams
C/E
Stewarding their wisdom
PRECHORUS 1
D
We bend, but we don’t break
Em
We do the work afraid
F
Love mercy, do justice
C
Spirit lead the way
CHORUS
G
We keep on fighting
Cm/Eb
Won’t give up - No
Em C/D
We will carry on
G
Hand in hand
Cm/Eb
In light we stand
Em C/D
With hope from long before
TAG
G Am
We are the echo (Virago)
D/F# C/E
We are the echo (Virago)
VERSE 2
G
We’re building our own tables
Am
So no ones left forsaken
D/F#
A tribe of women rising
C/E
Who are strong enough to stay
PRECHORUS 2
G
We bend but we don’t break
Am
We’ll do the work afraid
D/F#
Love mercy, do justice
C/E
Jesus, lead the way
BRIDGE
G
Don’t stop, won't stop
Cm/Eb
Justice gonna come
Em
Don’t stop, won’t stop
C/D
Kingdom marches on
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