Terence Blanchard
One Night in Miami Band
Leslie Odom Jr.
Terence Blanchard & Keb’ Mo’ & Tarriona Ball
Terence Blanchard
One Night in Miami Band
Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
Leslie Odom Jr.
L.C. Cook
Billy Preston
Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
Leslie Odom Jr.
Leslie Odom Jr.
Terence Blanchard
Terence Blanchard
Jeremy Pope
Leslie Odom Jr.
Leslie Odom Jr.
Leslie Odom Jr.
Leslie Odom Jr.
This song was written for the film One Night in Miami, with singer Leslie Odom Jr. (who portrays Sam Cooke in the film) also co-writing this song of inspiration.
[Verse 1]
Listen, listen
While the storm in your heart is raging
Listen, listen, listen
Listen, listen
To the echoes of the martyrs praying
Listen, listen, listen
[Pre-Chorus]
Listen, brothers and sisters
Listen, listen, listen
I swear we'll never find a way to where we're going all alone
Don't take your eyes off the road
[Chorus]
Can you hear the bells ring out?
Speak now
Speak now
Can you hear the angels singin' loud?
Speak now
Speak now
[Verse 2]
Listen, listen
To the message of hope in the whispers of ghosts
Listen, listen, listen
Listen, listen
For the children will grow on the seeds that we sew
They listen, listen, listen
[Pre-Chorus]
Listen, listen
Brothers and sisters
Listen, listen, listen
I swear we'll never find our way to where we're going, all alone
(On our own)
Don't take your eyes off the road
[Chorus]
Can you hear the bells ring out?
Speak now
Speak now
Can you hear the angels singin' loud?
Speak now
Speak now
Speak Now was written by Leslie Odom Jr. & Sam Ashworth.
Leslie Odom Jr. released Speak Now on Tue Jan 05 2021.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Odom said that the film’s producers
were always very interested in whomever was cast as Sam [being] the person that would write the song for the movie. That they would take that experience of Sam and then [write a song]. Because the task was so great, we w...