SASHA Center 16 Years Strong

“16 Summers Strong” [Hook] Sixteen years strong, SASHA Center still here Turn pain into power, now the whole world wanna hear Black women healing loud, no shame, no fear Joy look good on us, baby wipe them tears Sixteen years strong, from the block to the stage From Detroit streets to the national page Experiencers rising up, we survived and got free Detroit made women, can’t nobody do it like we [Verse 1 – Revised Section] Started with a vision and a folding chair Now the whole country studying what we built here Thought we was local, baby this a blueprint Culture shifting work every time the truth hit Black feminist swagger with the city on our back Healing in the room while the world still crack We don’t just talk it, we trained institutions Now they teaching our language in their own solutions Experiencer, say it with respect Not a label forced on us, we define what’s next Black Women’s Triangulation Model still teachin’ Live Experience Decision Tree got systems all reachin’ And they know it They finally gotta say it Curriculum moving through the nation now, play it From Detroit soil to national rooms We built life from ashes, made gardens bloom [Bridge – Spoken Word] This ain’t charity. This is national impact born in Detroit. This is Black women creating language, models, frameworks, healing spaces, and systems the country now studies. And after sixteen years? The work don’t whisper no more. The whole nation quoting us now. [Final Hook] Sixteen years strong, SASHA Center still here Turn pain into power, now the whole world wanna hear Black women healing loud, no shame, no fear Joy look good on us, baby wipe them tears Sixteen years strong, from the block to the stage Detroit built different, now we shifting the age Experiencers rising up, we survived and got free SASHA Center forever, that’s the legacy