Released as youssou n'dour/peter gabriel single, 1989 and featured on the youssou n'dour album "the lion".         We are shaking the tree...      Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life   Waiting your time, so much more than just a wife   You don't have to do what your mother has done, she has done   This is your life, this new life has begun   It's your day - a woman's day   It's your day - a woman's day      Turning the tide, you are on the incoming wave   Turning the tide, you know you are nobody's slave   Find your brothers and sisters   Who can hear all the truth in what you say   They can support you when you're on your way   It's your day - a woman's day   It's your day - a woman's day      We are shaking the tree...      There's nothing to gain when there's nothing to be lost   There's nothing to gain if you stay behind and count the cost   Make a decision that you can be who you can be, you can be   Tasting the fruit, come to the liberly(? ) tree   It's your day - a woman's day   It's your day - a woman's day      Changing your ways, changing those surrounding you   Changing your ways, more than any man can do   Open your heart, show him the anger and pain, so you heal   Maybe he's looking for his womanly side, make him feel      You had to be so strong   And you do nothing wrong, nothing wrong at all   We're gonna to break it down   We have to shake it down, shake it all around      We are shaking the tree...