To the working class
Cotton dust in their throat
To the workin~ class
Textile mills turned red
To the working class
Industry and land
Salt of the earth, acquiring their worth
To the working class
Bearing double and triple oppression
The lash of Capitalism on their back
To the working class
Struggling for democracy
Fighting back
To the working class
Smothered in household drudgery
Slaving for no pay, having no say
There will be a better day
To the working class
Laboring against genocide
Trying to survive, to see the Sunrise
To the working class
Marching for equal pay for equal work
They won the right to vote
To the working class
In support of affirmative action
Moving forward, never looking back
To the working class
In need of health care and affordable housing
A new lease on life, a house without strife
To the working class
Feeding the homeless and spare a dime
To the working class
Battling police lynching and the death penalty
To the working class
In search of quality child care and public schools
To the working class
Where worker's children make history and tell the news
To the working class
Demanding human rights with all their might
Screaming a cry "build schools not jails"
Education is a democratic right
To the working class
Singing hymns of freedom and labor stories
To the working class
Standing in Union solid as a rock
Striving for a Martin Luther King holiday with pay
In community and church
Loyal to justice, equaJity and world peace
War is studied no more
To the working class
Shorter days with more wages
To the working class
Declaring Internationalism and Socialism
To the working class
Their will of heart, passion and love
To working class women
WE hold up half the Sky
Voice: Amina Baraka
Piano: Gaspare Di Lieto, Sax: Peppe Plaitano, Drums: Gaetano Fasano, Bass: Tommaso Scannapieco
Napolipoesia nel Parco, Napoli, 2005.