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    This album contains the songs of Kemp Harris, the winner of the Songs for Social Change Contest of 2021 sponsored by the Renaissance Artists and Writers Association, RAWA, and the top finalists in the competition. The songs on this album address current social and economic challenges facing the world. The artists and their songs span a variety of genres with their messages.
    There are 13 songs on the album.
    released February 22, 2022

    Includes unlimited streaming of Songs for Social Change Volume 6 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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This is Anita Aysola's finalist song. Armed with lyrical wit, virtuosic piano runs, and a sultry-sweet voice that hearkens back to the golden age of jazz, Atlanta-based songwriter Anita Aysola is a deft musical mixologist who seamlessly infuses jazz and blues with classic rock and traditional Indian influences.

lyrics

Some came here searching
Some came here in chains
No matter what we all knew
We would never be the same
We all were hoping for a better way to live
We are America

We’re subway stations and tractor trailors
And highways with eight lanes
We wear hijabs and cowboy hats
But live on the same lane
We speak every language known to man
But we’re saying the same thing
We are America

Chorus:
Oh say can you see
Can you still see me
And do we all still dream the same dream
From sea to shining sea

America you broke my heart today
But I know you will finally find your way
Until then I’ll still love you for the rest of my days
We are America

Chorus
Chorus Part 2:
United in Joy
Divided in pain
No matter how we pray or love we are the same
And we can live up to our name
Beyond hatred and shame
From sea to shining sea (x2)

credits

from Songs for Social Change Volume 6, released February 22, 2022
Written byAnita Aysola and Dhanu Meleth

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