by Beet the System & Friends
Last Call to Vote (Together We’re Stronger) is a clarion call for Americans to unite in preserving the fragile experiment of representative democracy while we still can. It lays out the stakes in the 2024 presidential election (as well as down ballot races) and is a creative offering for campaigns and organizations mobilizing to get out the vote for use as a motivational anthem.
JUST RELEASED: THE KAMALA REMIX!
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This is the “Kamala Remix” of the original song released in March 2024. Since Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race on July 21, 2024 and VP Kamala Harris’ rise to the top of the Democratic presidential ticket, the message of hope imbued in the song has only been amplified by a renewed collective optimism.
While our original premise expressed in the song’s verses that it is our civic duty to vote against an aspiring autocrat still holds true, it is the forward-looking chorus that has now become the driving force thanks to an inspiring and energetic new candidate at the top of the ticket. As we said back in March:
This song is also an affirmation to people who might feel powerless in the current political climate that they are not alone. Through a message of active hope, it reminds us that the antidote to feeling disconnected is to unify around our collective civic power: “Together we’re stronger, built to last longer, we’re gonna work wonders, just look around!”
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Lyrics
the year is twenty twenty four
but we’ve all seen this film before
a despot fool who lusts for power
democracy’s eleventh hour
you might think they’re all the same
just politicians playin’ the game
protest vote to take a stance
but you may not get another chance
to vote, go vote, you gotta vote, get out and vote
vote, why don’t you vote, get in the boat, keep hope afloat
he says he wants it great again
but never really tells us when that was
he huffs and puffs, spews his bile
this loser talk designed to rile us up
together we’re stronger, built to last longer
we’re gonna work wonders, just look around
together we’re leaner, keepin it greener
together we’re keener, nothing that we can’t surmount
he says he don’t like immigrants
demands loyalty from sycophants
he’ll never cede an inch of power
but We the People shall not cower
so vote, go vote, you gotta vote, get out and vote
vote, last call to vote, get in the boat, keep hope afloat
he’s coming back this orange dunce
we’ll kick his ass, we’ve done it once before
get ready for another round
there’s no one else to make it count but us
together we’re shielded, we’re ready to wield it
together we’ll field it, the only poll that counts
together we’re rising, with Harris uniting
break the glass ceiling, take it to a higher ground
Credits
BEET THE SYSTEM & FRIENDS:
Lead Vocals
Deborah Levoy
Baba Johnny White
Sven Eberlein
Harmonies
Russell Ives
Zoë Sindhu Moré
Eliana Ives
Dan Bonnin
The Together Party
Drums
Dan Bonnin
Bass, Percussion, Keyboard, Ominous Sounds
Avidan Rose
Rhythm Guitar
Sven Eberlein
Electric & Acoustic Mandolin
Baba Johnny White
Lead Guitar
Obadiah Butterworth
Tenor Guitar
Russell Ives
Music by Sven Eberlein. Arranged and distilled by Beet the System & Friends.
Lyrics by Sven Eberlein. Nurtured and refined by Debra Baida, Baba Johnny White, and Deborah Levoy. The Kamala Remix lyrics by Debra Baida and Sven Eberlein.
Basic tracks recorded February 26, 2024 at Studio 132 (Oakland, CA). Engineered by BZ Lewis.
Lead vocals recorded March 3, 2024. Engineered by Deborah Levoy.
Harmonies, additional strings, and mix magic March 2024 at EGP Studios (Oakland, CA). Engineered by Russell Ives. Co-produced by Russell Ives, Baba Johnny White and Sven Eberlein. The Kamala Mix chorus recorded July 25, 2024.
Percussion, Keyboard, and Ominous Sounds recorded at Feliz Avidan Productions (San Francisco, CA). Composed and engineered by Avidan Rose.
Together Party recorded at L’Auberge (Oakland, CA). Produced and conducted by Baba Johnny White, Russell Ives, and Avidan Rose.
Mastered March 19, 2024 at Ken Lee Mastering (El Cerrito, CA) by Ken Lee. The Kamala Mix remastered July 29.
Cover art by Anselm Yew.
©2024 Beet the System