What Gives You the Right? - Dirty Cello
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What gives you the Right - Dirty Cello band

Recently had an experience where a fellow woman engaged in some body shaming by telling me I was dressed inappropriately cause I was showing my knees and shoulders - like it was the 1950's - so I wrote a song about it. ;)

Rebecca Roudman - cello/vocals
Jason Eckl - guitar/organ/tenor sax
Colin Williams - bass
Ben Wallace-Ailsworth - drums

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I just want to know.
What gives you the right?
What gives you the right?
To say a single thing to me.

Women got to stand together, or they’re going to tear us apart.
Back biting mess, just like, all of the rest, like you’ve got no heart.

Women have been marching forward; marching for so many years.
You’re shaming us all, just by, acting so small, cuz you’re full of fear.

Oh, Oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh; what you think gives you the right?
Oh, Oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh; what you think makes you right?

Cuz I just want to know the story, of what made you so bitter and mean?
If I made you mad, well that’s, just too damn bad. Go ahead and make a scene.

You think that I should say I’m sorry. Don’t tell me to be nice.
You ain’t my mother, or even my brother, I won’t tell you twice.

Oh, Oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh; what you think gives you the right?
Oh, Oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh; what you think makes you right?

I know what you’re asking of me. That I be something I’m not. Starting a fight cuz you, think that you’re right. Petty’s all you got.

Oh, Oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh; what you think gives you the right?
Oh, Oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh; what you think makes you right?

So I’ll ask you once again, if you’re going understand, what I’m asking of you and of the things you do. And I’m trying to be nice, so I’m asking you twice. If you’ve got a plan, to help you understand.

Oh, Oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh; what you think gives you the right?
Oh, Oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh; what you think makes you right?

Every single time I see you, you got another story to tell.
‘Bout what you want me to do. So I’ll tell you, you can go to Hell!

Oh, Oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh; what you think gives you the right?
Oh, Oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh; what you think makes you right?