Affirmative Action

(INTRO CHORUS)

Affirmative action — sounding right,

But not when boys are left behind.

Affirmative action loses sight —

No men tomorrow, never mind! ×2

VERSE 

Through the valley shadows fall,

I hear distant voices call

No no no...

Through the valley shadows fall, 

I hear distant voices call

No no no…

From the mountains standing high,

Women singing freedom’s cry —

Emancipation… oh hmmm…

Emancipation… oh hmmm…

Emancipation… oh hmmm…

No say no! No say no!

No say no! No say no!

When she rises to the top,

Climbing on endlessly.

Raise the girl child, lift her high,

But don’t keep boys down below.

Fail to teach the boy child why,

Women wed the fools they grow.

Many women crying now,

Too few worthy men around —

Whose sorrow? Women’s, truly so.

Who will guide our sons somehow?

Lucky women when they fall,

Police answer to their call.

But battered husbands — where to go?

Who hears them when their voices low?

Hmmmm…

CHORUS (vocals, repeat and fade)

Affirmative action — sounding right,

But not when boys are left behind.

Affirmative action loses sight —

No men tomorrow, never mind!

© LYRICS AND SONG BY LUCKY DDIBE'ST, 2025