You just have to wait for the Spirit to tell you what it wants. I just need you, you, you (Come on, now) Verse 2 Met you when I was a lil' country boy. “ We Are is a message of love for humanity, of humble reverence for our past, and of a hopeful future, in which we are the ones who can save us.
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Now is the time to show the world my full artistry. I just need you, you, you Verse 1 Met you when I was a lil' nappy head boy And I never put down my alto saxophone, yeah Buckjumpin' down on the boulevard I couldn't wait to blow my own horn (Woo). “But there’s so much more to know about me. “I’m publicly known for some things already,” says Batiste. Collaborators include POMO (Anderson.Paak), Ricky Reed (Lizzo), and Jahaan Sweet ( Drake, Eminem), and others. There are guest appearances on the album by a remarkable cast including Mavis Staples, Quincy Jones, Zadie Smith, PJ Morton, Trombone Shorty, St Augustine Marching 100, Jon’s father Michael Batiste, his grandfather David Gauthier and many others. Batiste’s music, and his hands, were incorporated into the animation about a teacher who dreams of being a jazz pianist. The song will land on the acclaimed pianist and Late Show bandleader’s upcoming album, We Are, due out on March 19 through Verve Records. We Are was recorded in New York, Los Angeles and in his native New Orleans, in between sessions for Disney/Pixar’s 2020 hit film Soul. Jon Batiste shared a new single, I Need You. We Are, which was completed in the middle of the first wave of the pandemic, is described as a combination of “the consciousness of Marvin Gaye, the grounded optimism of Stevie Wonder, the iconoclasm of Thelonious Monk and the swagger of Mannie Fresh.”īatiste wrote and planned much of the album in a period of roughly a week, from his dressing room at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where he serves as musical director and bandleader. The clip was given its broadcast premiere today by MTV Live, BET Soul, and mtvU. Jon Batiste - I Need You (Letras y cancin para escuchar) - We got a lot of living / Were working overtime / Dont need another million / You got the gold. McWilliams’ choreography embraces swing and Harlem’s own Lindy Hop dance.
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Batiste stars in the video as both leading man and bandleader, with references to Little Richard, James Brown, and the dances of the 1920s, 30s and 40s, plus hints of New Wave film.