[female
vocals] (
Upbeat
rhythmic
guitar
riff,
light
percussion,
warm
bassline) (
Spoken
by
female
voice)
LEAD:
Assalamu
Alaikum,
Jama’
a!
CROWD:
WA
ALAIKUM
SALAM!
LEAD:
NDC
women!
CROWD:
WE
ARE
READY!
LEAD:
Grassroots
women!
CROWD:
WE
ARE
READY!
LEAD:
From
the
branches—
CROWD:
WE
ARE
READY!
LEAD:
From
the
constituencies—
CROWD:
WE
ARE
READY!
LEAD:
From
the
regions
to
the
national
level—
CROWD:
WE
ARE
READY!
LEAD:
Who
is
coming?
CROWD:
ELORM!
LEAD:
Who
is
she?
CROWD:
THE
PEOPLE’
S
ELORM!
LEAD:
Ɛyɛ
Zu!
CROWD:
Ɛyɛ
Za!
LEAD:
Ɛyɛ
Zuuuuu!
CROWD:
Ɛyɛ
Zaaaa!
LEAD:
Abigail
Elorm!
CROWD:
THE
PEOPLE’
S
ELORM!
[CHORUS] The
women
are
ready!
The
grassroots
are
ready!
ABIGAIL
ELORM
A.
MENSAH!
CROWD:
THE
PEOPLE’
S
ELORM!
LEAD:
Tried!
CROWD:
TESTED!
LEAD:
And—
CROWD:
PROVEN!
LEAD:
I
win!
CROWD:
YOU
WIN!
ALL:
TOGETHER
WE
WIN!
LEAD:
Laaléé!
Laaléé!
CROWD:
LAALÉÉ!
LAALÉÉ!
[VERSE 1 — SHE HAS BEEN THERE] She
didn't
arrive
today.
The
journey
started
long
ago.
From
the
youth
movement,
from
TEIN,
from
the
branches,
from
the
grassroots—
Elorm
was
there!
Through
opposition,
through
campaigning,
through
mobilisation—
Elorm
was
there!
Not
only
when
the
lights
were
shining.
Not
only
when
victory
came.
Service
before
recognition!
Commitment
before
position!
LEAD:
Tried!
CROWD:
TESTED!
LEAD:
And—
CROWD:
PROVEN!
[ZONGO / MUSLIM CALL] LEAD:
Ina
matan
Zongo?
CROWD:
MUNA
NAN!
CROWD:
MUNA
NAN!
LEAD:
Maamobi!
Madina!
CROWD:
MUNA
NAN!
LEAD:
Aboabo!
Asawase!
CROWD:
MUNA
NAN!
LEAD:
Ashaiman!
Sabon
Zongo!
CROWD:
LAALÉÉ!
LAALÉÉ!
LEAD:
The
People's—
CROWD:
ELORM!
[VERSE 2 — EVERY WOMAN MATTERS] Listen
to
the
women
at
the
branches.
Listen
to
the
market
women.
Listen
to
the
young
women,
the
mothers,
the
organisers,
the
mobilisers.
Every
woman
matters.
From
the
smallest
branch
to
the
national
headquarters—
CROWD:
NO
WOMAN
LEFT
BEHIND!
LEAD:
Christian
women!
CROWD:
WE
ARE
READY!
LEAD:
Muslim
women!
CROWD:
WE
ARE
READY!
LEAD:
Young
women!
CROWD:
WE
ARE
READY!
LEAD:
Grassroots
women!
CROWD:
WE
ARE
READY!
LEAD:
Who
be
the
woman?
LEAD:
Tried!
CROWD:
TESTED!
LEAD:
Proven!
CROWD:
PROVEN!
[VERSE 3 — WOMEN RISING] Leadership
is
service.
Leadership
is
sacrifice.
The
position
is
not
the
beginning
of
the
work.
The
work
has
already
been
going
on—
Mobilising!
Organising!
Encouraging!
Supporting!
Bringing
people
together!
When
one
woman
rises,
she
must
lift
another.
When
one
woman
succeeds,
she
must
open
the
door
for
another.
LEAD:
Because
when
I
win—
CROWD:
YOU
WIN!
LEAD:
When
you
win—
CROWD:
I
WIN!
ALL:
TOGETHER
WE
WIN!
[FINAL CHORUS — FULL BAND] The
women
are
ready!
CROWD:
WE
ARE
READY!
LEAD:
The
grassroots
are
ready!
CROWD:
WE
ARE
READY!
LEAD:
ABIGAIL
ELORM
A.
MENSAH!
LEAD:
I
win!
CROWD:
YOU
WIN!
LEAD:
You
win!
CROWD:
I
WIN!
ALL:
TOGETHER
WE
WIN!
CROWD:
YOU
WIN!
LEAD:
You
win!
CROWD:
I
WIN!
ALL:
TOGETHER
WE
WIN!
[OUTRO — HAUSA FLUTE / WOMEN'S CHORUS] LEAD:
From
the
grassroots...
CROWD:
ELORM!
LEAD:
To
the
national
level...
CROWD:
ELORM!
LEAD:
Muslim
women...
CROWD:
WE
ARE
READY!
LEAD:
Christian
women...
CROWD:
WE
ARE
READY!
LEAD:
All
NDC
women...
CROWD:
WE
ARE
READY!
LEAD:
Laaléé!
Laaléé!
CROWD:
LAALÉÉ!
LAALÉÉ!
LEAD:
The
People's—
CROWD:
ELORM!
ALL:
I
WIN!
YOU
WIN!
TOGETHER
WE
WIN!
CROWD:
YOU
WIN!
ALL:
TOGETHER
WE
WIN!