A Beautiful Noise Alicia Keys & Brandi Carlile Cover by Tony Glover & Charlie Palmer

My husband and I were feeling rather blue after the recent Supreme Court decisions to dismantle Affirmative action and to give those who oddly enough justify bigotry in the name of Christianity.

We are an interracial couple -- I am black and he is white.

We both love Alicia Keys and Brandi Carlile's song, "A Beautiful Noise."

Why?

Because, it give us the prescription -- the antidote if you will -- to hate in America.

We hope you enjoy your version of the "beautiful noise" Brandi and Alicia made for (I am welling with tears as I write) it gave us hope that not all is lost.

All we need to do is "put one foot in front of another, with a hand in hand, holding onto each other."

WE ALL HAVE A VOICE.

It is likely too late for me I my husband to witness a reversal of the hate we experience either because of our race or sexual orientation.

What do I know for sure?

I love him.

He loves me.

And all the hate in the world, can never change that.

We will celebrate our 23rd anniversary in less than two weeks on 07-23-23. That's a lot of 23's. I hope that is a good sign in numerology.

Thank you Alicia and Brandi (and all the writers who composed this song) who gave the world a solution to the hate too many of us feel.

The full lyric is below.

A BEAUTIFUL NOISE
(originally performed by ALICIA KEYS and BRANDI CARLILE)

I have a voice
Started out as a whisper, turned into a scream
Made a beautiful noise
Shoulder to shoulder, marching in the street
When you're all alone, it's a quiet breeze
But when you band together, it's a choir
Of thunder and rain, now we have a choice
'Cause I have a voice

I'm not living to die
Don't stand in a wasteland
Look at me in the eye
Stop living a lie
And stand up next to me
You've got to put one foot in front of another
With a hand in a hand holding on to each other
Go on and rejoice
'Cause you have a voice

It is loud, it is clear
It's stronger than your fear
It's believing you belong
It's calling out the wrong
From the silence of my sisters
To the violence of my brother
We can, we can rage
Against the river feel the pain of another
I have a voice

I have a voice
And I let it speak for the ones
Who aren't yet really free
It's killing me
No one's saying what we need to hear
I will not let silence win
When I see all the pain our people are in
There's no other choice
'Cause I have a voice

It is loud, it is clear
It's stronger than your fear
It's believing you belong
It's for calling out the wrong
From the mouths of our mothers
To the lips of our daughters
We can, we can dream
Like our brothers speaking loud like our fathers
We can, we can heal
Can you hear us?
Can you hear us now?

I have a voice
Started out a whisper, turned into a scream
Made a beautiful noise
Shoulder to shoulder, marching in the street
When you're all alone, it's a quiet breeze
But when you band together, it's a choir
Of thunder and rain
Now we have a choice
'Cause I have a voice

Now we have a choice
'Cause I have a voice

Now we have a choice
'Cause I have a voice

Songwriters:
Alicia J. Augello-Cook / Brandi Marie Carlile / Brandy Lynn Clark / Hailey Whitters / Hillary Lindsay / Linda Perry / Lori McKenna / Ruby Amanfu

A Beautiful Noise lyrics © Bluewater Music Corp., Concord Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Peermusic Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group