Strength of Love

by Emily Braden

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lyrics

Strength of Love
Lyrics by Emily Braden

Hard times calling like they called out before
Bygones walking through forgotten doors
Even though the odds are steady stacked against us
We will fight with the strength of love

Words keep piling up deep down in my chest
Late nights sifting through the heaviness
There’s nothing I might find to say could ever be enough
Still I sing with the strength of love

Cause I believe there’s still a chance for peace
Until justice is more than just a dream
The only way there is everybody getting free
You and I for our humanity

Downtown folks are proudly living out loud
Building joy right where they shot it down
With a blossom in the barrel and a fist to the sun
We resist with the strength of love

Uptown weary voices scraping the sky
Every day out on the front line
Every name they’re crying out belonged to someone
Cryin’ out with the strength of love

Cause I believe there’s still a chance for peace
Until justice is more than just a dream
The only way there is everybody getting free
You and I for our humanity

New minds shining with the promise of youth
But will they live to see their promise through?
No war against the innocent could ever be won
We will fight with the strength of love

Records broken, is it bound to repeat?
Heart broke open but it’s full of seeds
Now everywhere from underground we’re rising up
Rising up with the strength of love

Cause I believe there’s still a chance for peace
Until justice is more than just a dream
The only way there is everybody getting free
You and I for our humanity

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released October 7, 2022
Strength of Love

Written by Misha Piatigorsky / Emily Braden

Emily Braden - vocals
Misha Piatigorsky - piano and organ
Danton Boller - bass
Rudy Royston - drums
Freddie Bryant - guitar
Tatum Greenblatt - trumpet

Produced by Misha Piatigorsky
Mixed and mastered by Joseph Branciforte

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about

Emily Braden New York, New York

Emily Braden electrifies NYC and international audiences with her soulful sound & powerful stage presence. "Winner of New York City's 'Best of the Best' Jazzmobile Vocal Competition," this Idaho-born, Harlem-based vocalist keeps her feet planted in the jazz tradition while fearlessly exploring the human voice & honing her skills as a songwriter. Her new album "Cannon & Sparrow" is on the way. ... more