The Color Purple (Finale) | Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, & Stephen Bray

Описание: The Color Purple (Finale)
performed by SACRA/PROFANA in "Sliding Glass Doors"
Composer: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, & Stephen Bray
Conductor: Dr. Brandon Waddles
Soloists: Lara Korneychuk & Danielle Perault

Financial Support is provided by the City of San Diego.

Performed and recorded on May 25th, 2025 at Christ United Presbyterian Church, San Diego, California.
Audio and video production by Daniel Rumley

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Text and Translation:

THE COLOR PURPLE
Dear God, dear stars, dear trees, dear sky,
dear peoples, dear evʼrything, dear God.

God is inside me and evʼryone else.
That was or ever will be
I came into this world with God
and when I finally looked inside I found it,
just as close as my breath is to me.
Rising like a sun is the hope that sets us free
Your heart beat makes my heart beat
when we share love.

Like a blade of corn like a honeybee
like a waterfall, all a part of me.
Like the color purple, where do it come from?
Now my eyes are open. Look what God has done.
It takes a grain of love to make a mighty tree.
Even the smallest voice can make a harmony.
Like a drop of water keeps the river high
There are miracles for you and I.
I donʼt think us feel old at all
I think that this the youngest us ever felt.
Amen.