About the Song: This is a community singing round based off of a quote by Anne Braden. About the Artist: elizaBeth Simpson has been singing and chanting for racial justice since 1999, and is grateful in specific to Curtis Muhammad and Dr. Ruth Nicole Brown for their visionary mentorship. elizaBeth kicked off the Urbana, IL chapter of SURJ in 2013, and is happy to say that, fueled by the dedication of Abby Schrantz, in November their chapter is celebrating six months of holding weekly #endwhitesilence events in their small and mighty town.
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About the Artist: ALLISON BEYER is a singer songwriter, deeply proud and passionate about being a Michigander and okay with living in Indiana now. She is grateful and humbled to share this space with such talented and dedicated people. Her music is based in the Christian spiritual tradition.
Recorded in my basement with a baby rattle.
Sing along! Lyrics When you're healed, I'm healed When you're whole, I'm whole When you're safe, I'm safe When you're free, I'm free When you can breathe, I can breathe When you win, I win When you're fed, I'm fed We have everything to gain When you're healed, I'm healed When you're whole, I'm whole When you're safe, I'm safe When you're free, I'm free When you can breathe, I can breathe When you win, I win When you feel respect, I feel respect We have everything to gain When you're healed, I'm healed When you're whole, I'm whole When you're safe, I'm safe When you're free I'm free When you can breathe, I can breathe When you win, I win When you're home, I'm home We have everything to gain Songs for SURJ Co-written with Devon Sproule About the Artist: ALLISON BEYER is a singer songwriter, deeply proud and passionate about being a Michigander and okay with living in Indiana now. She is grateful and humbled to share this space with such talented and dedicated people. Her music is based in the Christian spiritual tradition.
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IG: @artbyrvn About The Song: We wrote this song inspired by the incredible Black-led multiracial mass movement against white supremacy. We asked ourselves: “What message do we need to remember?” The answer was clear: to keep showing up.
As The Movement for Black Lives says, “We must reverse centuries of disinvestment in Black communities to invest in a future where we can all be connected, represented, and free.” When we sing this song, we commit to showing up in service of that beautiful vision. We heed the call to #DefendBlackLives #DefundThePolice and #InvestInBlackFutures. Please sing along and share! You’re welcome to use this song in your actions and religious services, sing it while you wash the dishes and while you’re in the streets. If you like this song, will you take action with us? This song was inspired by the Movement for Black Lives' call to #DefendBlackLives #DefundThePolice and #InvestInBlackFutures. It is meant to be taught, sung, and shared. Please spread it widely. The full lyrics are below, and are also available here: http://www.eliconley.com/lyrics.html Eli on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/eliconley We Will Show Up by Eli Conley and Talia Cooper Chorus: We will show up (We will show up) We will not hide (We will not hide) We will show up cause we’ve got justice* on our mind *freedom, abolition, love, liberation Verses: We feel the pain, we feel the rage We will not numb ourselves, we will not look away Though we are scared, we will be brave We will be bold, cause we know Black lives are at stake We won’t get stuck in guilt or shame Yes we will mourn, and we’ll give space for our heartbreak And as we grow we’ll make mistakes We’ll help each other learn, we know that’s what it takes We have our children by our side And all the ancestors, they both will be our guide So here we are with all our heart In this together knowing we will do our part We will keep on, we will stay in For the long haul, cause we believe that we will win Eli on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/eliconley Talia's website: www.taliacoopercoaching.com Original release date: June 16, 2020 Bones by Katherine Parent
https://katherineparent.bandcamp.com/ About the Song: Written by my great-grandpa's cabin in Northern Wisconsin, after a revealing visit to the local history center (which only mentioned events after 1891), and after seeing Amoke Kubat's play "Angry Black Woman and Well-Intentioned White Girl" in Minneapolis. I imagined what it might be like if a wiser white ghost met a more recent and very lost one on the Great Plains, and what she might say to her. Bones You were born to city people a generation from the farm I'm circling back, a restless spirit Coming home with empty arms There's not much left of the lilacs Barn is tumbled open wide Your grandpa's trees are growing wild now They're familiar with the sky There she goes, a'wandering through this land Through concrete walls and magazines Searching for a place to lay her bones For a story to believe But this town doesn't claim its history Before 1891 Just plaid and green, a threadbare story (What did it cost? When did they come?) And all that you have brought to go on Are tall tales and trite refrains Of dirt-cheap land, hard-working settlers Nobody lost, no one to blame... There you go, such a well-intentioned ghost But you still don't understand That haunting antique stores, historic trails You're trespassing on sacred land oooOOOOOooo (ghosts singing) There's not much that I can give you You'll have to find your own release In a land torn by such hatred there's no easy road to peace But it's no wonder you're still lost here Out beneath the open sky To find your bones, to face their stories! To finally grieve, to finally die... Oh my ghost.... oooh... Oh my soul, my long-forgotten soul Come and listen to your bones! credits released October 16, 2020 original song by Katherine Parent Original recording: Shane Leonard Ghost vocals recording and mixing: SEE MORE PERSPECTIVE (c) all rights reserved |
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