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People of the World

by Andre Henry, Little Kruta

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sharegrace "Everyone has got a role to play," and I'm grateful for songs like these that inspire, encourage, challenge, and convict us to press on, fight the good fight, and hold onto that hope of a better world.
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This song tells the story of ordinary, organized, outraged people fighting totalitarian regimes and winning.

lyrics

When the Nazis took her husband, she was shocked and terrified
My God! Can you even imagine?
But she chased the paddywagon
as tears fell from her eyes
Down to “Rose Street” where the soldiers kept their captives

A sea of angry women gathered in the snow
Shouting at the soldiers
Saying let our husbands go
The soldiers drew their weapons
But the crowd refused to move
That’s how those women overthrew
Hitler’s evil plan

And if the people won before
Then we can win again

So people of the world let’s get it started
Everyone has got a role to play
We don’t have to feel helpless or discarded

Where there is a will, we can make a way
The police came to arrest the lady
When she refused to give her seat up for a white man
When people heard about her case
It set off a chain reaction

A year they kept the struggle
Braving heat and snow and rain
Saying til you treat us fairly
We won’t ride your bus again
When the merchants saw their business start to crumble in that town
They had to reconsider tryna’ keep our people down

So if the people won before
Then we can win again
So people of the world let’s get it started
Everyone has got a role to play
We don’t have to feel helpless or discarded
If we have the will, we’ll make away
People of the world, we have the power
To bring about the world that ought to be
We really are the heroes that we long for
We only need to fight and we’ll be free

Maybe…

Woah!
Woah!
I’m a hero
We’re the heroes

credits

released July 23, 2020
Written and Produced by Andre Henry
Executive Producer Justin Barbour, Nicole Lewis, Heidi Brandow
Co-producer Jon Mark Deardoff
Synths - Andre Henry
Lead Vocals - Andre Henry
Drum Programming - Andre Henry
Live Drums - Jon Damiani
Strings - Little Kruta
String Arrangement - Kristine Kruta
Speech - Andre Henry
Dope Electric Guitar - Micah Jones
Just Okay Electric Guitar - Andre Henry
Vocal Production - William Matthews

BGVS:
Cece Gragg
Nandi K.
Chad, Kennedy, & Addison Hines
Diana Perez
Kyla McCarrel
Ross Montgomery
John Gunnells
Dan Feehan
Catherine Cooper
Cally Uriarte (and family)
Adriel Rose
Amy Mielke
Matt Donati & Family
Jeff Mears
TJ Shirley
Randy VanDeventer
Mary Williams
Lila Bradley
Adriel Rose
Pamela Parry
Jaz Persing
Lu Hawley
Amy Vreeman
Melissa Krueger
Joel & Heather
Isaiah McAleese
Kate Hilderbrandt
Joy Guiles
Clarissa Grimes
Zach Hammill
Jocelyn St.Cyr
Rachel short
Stefanie Lopez-Howard
Scott Johnson
Jennifer Oikawa
Kathryn Schotthoefer
Evelyn Fajardo
Lily Smith
Aaron Albano
Diana Perez
Ryan Brown
Ben Lacy
Carl Adams
Loren A. Roberts
Jordan Wilson
Nicole Huett :)
Jack Droppers
Tiffany Walters
MaryAnn Miner
Hines Family
Lauren Grubaugh
Victor, Bev and Kai
Leia Siksay
Stephanie Mounts
Jenny Berman
Joelle Doriani
Alexandra
Tiffani B Washington
Margie L. Homer
Beth Houskamp
Sarah Holland
Fiona Burgos and children
Kim Wilkinson
Johanna and Lila
Tabitha
Andrew Wilson
Kim Farnham
Sunita Puleo and kids
Alicia Li
Yamoah Family
Diana Cohen
Logan Bruner
Annie Aeschbacher
Erin Downs
Scott Hamilton
Shia Agyemang
Kathleen Flanagan
Trisha Cousino
Joy Thompson
Michelle Harden
Viv Helvajian
Pam & Tim
Beth de Wet
Rose Gwynn & children
Janna Ekholm
Luis Cortes
Jana Detrick
Lindsey Wright
Rebecca Testrake
Susan
Jill Henderson
Josh Burns
Anna
Vanessa Tee

Mixing: Ryan Lipman
Mastering: Pete Lyman
Artwork: Mitchell Atencio

Special Thanks to Jesse Fischer for challenging me to dig deeper and produce something more true to my sound

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Andre Henry Los Angeles, California

award-winning singer-songwriter making smart, sensitive, cinematic pop music about resilience w/ Afro-Caribbean flavor.

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