songsofprotestpeacerevolution - Tumblr blog

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

Loud & Clear · Sam Foster

I wrote ‘Loud & Clear’ during the summer of 2020. The COVID-19 Pandemic was happening. Protests were breaking out in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. People across the country were incredibly hateful towards one another. There seemed to be this collective selfishness among so many folks because they were pissed off they had to wear a mask in the grocery store.

During that time, I had this moment of clarity that the world does not revolve around me. I’d spent so much time in the preceding years only focusing on the world and how it affected me. There was this realization that my life has been pretty easy, and there are countless marginalized communities in the U.S. who aren’t afforded that. I’ve never had to worry about any of my basic needs being met. I’ve never had to worry about being killed because of the color of my skin, my gender, or my religious and political beliefs.

It was like a switch flipped inside me. We, as a country, have to be better. I have to be better. The first step in doing that is considering anything other than your own bottom line. It’s imperative to take into account the needs and situations of anyone who’s not a straight, white man like me. You have to have love and empathy for your neighbor in order to help. -  Sam Foster

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

Alice Cooper - Don’t Give Up

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

Billy, Don’t Be A Hero · Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

Celtic Thunder - ‘Christmas 1915’

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

duendita - Blue Hands

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

Disturbed - Open Your Eyes

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

D.O.A. Not Gonna Take Your Crap No More

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

Jerome Farah - I Can’t Breathe

All proceeds from Australian sales of the song go towards the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service. Sony Music Australia committed to matching each contribution.

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

America (Remastered) · The Nice

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

Ballad of Penny Evans · Steve Goodman

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

Genocide · Nataanii Means

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

The Homeless Gospel Choir - Everyone

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

KRS-One - DON’T FALL FOR IT

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

Xiuhtezcatl - Take It All Back

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

Prologue / Someday (August 29, 1968) - Chicago Transit Authority

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

Archie Roach - Give Us Back Our Dancing

[songsofprotestpeacerevolution]

The Clash - Clampdown