Youth Choir 'glory' - Featuring Indigoyaj - Lyrics: Detroit

While the choir maintains the iconic chorus originally written by John Legend and Common , IndigoYaj’s rap interludes introduce new, localized urgency:

"Now the war is not over / Victory isn't won / We'll fight on to the finish".

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IndigoYaj, a rapper and alumnus of the choir, provides the song’s contemporary edge. Her role was to "speak our truth as youth," bridging the gap between the historical civil rights struggle depicted in Selma and the modern Black Lives Matter movement.

The production was a massive community effort, filmed at iconic landmarks like the Spirit of Detroit monument and Michigan Central Station during the height of social distancing. While the choir maintains the iconic chorus originally

"Something must be done as soon as possible / and if we come together we're unstoppable".

The Detroit Youth Choir’s (DYC) reimagined version of —the Oscar-winning anthem from the film Selma —is more than a cover; it is a localized, urgent call for justice released in the summer of 2020. Featuring IndigoYaj (Jayla Smalls), a former DYC member, the track was created to give Detroit’s youth a platform to process the dual traumas of systemic racism and the COVID-19 pandemic. 🎤 The Feature: IndigoYaj The production was a massive community effort, filmed

The track was dedicated to the late Civil Rights leader John Lewis and was even considered for a Grammy nomination in 2020.