We are shaking the treeWaiting your time, dreaming of a better lifeWaiting your time, you're more than just a wifeYou don't want to do what your mother has done(she has done)This is your life, this new life has begunIt's your day -- a woman's dayIt's your day -- a woman's dayTurning the tide, you are on the incoming waveTurning the tide, you know you are nobody's slaveFind your sisters and brothers who can hear all the truthIn what you sayThey can support you when you're on your wayIt's your day -- a woman's dayIt's your day -- a woman's dayWe are shaking the treeChanging your ways, changing those surrounding youChanging your ways, more than any man can doOpen your heart, show him the anger and painSo you healMaybe he's looking for his womanly sideAnd you feel you had to be so strongAnd you do nothing wrong, nothing wrong at allWe're gonna to break it downWe have to shake it down, shake it all aroundWe are shaking the trees