Queerphoria, Pt. 2

Welcome to queerphoria Queerphoria Queerphoria Queerphoria Queerphoria Qu qu queerphoria Welcome to queerphoria Just in time for summer Welcome to queerphoria Don't sit there and simmer Welcome to queerphoria Show your shine and shimmer Let's go and find our glimmer Thank you Marsha and Sylvia The liberation of you OHHHH, I know you got questions, but pay it no mind. That's what Marsha said It's called Identity, not u dentity, so I am the one who gets to decide. Hahaha Show your shine and shimmer Let's go and find our glimmer It's that feeling you get When you're feeling your best When you're dressed to impress The most authentic version of you You can do no wrong Go on hang up the phone When they're giving you that tone This is the liberation of you Welcome to Queerphoria What is Queerphoria This is Queerphoria I am Queerphoria You are Queerphoria We are Queerphoria Show your shine and shimmer Let's go and find our glimmer Thank you Marsha and Sylvia It's the liberation of you So they wanted to stop us from saying gay Control our health care bathrooms we use and the sports teams on which we can play And now a political performance about protecting our children which is really just hate dressed in drag Are you buying it Let me here you say no way No way Show your shine and shimmer Let's go and find our glimmer It's a confirmation A full on affirmation Your soul's liberation You're free to be fully you You can find your joy You can make your own noise Don't let them destroy What's deep inside of you Welcome to Queerphoria What is Queerphoria This is Queerphoria I am Queerphoria You are Queerphoria We are Queerphoria Show your shine and shimmer Let's go and find our glimmer Qu qu queerphoria Queerphoria Is a portmanteau A single word From two that shows Like Legendary Drag Race and Pose An expansive joyful way to flow Queer and Euphoria Time to tell a story A young Marsha and Sylvia Paved the way for you and me A long time ago in NY city a Lot of people far and near Out of hate and out of fear They called them strange and called them queer Fetishized, Institutionalized Cause people just didn't realize Who were they looking at Why were they staring They sent them to jail how many times they Because of what they were wearing And now they're back, but we can't hear We drown them out with our queer cheer They called them queer, yet we're still here Living in queerphoria They lived as queers so we're still here Thank you Marsha and Sylvia Welcome to Queerphoria What is Queerphoria This is Queerphoria I am Queerphoria You are Queerphoria We are Queerphoria Thank you Marsha and Sylvia The liberation of you Show your shine and shimmer Let's go and find our glimmer Qu qu queerphoria