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about
“Together We Can Stand Up” poured through me in July 2020 when I was feeling drained from all the hatred and separation I kept seeing during the pandemic. It’s connected to a vision I had many years ago. I saw the crumbling of current society as a dark mist, and myself and others were (and these are the words spoken to me from Spirit) “coming up underneath it all” creating positive change.
lyrics
Together we can stand up, oh-oh-oh
Create a better future, create a better future
Together we can stand up, oh-oh-oh
Stand up for each other, stand up for each other
We keep hearing how we’re all in this together
We need to love ourselves, and care about each other
Discrimination is how we tear each other down
We are all relations, together on sacred ground
We can all be free
If only we remember, if only we remember
Who we are and who we can be
We’re powerful together
Together we can stand up, oh-oh-oh
Create a better future, create a better future
Together we can stand up, oh-oh-oh
Stand up for each other, stand up for each other
Even though we’re not the same we all have our gifts to share
So reach for higher ground, let your spirit take you there
Like a nightmare, it’s time to shake ourselves awake
Let’s lift each other higher and gather in the eye of the storm
We can all be free
If only we remember, if only we remember
Who we are and who we can be
We’re powerful together
Together we can stand up, oh-oh-oh
Create a better future, create a better future
Together we can stand up, oh-oh-oh
Stand up for each other, Stand up for each other
Together we can stand up, oh-oh-oh
Create a better future, create a better future
Together we can stand up, oh-oh-oh
Stand up for each other, Stand up for each other
Oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh ay-ay-ay-ay
Life is here for you, remember you’re a blessing
Do what lights you up, that’s how we get to freedom
Let’s take a new direction emerging from this sacred prayer, if only we remember
Let our inner fire rise up, we’re powerful together
Together we can stand up, oh-oh-oh
Create a better future, create a better future
Together we can stand up, oh-oh-oh
Stand up for each other, Stand up for each other
Together we can stand up, oh-oh-oh
Create a better future, create a better future
Together we can stand up, oh-oh-oh
Stand up for each other, Stand up for each other
Together we can stand up
credits
released January 28, 2021
Composed by Brenda Marie MacIntyre and Errol Starr Francis
Lyricist - Brenda Marie MacIntyre
Producer - Errol Starr Francis
Lead Vocals - Brenda MacIntyre featuring Errol Starr Francie and Nenokaasi
Background Vocals - Errol Starr Francis, Nenokaasi, Colette Baron-Reid
Bass - Neil “NeMo” Morris
Drum Kit - Neison Hardy
Guitar - Errol Starr Francis
Hand Drum - Brenda MacIntyre
Keys - Fredlocks Asher
Sax - Isax InJah
Brenda MacIntyre, Medicine Song WomanToronto, Ontario
Juno award-winning singer Brenda MacIntyre aka Medicine Song Woman reached the CBC Searchlight2020 TOP 100, was nominated
for the 2019 Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize and graced the Toronto Star headlines for her Indigenous reggae and hand drum music made during the murder trial after losing her son....more