Keep Marching (from the Broadway musical "Suffs")

I won't live to see the future that I fight for

Maybe no one gets to reach that perfect day

If the work is never over

Then how do you keep marching anyway?

Do you carry your banner as far as you can?

Rewriting the world with your imperfect pen?

'Til the next stubborn girl picks it up in a picket line over and over again?

And you join in the chorus of centuries chanting to her

The path will be twisted and risky and slow

But keep marching, keep marching

Will you fail or prevail? Well, you may never know

But keep marching, keep marching

'Cause your ancestors are all the proof you need

That progress is possible, not guaranteed

It will only be made if we keep marching, keep marching on

Keep marching on

Keep marching on

And remember every mother that you came from

Learned as much from our success as our mistakes

Don't forget you're merely one of many others

On the journey every generation makes

We did not end injustice and neither will you

But still, we made strides, so we know you can too

Make peace with our incomplete power and use it for good

'Cause there's so much to do

The gains will feel small and the losses too large

Keep marching, keep marching

You'll rarely agree with whoever's in charge

Keep marching, keep marching

'Cause your ancestors are all the proof you need

That progress is possible, not guaranteed

It will only be made if we keep marching, keep marching on

Keep marching on

Yes, the world can be changed, 'cause we've done it before

So keep marching, keep marching

We're always behind you, so bang down the door

And keep marching, keep marching

And let history sound the alarm of how

The future demands that we fight for it now

It will only be ours if we keep marching, keep marching on

We must keep marching, marching, marching

We must keep marching, marching, marching

We must keep marching, marching, marching