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I Was Here Lyrics by Nikki M. James, Anastacia McCleskey, Laila Drew, Original Broadway Cast of Suffs

Suffs (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

2024

[ENSEMBLE]
I've never felt so alive before
Out here together
I realize I'm not alone anymore
I feel a part of something bigger
Than me (I feel a part of)
Something bigger exploding open
I feel my world completely change
I finally feel it change

[IDA, spoken]
Hello, Ida Wells speaking

[MARY, spoken]
It's Mary, here with Phyllis in Nashville

[IDA, spoken]
And?
Mary, what happened?

[MARY, spoken]
It passed

[IDA, spoken]
They did it

[MARY, spoken]
We did it

[IDA, spoken]
Go on now
Tell me how much easier this all would have been
Without my troublemakin'

[MARY, spoken]
Not this time

[IDA, spoken]
I bet all the white ladies were cryin' rivers, huh?

[PHYLLIS, spoken]
Oh, they sure were
But me and Mama, we danced our way right out the State House
Didn't we?

[IDA, spoken]
Your mama dancin'
Now I would like to see that

[MARY, spoken]
I like to dance, okay?

[IDA, spoken]
They'll still stop our women from voting
Same as they do to our men

[MARY, spoken]
I know
But I'm so tired of fightin'

[PHYLLIS]
As so, lifting as we climb
Onward and upward we go

[PHYLLIS, spoken]
Say it, Mama

[MARY]
And so

[IDA]
Lifting as we climb

[IDA, MARY & PHYLLIS]
Onward and upward we go
And so, lifting as we climb
Onward and upward we go

[MARY]
I want my mother to know I was here

[IDA]
I want my sisters to know I was here

[PHYLLIS]
I want my great-granddaughter to know I was here

[MARY]
I was here

[IDA & PHYLLIS, MARY]
I want your mother to know I was here (I was here)
I want your children to know I was here

[IDA, MARY & PHYLLIS]
I want your great-granddaughter to know
I need her to know I was here

About “I Was Here” by Nikki M. James

Read the complete lyrics to "I Was Here" by Nikki M. James, Anastacia McCleskey, Laila Drew, Original Broadway Cast of Suffs from the album "Suffs (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" in 2024. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Broadway, Musicals, Pop.

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"I Was Here" is credited to Nikki M. James, Anastacia McCleskey, Laila Drew, Original Broadway Cast of Suffs. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"I Was Here" appears on "Suffs (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" in 2024.

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