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Music holds a significant place as a medium for change and reflection, especially during and after major events like elections. Its ability to convey emotions, tell stories, and inspire movements makes it an essential tool for healing and understanding. This post-election period is the perfect time to turn to music to find solace and strength.
Here we’ve curated a list of uplifting songs that promise to provide comfort and inspiration, inviting you to reflect on the past while looking toward a brighter future. Each of these tracks carries a powerful message, delivered by artists who have left indelible marks on the cultural landscape. Music has the power to heal, inspire, and unite us, even during challenging times. Whether through the enduring wisdom of Bob Marley or the hopeful melodies of Kirk Franklin, these songs offer solace and strength to those navigating the post-election landscape.
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Black girl, your ancestry’s long Black girl, you’re where you belong Black girls, have got to be strong Got to keep your spirits high Got to keep yourselves alive You’re just going to make it fine
2. Tomorrow by Tevin Campbell, Quincy Jones
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I hope tomorrow will bring better you, better me I know that we’ll show this world we got more we could be So you should never give up on your hopes and your dreams You gotta get up, get out, get into it, get it on to be strong
3. Redemption Song by Bob Marley
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds Have no fear for atomic energy ‘Cause none of them can stop the time How long shall they kill our prophets While we stand aside and look? Ooh, some say it’s just a part of it We’ve got to fulfill the book
4. Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron
You will not be able to stay home, brother You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and Skip out for beer during commercials Because the revolution will not be televised
5. Revolution by Arrested Development
But I need you for survival And when you fall on my community I run outside to properly Greet you Let it rain, take my pain, I’m glad to meet you Fill my eyes with a colorful rainbow Every drop hits me, fills me With an unmeasurable amount of security Knowing my God acknowledges me
6. Victory by The Clark Sisters
We declare victory
Victory over your life
Every now and then
It is hard to see
But you′ve
Got to
Decree
And see
Victory
Don’t be dismayed
God knows your needs
7. Stand Tall by Childish Gambino
Keep all your dreams, keep standing tall (oh I, nah, nah, nah) If you are strong you cannot fall (if you are strong) There is a voice inside us all So smile when you can When you can
If you cannot, oh! There is more to you and me There is more than they can see I’m on your side
8. Forgive Them Father by Ms Lauryn Hill
Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do (Me a tell you dem nuh know) Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do (For real, dem n’ave no clue) Beware the false motives of others Be careful of those who pretend to be brothers And you never suppose it’s those who are closest to you To you They say all the right things to gain their position Then use your kindness as their ammunition To shoot you down in the name of ambition, they do Oh
9. Get Up by Amel Larrieux
Wave your hands in the space It’s time to build and create Me and my squad is on the job So that the children’s is straight To understand the higher plan And to expand my estates I can’t give hardly give up my motivation a must
10. My People by Erykah Badu
Thru the thunder and lightning (hold on my people) Oh the weather gets rough now (hold on my people) Ooh ya got to hang on now girl (hold on my people) When it gets real rough, rocky and windy (hold on my people) Hold on (hold on my people) On and on and on now (hold on my people) When they start throwin’ fire (hold on my people)
11. Vibrate Higher by Londrelle
I’ve been been raising my vibration Yoga meditation, just sticking to the basics Living in the matrix is cynical and crazy But I’ve been swimming in amazement
Writing all these verses Reversing all my curses Walking in my purpose Doing it on purpose
I’m sure, I’m certain I’m pure, not perfect I rise of service Of God, I’m a servant
12. Know That You Are Loved by Cleo Sol
Know that you are loved Even if you don’t love yourself Know that you are loved Even if you don’t love yourself Know that you are loved
13. Rewrite It by Mario
You don’t understand our reservation (you don’t)
I won’t be asleep
I wanna see us like we’re kings and queens, our proclamation
My son’s and daughter’s procreation
Uncover your eyes, you’ll see the vision
Uncover your eyes, it’s just the beginning
14. Weary by Solange
But you know that a king is only a man With flesh and bones, he bleeds just like you do He said “where does that leave you” And do you belong? I do, I do
15. Melodies from Heaven by Kirk Franklin
Melodies from heaven Rain down on me, rain down on me Melodies from heaven Rain down on me, rain down on me Take me in your arms and hold me close Rain down on me, rain down on me
