Unplugging from life’s distractions and finding inner peace, she shifts her focus to who and what brings her joy – and pleasure. India finds respite from the craziness du jour by taking time for prayer and meditation on “Hour of Love” and centering herself on “Sacred Space.” From a place of peace and serenity, she offers up a “Prayer For Humanity” imploring us to love ourselves and one another, "That we can live in harmony / See ourselves as family / This is my prayer for humanity.’ She confidently sings, "I love my brown skin so much / Been that way before Wakanda / So 'F' what you thought/ Love me or not, I’ll never stop." She vents about everything from lying politicians, big pharma and misogyny to police brutality and drug use, singing, "I'mma stand up for what I believe in/ And don’t care who thinks I’m preaching." On “Coulda Shoulda Woulda” she continues her unapologetic harangue about not giving time or attention to haters. “Rollercoaster” is a timely rant about our political and social decline. She ends her call to action by listing modern-day change agents and proclaiming that together we can all change the world.Īrie speaks her mind in love and does not bite her tongue on Worthy.
"We are the ones we've been waiting for / We can change the world / Our love can change the world," she implores on the chorus. And the lyrics show Arie at her most personal.“What If” begs the question what if freedom fighters and activists like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X and Bob Marley never stood up, where would we be now? With love as her weapon of choice, Arie urges us to take up our cross and join the fight. It’s her same guitar-steered soul, but inflected by an eclectic mix of sonic elements from her travels, especially in the Middle East. “I had to take a deep breath and say, OK, let’s just not do it.”)Īrie said that because “Open Door” “reeked” of ill feelings toward her career, she purposefully opted to not channel hurt feelings over scrapping that album into “Songversation.” Instead she crafted the album she’d always wanted. (“We couldn’t agree on the business terms at all,” Arie offered. The recording sessions were spurred by the demise of a previous album, “Open Door,” a passion project with Israeli singer Idan Raichel. Though Arie’s hard-earned confidence makes “Songversation” an inspirational, even iridescent listen, the album didn’t come without conflict.
“It wasn’t until I decided I was going to do what I wanted to do or I was going to quit that I empowered myself.
“I always felt like - I mean I was told, really - I couldn’t go too far with the productions because it didn’t appeal to black radio,” she explained.
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