We caught this song with a youth person for a rally they are supporting to organize. The lyrics express the message they were wanting to convey.

There's a way to find hope
Take action
And show up
And scream if you have to
*scream*

Find Hope

Please use this version of the GND song for when you want the community to sing with you! Here are the lyrics:

Hey Seattle it’s time to heal
Reclaim the future that they steal
A Green New Deal, A Green New Deal

Jobs that pay a wage that’s real
We all deserve those healthy meals
A Green New Deal, A Green New Deal

Housing for all is not unreal
NO Prisons, pipelines, walls of steel 
A Green New Deal, A Green New Deal

Buses, trains, and bicycle wheels
We need orca, salmon, and seals
A Green New Deal, A Green New Deal

Clean water, air, and energy
A people-powered history!
A Green New Deal, A Green New Deal



*Beat drop*

Let’s say yes 
Let’s make it happen

(Part two, layered on top)
It’s time to dream - it’s time to get moving

Green New Deal (VERSION FOR CALL AND RESPONSE)

A song for the September 20th Global Climate Walkout in solidarity with our global youth asking us to stand with them.

Call and response. stomping feet back and forth and clapping with one of the feet. 

LYRICS
Sound the alarm 2x

We're together braver now than ever
We've got one chance, this is now or never

Sound the alarm 2x

We are rising, time to stand up to the flames
Thunder, lightning, put it out just like the rain

Sound the alarm 2x

Repeat as many times as desired.

Artwork by: Clea Eppelin

Sound the Alarm

A song for any moment really, but could be used for de-escalation, as people are arrested and so forth.

"A Prayer" - The People’s Echo, 2019

We are in prayer for the water
For all people hand in hand
We are uplifting the sacred
Give power back to the land
MMMM, MMMM

We are in prayer for the earth
For all people hand in hand
We are uplifting the sacred
Give power back to the land
MMMM, MMMM

We are in prayer for your children
For all people hand in hand
We are uplifting the sacred
Give power back to the land
MMMM, MMMM

We are in prayer for the rebirth 
For all people hand in hand
We are uplifting the sacred
Give power back to the land
MMMM, MMMM

The last verse is hummed out
With a double MMMM, MMMM to close out

Any noun can be improved, i.e. the river, the people, the salmon, the orca, etc.

A Prayer

We are connected 
By the Web of Life

email us for individual tracks to each part: thepeoplesecho@gmail.com

Web Of Life All Parts

Like a mighty mountain 
I am unmoving
Under this storm
I shall not stray

Like an ancient forest
I reach my roots down
In this sweet soil
Is where I'll stay

Like the endless ocean
I obey no one
From my convictions
I will not stray

So try and faze me
cause I know where I'll be
standing steady
IN THE WAY

Steady

FREEDOM BUTTER JAM AND THE JUSTICE MUFFINS

Oh tell me HOW
to bring the fire
to build a movement
to fight for justice
fight for freedom from oppression

the eyes of our children are upon you
time to wake up (2x)
we'll change this course with or without you
won't let up (2x)

move up or step aside

MOVE UP

courage is not the absence of fear
it is the feeling of this fear
being afraid and standing up anyway

COURAGE

I am in the right place
I am in the right time
I am with the right you babe
We got this

We Got This!

Heart beat pounding stronger
Rhythm is pulsing, getting louder
Voice you are becoming
Sing it like a mighty drum
Speak up, shout it from the mountains
Your voice, not like any other
Time to speak from your power
Seems impossible until its done

Your Voice

https://unistoten.camp/about/wetsuweten-people/

This is a prayer for the water / earth / your children / rebirth
For all people hand in hand
We are uplifting the sacred
Give power back to the land
MMMM, MMMM

"A Prayer" sung for Wet’suwet’en

unistoten.camp/about/wetsuweten-people/

Like a mighty mountain 
I am unmoving
Under this storm
I shall not sway
Like an ancient forest
I reach my roots down
In this sweet soil
Is where I'll stay
Like the endless ocean
I obey no one
From my convictions
I will not stray
So try and faze me
But I know where I'll be
standing steady
IN THE WAY

"Steady" sung for Wet’suwet’en

unistoten.camp/about/wetsuweten-people/

Courage is not the absence of fear
It is the feeling of this fear
Being afraid and standing up anyway

"Courage" sung for Wet’suwet’en

Love and Protection (RISE UP)
Love and Protection 
For All People and Our 
Beautiful World (RISE Up) 

Love and Protection (RISE UP)
Love and Protection 
For All People and Our 
Beautiful World (RISE UP)

Together We Are Stronger 
Together Braver Wiser
Together We Are Stronger  
Together We Will (RISE UP) 

… (RISE UP)
… (RISE UP) 
Rise rise rise rise, 
Rise rise rise ris

Rise Up! 

I believe in the good things coming 
I believe in the love that lives 
On this earth of resilient bodies 
I am here to receive I am here to give

Morning Song

This, too, shall pass
This, too, shall pass 
For all that was lost,
For all being lost,
For all that will be lost,
I grieve, I grieve 
And for all that was loved,
For all being loved,
For all that will be loved,
I sing

Sorrow, too, shall pass
Joy, too, shall pass
I, too, shall pass

This Too Shall Pass

Use this track to record your video for the Stop The Money Pipeline Collaboration Video. 

Participate here: bit.ly/STMP-Choir

Art by Crystal Clarity

LYRICS:
Stop the money pipeline
May our money and our values be aligned
To life and the future we are loyal
When we stop the flow of money then we stop the flow of oil

STOP THE MONEY PIPELINE FOR VIDEO

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The People’s Echo is a healing-centered song collective based on Coast Salish Lands (Seattle, WA). 

We catch and share songs as medicine for these times and tend to community through the practice of joining our voices in song. We gather monthly for BIPGM-centered songcatching circles, host seasonal song circles for our wider community, and support activists to bring songs to the streets.

We believe that singing together is a human birthright that has less to do with “sounding good” and more to do with settling into our bodies, calming our nervous systems, and being together in community. Anyone who joins us for song circles, actions, events and beyond is a part of The People’s Echo and we invite the broader community to join us in song. 

Mission: To heal ourselves and the world through the practice of community singing and to reclaim our voices as instruments for personal and collective liberation.

Vision: We envision a world of clean air, clean water, food sovereignty, and a liveable climate for all. We envision a world free of prisons and the police state where all people are valued and cared for. A world where creativity, vulnerability, and expression are celebrated – a liberated world full of song and magic.

The People's Echo

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