From the recording Affirmation EP

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Together We (TL;DL Grad. Mix)

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I wrote "Together We" originally as "Building Tomorrow Today" for a virtual work conference as a theme song. I liked what I came up with and released the original track on the Artist's Prayer EP. I am playing and singing everything you hear on it.

While considering another track to beef up the "Affirmation" single, I considered releasing the remix of "Together We" I created for that work conference, but it was not a great mix. So I set out to remix it, but the files were lost to time. I was able to find them, but they were glitchy so I ended up re-recording most of it.

Along the way, I decided to have fun and make a full on dance mix, similar to what I did with the "We Can B Free (F.U.C.K Dance Mix)". I just played around and had fun. A big thanks to a friend, "Jose" for allowing me to use his voice from a voice mail and to "Karen" the anonymous caller from "Karen Wants a Reservation" for the vocal samples. The graduation speech is me from my June 6,1984 Bloomington Kennedy Senior High School graduation. It is terrifying how those words from over 40 years ago still resonate in 2025. TL;DL means "Too Long; Don't Listen" and is swiped from internet slang. It's really fun. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it. ...and that bass line...

Lyrics

When the day’s less than perfect and you feel like a cog in a wheel
Remember every gear got us from there to here
From here we’re building to our future

When your tinman is rusty and you run out of oil
No need to lose your mind fearing you’ll fall behind
Reach out! Everybody’s here!


Together
Together we
Together
All help each other rise

Together
Together we
Together
we're all building tomorrow today

Each part is important a piece of a complex machine
If we collaborate then we can innovate
Let’s celebrate our diversity

Breakdown:
The world is more connected now than ever before
You can talk across the globe with the touch of a button
Recognizing we are each a unique gear on this world- machine is a must
You gotta shake off the dust