It’s no surprise that Elizabeth Warren would grow up to be a fighter A fighter for families A fighter for those struggling to be heard A fighter for those who need help When Elizabeth was little she watched her parents fight to keep her family’s home When she was a teen she learned to fight with her words to be heard And as a woman she became a tireless fighter for what’s fair She insisted She resisted She persisted Elizabeth’s been fighting all her life
It all started at home When Elizabeth’s mother decided her daughter would get a good education Elizabeth’s parents fought to make that happen scraping together enough money to buy a house near the best schools in Oklahoma City The home’s wiring sparked and the plaster fell but her daddy was handy And there was a big yard where Mother grew irises and roses when she wasn’t cooking cleaning and taking care of the family