 Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tan, me ha dado la marcha De mis pies cansados, con ellos anduve Suidades y charcos, playas y desiertos, montañas Hianos y la casa tuya, tu cae Pat Parker, Pat Parker, thanks to life, thanks to ancestor Pat Parker, Pat Parker, Pat Parker, revolutionary Pat Parker, Pat Parker, medicine of the word of the truth of the revolution Pat Parker, this was all divinely designed of course of course this is happening right here, right now It is definitely the medicine that we need now We need this medicine now Pat Parker, Pat Parker Deep bows to your ancestry Pat Parker, Pat Parker, Pat Parker Deep bows, deep bows to the ancestors of this beautiful humanity Gathered in this room Pat Parker, Pat Parker, Pat Parker We have been at this for decades Pat Parker, Pat Parker, Pat Parker We know how to do what is in front of us Pat Parker We do it with your warrior spirit We do it with the works, with the sacred text of your book Pat Parker, I call in the ancestors I call in the ancestors, I call in Oh Ya Oh Ya, Orisha of change, beloved mother singing to me all last night Oh winds of change Pat Parker, Pat Parker, Pat Parker We are here to ceremony, we are here to celebrate your life Pat Parker We are here to remember who we are Pat Parker, Pat Parker, Pat Parker We are here to give thanks to all ancestors We are here to give thanks to Susan Levenkine Susan Levenkine, you ancestors lifting Susan Levenkine Lifting sinister wisdom 25 years of consistent medicine for us For our souls, for our minds, for our clothing, for our music Pat Parker, Pat Parker, Pat Parker So I release these words into the perfect activity of love and law That always says yes Says yes, says yes Pat Parker, Pat Parker Gracias Pat Parker Beautiful warrior spirit Beautiful courageous spirit Pat Parker, Pat Parker, Pat Parker Aho! Aho! Come on, you gotta give her more than that, come on I'll never forget the first time I saw Pat Parker And I laid my eyes on her, I knew she was like me Like me, I knew she loved like me, I knew she fought like me I knew she drank like me I've been sober 36 years, Pat Parker, Pat Parker, Pat Parker And the poem I chose is Metamorphosis First of all, you're all so beautiful, thank you for coming For braving the rain, for coming out in this You all, you all, everyone here is carrying a magnificent gift We're grateful to all your medicines And grateful to all the people that have been invited to read So this poem is called Metamorphosis What we're doing right now, what we're having right now folks You take these fingers, bid them soft A velvet touch to your loins You take these arms, bid them pliant A warm cocoon to shield you You take this shell, bid it full A sensual cup to lay with you You take this voice, bid it sing An uncaged bird to warble your praise You take me love, a sea skeleton Fill me with you And I become pregnant with love Give birth to the revolution Pat Parker, Pat Parker, Pat Parker Again, thank you Alright