"How Long" from the musical "Suffragist"

The musical “Suffragist” was due to premiere this fall. Then, everything changed. Watch members of the cast perform the show-stopping ballad “How Long," their first-ever public performance.
Music & Lyrics by Shaina Taub.
How Long Lyrics
From the musical Suffragist
By Shaina Taub
She was enchanting, magnetic, unapologetic
It was almost annoying how easily she seemed to shine
You could hide nothing from her
She read you like a book
She’d have been wrecked by the results of this election
But she’d have poured us a drink
And reminded us not to lose hope
She knew her smile was all that it took
The last thing she said was the question
We’re now asking over and over as we look back
As we look forward
How long must women wait for liberty?
How long must we wait?
Must we wait?
Must we wait?
She went into trial, a laugh on her lips
She once told me discouragement only excited her
So brilliant a speaker we can’t afford to lose
She belonged to life
To the struggling actuality of the earth
I used to wish I could be in her shoes
With her voice ringing out
The centuries seemed like repetitions of an ancient song, singing:
How long must women wait for liberty?
How long must we wait?
Must we wait?
Must we wait?
How many more marches in the streets?
How many more efforts gone to waste?
How many more deafening defeats?
How many more histories erased?
How many more dignities deferred?
How many more told to know our place?
How many more girls will go unheard?
How many more doors shut in our face?
How many more Joans burned at the stake?
How many more of us will it take?
How long?
How long?
How long til it’s too late?
Will we wait?
Will we wait?
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait, we won’t wait, we won’t
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait, we won’t wait, we won’t
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait another day
We won’t wait, we won’t wait, we won’t
We won’t wait
We won’t wait
We won’t
We won’t wait
We won’t wait
We won’t

[@elizabethschuyler7062]

Am I the only one who cries when Inez dies? Idk, Inez is Pippa’s character and I refuse to imagine a world without our queen.

[@kapipte]

OMG SAME Pippa can't die 😭😭

[@sparkyparker232]

This musical will be the ‘Hamilton’ of Women’s History!

[@blake_henry]

What a powerful song! Love the lyric “we won’t wait”

[@justinsmith2530]

Wonderful Shaina. I can’t wait to see this production.

[@sklarkestra]

Wow.

[@paytonsofia5098]

Wow! Amazing.

[@frediekay4238]

Fantastic!!! Thank you, Shaina and company!! Onward!!

[@robcol125]

So excited for this production, incredible song 😍

[@Sim-gb9ii]

where did the stuffs go bruh it was AWESOME 😢

[@angelanicholson5705]

This was amazing.

[@adityapawardr]

😍👏👏👏

[@amywalkerofficial]

Congrats! Love this! We’ve just made a powerful short film about Inez, previewing with the National Women’s History Museum on Aug 26th and would love to get in touch with the creators of this! Info and Contact here: www.IntoLightOfficial.com. Shine on!!

[@marccrossland785]

lol.

[@Sim-gb9ii]

why is the song funny…?

[@giovanninopanderino5235]

The cringe is WAY too strong with this one!!! 😂 Where was the ONE woman in this group to say, “this might be a tad bit cheesy”. Ugh... performers. Vomit.

[@anarivera9649]

Nope, just you and your narrow minded views. Men were cheering after every single song. This show gave me the chills I got when I first saw Hamilton. Go watch it or stfu respectfully

[@Sim-gb9ii]

excuse me?? maybe don’t trash talk someone’s HARD WORK no matter how u feel about it