Bash Back

Lyrics

Bash BACK! Equal rights, equal lefts – we swing when they swing first! No more hiding in the shadows, bursting out the hearse. They come with hate, we come with heat, fists up, heels high, Radical fam, unbreakable, under the rainbow sky. Verse 1: From the streets of Stonewall to the blocks we claim today, Bash Back! We ain't your punchline, we the storm in the fray. Trans, non-binary, ace, bi, lesbian queens and kings, Drag us down? Nah, we rise like phoenix with blinged-out wings. They preach "family values," but we the real kinfolk, Smashing cishet norms, watch the patriarchy choke. Equal rights? Hell yeah! Equal lefts if you test, One for the slur, two for the fear, three for the rest. Four-letter word: FIST – that's our love language raw, Five fingers flying, six senses alert, seven days we fight the law. Eight identities stacking, nine lives like a cat in heels, Ten toes stomping bootlickers, making empires kneel. Chorus: Bash BACK! (Echo: BACK!) Equal rights, equal lefts – we protect our pack! No tolerance for the toxic, we counterattack! Bash BACK! (Echo: BACK!) Queer power surging, no turning back! Verse 2: They build walls of words, we tear 'em with glitter bombs, Aro, pan, intersex warriors dropping truth like qualms. From the club to the courthouse, we own the night, Two-spirit ancestors whispering, "Fight the fight!" They say "traditional," we say tradition's a trap, Remixing history with our radical map. One vote for visibility, two for the V-Day strike, Three cheers for the chosen fam, four for the dyke hike. Five o'clock shadow? Nah, that's our five-alarm fire, Six-pack abs or curves, we all inspire. Seven veils lifted, eight balls in our court, Nine tails whipping whigs, ten out of ten retort. *Bridge – slow build, voices layering like a choir of rebels: Remember the raids, the bans, the blood on the pavement? We mourn, we rage, then we rise – unashamed, unbasement. No more begging for scraps from the hetero feast, We feast on freedom, wild and unleashed. Bash Back! For the kids in the closet, the elders in the fight, For every flag they burn, we ignite the light. *Outro – full throttle, crowd chant vibe: Bash BACK! (x3) Equal rights, equal lefts – we the thunder, they the crack! Queerness unbreakable, that's a fact! Bash BACK! Forever forward, no looking back! (Fade out with ad-libs: "Swing left! Love hard! Resist! Persist!")