Self-Advocacy Rap Lyrics

These are the lyrics to the Self-Advocacy Rap, which you can see performed at the end of the Disability History Education Video.

Verse 1:
Self-Advocacy
We need it in our lives to survive.
These people telling us what we need is driving us B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
Perhaps we need to stop being lazy and get our voices back.
We wanna watch how they'll react as we pour out our suggestions and objections at the meetings,
while they follow their boring proceedings.
Telling us we can't do this, and we can't do that.
Should she be on this track?
They say yes, but she says no.
This ain't about to make us blow.
We're trying not to lose our heads.
We're trying to grow instead.

Chorus:
We're tired of the games that they keep on playing.
They know what we need is what they keep on saying,
but you know what?
We disagree.
So we practice self-advocacy.
What, what!
Self-Advocacy
You know why?
Cause thats right you see.

Verse 2:
Our brains are about to burn out from all this wackness.
We're tired of all this madness
around us everyday,
but were gonna make a way.
Don't tell us were gonna fail.
We'll work hard and we'll prevail.

Chorus:
Were tired of the games that they keep on playing.
They know what we need is what they keep on saying,
but you know what?
We disagree.
So we practice self-advocacy.
What, what!
Self-advocacy
You know why?
Cause thats right you see!

Ending Chant:
My brains about to burn out! (5x)
What, what!
My brains about to burn out from all this madnesssssss!