take a stand - stephan said

so, today's song is impossibly optimistic and cheerful, which i think is a really great thing, especially in the climate we, as a nation and a world, find ourselves in. there is so much discord out there nowadays: wars, anger, recessions, blaming, finger pointing - that sometimes it can be overwhelming. but there's a lot of good, too, that i think a lot of people overlook when they watch/read the news. we should all try on a daily basis to seek out the good around us.

stephan said, an arab-american musician, is doing just that with his new song take a stand and his non-profit organization, difrent. both the song and the initiative strive to unite people across every political, ethnic, religious, and musical border for social change.

here's what stephan says of take a stand: “'Take a Stand' isn’t just a song, it’s a mission: the creation of a distribution network and broadcast platform for the music of our international movement. It is being given away...to be shared by people and organizations who support the vision: bringing numerous artists and groups together through music to create a soundtrack for our generation’s dream of a more equitable global society. Every download is your vote for a more equal world."

it's okay
it's okay
we gonna make it to the day together
take a stand, take a stand, take a stand
in every land, 'cus we all want the same thing
just to be free, so take my hand
take a stand, yeah, take a stand

(mp3) take a stand - stephan said

here's a video for chant un petit coup, a french song stephan wrote for the same album take a stand will be off of:



on twitter? use #takeastand to tweet what you would do to take a stand for what you believe in.

difrent: music = action will be available on september 21, the international day of peace. pre-order it HERE.