From the recording Ancestor Song
Here I Am (3:42)
Alysha Brilla, Camila Diaz-Varela, Charlena Russell, Elsa Jayne, Joni NehRita - Background Vocals. Janice Jo Lee - Lead Vocals, Cups, Cowbell. JoJo Worthington - Drum Programming, Sampling. Justin Thomas James - Wurlitzer. Lonny Knapp - Guitar. Nim Agalawatte - Bass. Rudy Ray - Trumpet. Vania Lee - Drum Kit.
Lyrics
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Here I am here I am here I am
Here I stand here I stand here I stand
Total command total command yeah yeah yeah yeah
I got a plan I got a plan
Gotta spit the truth, gotta be fearless,
Gotta fight to survive, find joy in my life
Gotta spit the truth, gotta be fearless
Gotta fight to survive, find joy in my life
Here I am here I am here I am
Here I stand here I stand here I stand
Total command total command yeah yeah yeah yeah
I got a plan I got a plan
This is a song about taking up space
When you’ve been taught your whole life
To be small and quiet. This is a song about
Placing myself in the centre, under the lights
Downstage in the centre, why?
Because this is where I belong
A radical I am, buried deep within the sand
From my core I understand, Listen to the land
My ancestors passed on, this blood this voice this song
And so I carry on, tell freedom here we come
Here I am here I am here I am
Here I stand here I stand here I stand
Total command total command yeah yeah yeah yeah
I got a plan I got a plan
Power resides, where I believe it lives
And I know that the power it lives in my hands
Power resides, where I believe it lives
And I know that the power it lives in my hands
Here I am here I am here I am
Here I stand here I stand here I stand
Total command total command yeah yeah yeah yeah
I got a plan I got a plan
Here I am here I am here I am
Here I stand here I stand here I stand
Total command total command yeah yeah yeah yeah
I got a plan I got a plan
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