A One-Woman Riot
At last year’s Women’s March a small cell phone video went viral. Milck aka Connie Lim came out of the shadows. Her song “Quiet” became the movement’s anthem. Put on your face Know your place Shut up and smile Don’t spread your legs I could do that [Verse 1] But no one knows me no one ever will If I don’t say something, if I just lie still Would I be that monster, scare them all away If I let them hear what I have to say [Chorus] I can’t keep quiet, no oh oh oh oh oh oh I can’t keep quiet, no oh oh oh oh oh oh A one woman riot, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh She didn’t start out thinking she was going to write a hit, go viral , or even make a lot of bucks. Lim, a self-professed geek and outsider who said she never felt like she fit in, composed the song from personal experience. From an NPR interview: It has been stuck in my (laughter) throat and my consciousness for years and years and years. I have been trying to find a way to heal myself from the bu...