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By Will Robertson
Soloist: Will Robertson

Will started writing “Hold It High” in December of 2016, inspired by images of the uprising in American streets after the presidential election. The news made him reflect on the history of protest in our country, and the part it played in creating the nation we are today. “The idea of the people speaking out en masse to demand justice and freedom is just about as American an idea as you can imagine,” Will says. This is a marching song about the protest signs, literal and figurative, that have been lifted up in recent times and throughout our country’s history—but it’s not just about raising signs. It’s about your raising your head, your voice, and your light. “Lift it up, hold it high, hold it high.” (After marches continued into early 2017, chorus member Howard Winer created a video for the song.)

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A million people in the streets tonight
Illuminated by the traffic lights
Holding their signs up high
Cameras rolling and the mics 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 that 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
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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from Red Thread, released December 10, 2020

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