Stand Up from "Harriet" (Voices Lesbian A Cappella For Justice virtual choir cover of Cynthia Erivo)

Описание: Stand Up is the theme song from the 2019 movie “Harriet,” celebrating the courage of Underground Railroad conductor, abolitionist, suffragist, spy, and activist Harriet Tubman. After her own successful escape, Harriet Tubman’s repeated trips back into the south to bring enslaved people to freedom remind us that none of us are free until all of us are free.

We call on her strength and spirit now as we hold strong and strive together for justice during challenging times.

We recorded this in October 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, in separate locations around the Bay Area.


== CREDITS AND LINKS ==

STAND UP (FROM “HARRIET”)
Music by Cynthia Erivo and Joshuah Brian Campbell
Performed by Cynthia Erivo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn19x...

VOICES LESBIAN A CAPPELLA FOR JUSTICE:
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Adrian Applin (soloist)
Right to left:
Reba Murphy
Jamie McGrath
Prajna Choudhury
Mandy Hu (audio and video producer)
Edie Irons
Orchid Pusey (music director and arranger)
Courtney Thompson

== LYRICS ==
I been walking
With my face turned to the sun
Weight on my shoulders
A bullet in my gun
Oh, I got eyes in the back of my head
Just in case I have to run
I do what I can when I can while I can for my people
While the clouds roll back and the stars fill the night

That's when I'm gonna stand up
Take my people with me
Together we are going
To a brand new home
Far across the river
Can you hear freedom calling?
Calling me to answer
Gonna keep on keepin' on
I can feel it in my bones

Early in the morning
Before the sun begins to shine
We're gonna start moving
Towards that separating line
I'm wading through muddy waters
You know I got a made-up mind
And I don't mind if I lose any blood on the way to salvation
And I'll fight with the strength that I got until I die

So I'm gonna stand up
Take my people with me
Together we are going
To a brand new home
Far across the river
Can you hear freedom calling?
Calling me to answer
Gonna keep on keepin' on

And I know what's around the bend
Might be hard to face 'cause I'm alone
And I just might fail
But Lord knows I tried
Sure as stars fill up the sky

Stand up
Take my people with me
Together we are going
To a brand new home
Far across the river
Can you hear freedom calling?
Calling me to answer
Gonna keep on keepin' on

I'm gonna stand up
Take my people with me
Together we are going
To a brand new home
Far across the river
Do you hear freedom calling?
Calling me to answer
Gonna keep on keepin' on

I'm gonna stand up
Take my people with me
Together we are going
To a brand new home
Far across the river
I hear freedom calling
Calling me to answer
Gonna keep on keepin' on
I can feel it in my bones

I go to prepare a place for you
I go to prepare a place for you
I go to prepare a place for you
I go to prepare a place for you