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Hold It High
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A song to give us strength, and to remind us that the right to protest and to tell our leaders what we think is core to what it means to be an American - and always has been. Click Show more for more info... • Purchase and download Hold It High here: http://bit.ly/2mVi0is • Choir sheet music (SAATBB) and learning MP3s are available for sale here: https://goo.gl/forms/Mg3Y3AQkk670AqsB2 • A portion of any proceeds will be donated to Congregation Bet Haverim. CBH is a Reconstructionist synagogue in Atlanta that welcomes all Jews and their loved ones. Inspired by the chutzpah of their gay and lesbian founders, Jewish expression at CBH emphasizes inclusivity, creativity, spirituality and social justice. • Check out their 2013 release Wheels Within Wheels: https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/congregatio... • You can find all of CBH's music at http://www.congregationbethaverim.org... • - • Hold It High • Performed by Will Robertson with the Chorus of Congregation Bet Haverim • Words and music by Will Robertson • © ℗ 2017 Will Robertson/Gallop Music (ASCAP) • Recorded at Gallop Studios and Congregation Bet Haverim, February 2017 • Mixed by Will Robertson • Mastered by AriaMastering.com • Video produced and edited by Howard Winer (a bass in the CBH Chorus) • Additional cinematography by David Joseph • Color correction by Kevin Thomas • - • HOLD IT HIGH • A million people in the streets tonight • Illuminated by the traffic lights • Holding their signs up high • Cameras rolling and the mikes are on • Somebody’s shouting through a megaphone • A message amplifies • That it’s time to draw some lines. • If you believe that love is the key, lift it up, hold it high, hold it high. • A message of peace and unity, lift it up, hold it high, hold it high. • Do you remember when they took a stand, • Riding buses through Birmingham, • Wearing their marching shoes? • And even when all the hatred flowed • Out the end of a firehose, • And they had so much to lose, • They sang, “We shall not be moved.” • If you believe you’re just like me, lift it up, hold it high, hold it high. • Bending the arc toward dignity, lift it up, hold it high, hold it high. • A more perfect union by and by, you and I. • A more perfect union if we try. • The townspeople all answered the call • Out in front of Independence Hall • That day in early July. • A man read from a document • That pushed back on the government - • He held that parchment up high • To the bright Philadelphia sky. • If you believe we all should be free, lift it up, hold it high, hold it high. • A nation conceived in liberty, lift it up, hold it high, hold it high. • If you believe that love is the key, lift it up, hold it high, hold it high. • A message of peace and unity, lift it up, hold it high, hold it high.
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