Earth Day 2020

sunrise action practice

Music

April 7th action!

Adapted 2016 from Chance the Rapper’s ‘Blessings’, by Momentum Trainers from Black Lives Matter, Movimiento Cosecha, IfNotNow, and more!

LYRICS: 
We're gonna rise up, rise up till it's won.
When the people rise up, the powers come down.
They tried to stop us, but we keep coming back.

A team of cross-movement leaders adapted “Blessings” for use by social movement organizations. Sunrise is part of an in an interconnected network building for a just world and social transformation brought together by Momentum.

A team of cross-movement leaders adapted “Blessings” for use by social movement organizations. Sunrise is part of an in an interconnected network building for a just world and social transformation brought together by Momentum.

If singing this song for performance or recording for profit, you must get permission from and pay royalties to the composer.

Heartiest thanks to Scot Brenton at 9 Below Productions for graciously donating his time & studio space to help us record!

Rise Up

From the Leonard Cohen song “Anthem,” 1992. 

LYRICS
Forget your perfect offering 
(Forget your perfect offering)
There is a crack in everything
(There is a crack in everything)
Just ring the bells that still can ring
(Just ring the bells that still can ring)
That’s how (that’s how)
The light (the light)
Gets in (That’s how the light gets in)

If singing this song for performance or recording for profit, you must get permission from and pay royalties to the composer.

Heartiest thanks to Scot Brenton at 9 Below Productions for graciously donating his time & studio space to help us record!

Light Gets In

Written by KJ SongJune in 2019 on Maui and gifted to Sunrise Movement. See http://www.kjsong.com for more. 

LYRICS: 
Count me in I’m here to lend a hand 
Count me in I’m here to protect this land 
Count me in I’m here to help make it right 
Count me in I’m here to shine a light

If singing this song for performance or recording for profit, you must get permission from and pay royalties to the composer.

Heartiest thanks to Scot Brenton at 9 Below Productions for graciously donating his time & studio space to help us record!

Count Me In

Light Is Returning

I Know There's A World We're Fighting For

Speak For Me

How The Light Gets In

Which Side Are You On

Sunrise is building an army of young people to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. We call ourselves Sunrise because we know this dark hour in America, when fossil fuel executives and climate deniers run our government, cannot last. The sun will rise again.
We have a 4-year plan to make climate action an urgent priority in every corner of the country, expose the fossil fuel executives who have purchased politicians and blocked progress, and lift up champions who will work for the people at every level of government.