Sign Of The Times feat. Corey Henry of Treme Funktet - Single

from Give Power To The People (album) by The Cole Williams Band

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I've always enjoyed vocal harmony. It's probably from signing in church and school choirs all my life. Maybe because my grandmother never sang a melody in her life- she lived in harmony.

It seemed like voice and horn were the best cushion for the lyrics of this song. Ella Baker says, "We who believe in freedom shall not rest until it comes", so I'm wide awake and my eyes can see. It's amazing what we all can see when we are open and willing participants in humanity

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lyrics

Verse 1.
There’s a time in our lives when you stand when you fight
When you protect what is right, Oh
No more standing on the side-
Lines are getting longer
The least of ours are stronger, Oh
What they do to you
They do to me, someone has to care
Right now
What you think is what you do
What you say is how you move
Now is the time to live as one

Ch.
These are the signs (signs)
These are the signs (signs)
These are the signs (signs)
Of the world we’re living in

Interlude
You know what,
Now is the time.
I’ve said before and I’m gonna say it again,
It’s time for us to get together for real, for real
Get down in some real humanity
Let’s stop looking at our differences and ways to separate us
And feel and think of all the ways that we are one
Together we stand, divided we fall

Verse 2
Things ain’t gettin better
The damage is done
Shepard out and reach to the sun
What they do to you, they do to me
And someone has to care
Right now

Ch.
These are the signs (signs of)
These are the signs (signs of)
These are the signs (signs of)
Of the world we’re living in

Vamp
Oooh, what you gonna do now
When you gettin’ those signs
Oooh, what you gonna say now
When you gettin’ those signs
Oooh, where you gonna run to
Who you gonna turn to
When you gettin’ those signs

credits

from Give Power To The People (album), track released March 15, 2021
Composed, arranged and performed by Cole Williams
Corey Henry, trombone

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The Cole Williams Band New Orleans, Louisiana

Described as having “the heart of Bob Marley, soul of Sam Cooke and grit of Etta James”, New Orleans-based Williams and The Cole Williams Band (CWB) has rooted their sound in the tradition of Gil Scott-Heron, creating songs that reflect the everyday experiences and hopes of unhoused and poor people all around the world. ... more