Everyone knows about Neil Armstrong
But what about Dr Mae Jemison?
Who took a giant leap for womankind
As the 1st black woman in space
(in space, in space)
Unless you count Uhura, and we do!
Role model of a black chick leading from the
Final Frontier
Space jewellery in her fine black ear
Finely tuned to the sounds of the cosmos,
Like June Tyson, Alice Coltrane:
Universally conscious
Travellin’ on a different plane to the
Nearaway place where Mother Earth
Wants us:
Safe in her bosom but always growing,
Let the ladies lead us on the path of knowing

These queens, not heard nor seen
With the sound turned down too long
Let’s change Herstory. Celebrate Her-oes.
Time to sing Her songs
These queens, not heard never seen
We gonna right that wrong
Let’s change Herstory. Celebrate Her-oes.
Time to sing Her songs

Grace Jones reigns with the
Divine Right of Queens
Afro-dite, she got
Athena genes.
Forget all that fashion hype
She ain’t a model, she’s an archetype
Goddess-like, with a deity’s name
Sure she got fame in the image game.
But let’s leave Ms Jones and
Talk about the lesser-knowns
And bring in her fellow Jamaican,
A magic black woman let us reawaken
Bring her back from the brink of forgotten.
Queen Nanny! She led the slaves’ revolt
Caught bullets in her teeth, blew ‘em back from a different hole
Devised a strategy to limit slavery
Up there with Angela Davis
Honour the freedom-fighting ladies!

These queens, not heard nor seen
With the sound turned down too long
Let’s change Herstory. Celebrate Her-oes.
Time to sing Her songs
These queens, not heard never seen
We gonna right that wrong
Let’s change Herstory. Celebrate Her-oes.
Time to sing Her songs

Female thought leaders seem few
Try to name a lady guru
Were we always supporting actors?
Or was the airbrush a contributing factor?
Not just the airbrush but the ducking stool.
Wise women at the bottom of the village pool.
Destroyed by Femicidal Man-iacs
Who cut their own nose off in these attacks
Holding us all back.
You think all this was back in the day?
No way! Misogyny’s still in play.
Time to even up the hemispheres
All you ladies, watchoo say?

These queens, not heard nor seen
With the sound turned down too long
Let’s change Herstory. Celebrate Her-oes.
Time to sing Her songs
These queens, not heard never seen
We gonna right that wrong
Let’s change Herstory. Celebrate Her-oes.
Time to sing Her songs