For those days or chapters of life when you need to dig deep and find inspiration to “be the change” that’s needed in a situation…
“Different” – Micah Tyler
Christian Crossover
Songwriters: Micah Tyler Begnaud / Kyle Lee
Different lyrics © Music Services, Inc
Excerpt:
“I don’t wanna hear anymore, teach me to listen
I don’t wanna see anymore, give me a vision
That you could move this heart, to be set apart
I don’t need to recognize, the man in the mirror
And I don’t wanna trade Your plan, for something familiar
I can’t waste a day, I can’t stay the same
I wanna be different. I wanna be changed
‘Til all of me is gone and all that remains
Is a fire so bright the whole world can see
That there’s something different
So come and be different
In me.”
“Brave” – Sara Bareilles
Songwriters: Jack Antonoff, Sara Bareilles
© Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Excerpt:
“You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody’s lack of love
Or you can start speaking up
Nothing’s gonna hurt you the way that words do
And they settle ‘neath your skin
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins
But I wonder what would happen if you
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave”
“This is the Moment” – Jekyll & Hyde
Songwriters: Frank Wildhorn / Frederick Hollander / Leo Robin
This Is the Moment lyrics © BMG Rights Management US, LLC, EMI Music Publishing, Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc.
Excerpt:
“This is the moment. This is the day.
This is the moment when I know I’m on my way.
Every endeavor I have made ever
Is coming into play is here and now today.
This is the moment. This is the time.
When the momentum and the moment are in rhyme,
Give me this moment this momentous moment
I’ll gather up my past and make some sense at last…
I won’t look down. I must not fall
This is the moment, The sweetest moment of them all
This is the moment. Damn all the odds
This day or never I’ll sit forever with the Gods
When I look back I will recall
Moment for moment, this was the moment
The greatest moment of them all.”
“Rise Up” – Andra Day
Songwriters: Cassandra Monique Batie / Jennifer Decilveo
Rise Up lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Excerpt:
“You’re broken down and tired
Of living life on a merry go round
And you can’t find the fighter
But I see it in you so we gonna walk it out
And move mountains
We gonna walk it out
And move mountains
And I’ll rise up
I’ll rise like the day
I’ll rise up
I’ll rise unafraid
I’ll rise up
And I’ll do it a thousand times again
And I’ll rise up
High like the waves
I’ll rise up
In spite of the ache
I’ll rise up
And I’ll do it a thousands times again
For you”
“The Story of Tonight” – Hamilton
Songwriters: Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Story of Tonight lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc
Excerpt:
“I may not live to see our glory
But I will gladly join the fight
And when our children tell our story
They’ll tell the story of tonight
Let’s have another round tonight
Raise a glass to freedom
Something they can never take away
No matter what they tell you
Raise a glass to the four of us
Tomorrow there’ll be more of us
Telling the story of tonight”
“History Has Its Eyes on You” – Hamilton
Songwriters: Lin-Manuel Miranda
History Has Its Eyes on You lyrics © 5000 Broadway Music
Excerpt:
“Let me tell you what I wish I’d known
When I was young and dreamed of glory
You have no control
Who lives,…
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story
I know that we can win
I know that greatness lies in you
But remember from here on in
History has its eyes on you (Whoa oh oh…)”
“Proud” – Heather Small
Songwriters: Heather Small / Peter Vettese
Proud lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Excerpt:
“I look into the window of my mind
Reflections of the fears I know I’ve left behind
I step out of the ordinary
I can feel my soul ascending
I am on my way
Can’t stop me now
And you can do the same
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
It’s never too late to try
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
You could be so many people
If you make that break for freedom
What have you done today to make you feel proud?”
“2 Legit 2 Quit” – MC Hammer
Songwriters: Felton Pilate / James Earley / Louis Burrell / Michael Patrick Kelly / Stanley Kirk Burrell
2 Legit 2 Quit lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Excerpt:
“Too legit… Too legit to quit (three times)
Sweat running all over my chest (chest) I don’t quit no!
I just press harder (Yea!) than I ever did before going for
The dreams that I have in store in my mind (mind) and I know
That I’m makin it I gotta get mine and nobody’s takin it away
(No!) cause hammer don’t play that you try to get mine
Boy you better step back freeze (freeze) cause
You don’t want none I hustle for my muscle and you look
Weak son (real weak) yea!… I’m goin for all that I can get
Kickin at the top cause I’m too legit to quit…sing!..
Too legit… Too legit to quit (hey…hey…) Too legit…too
Legit… Too legit to quit…(hey…) Too legit… Too legit to quit
(too legit…) too legit… too legit to quit…”
Help me keep rounding out the mix with some personal favorites of your own that have inspired you or carried you through a rough patch on your own journey.
