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The Movement – Colby Jeffers feat. Awu [Official Video]
August 19, 2017, in Music > Recording Artist, by Naysan NaraqiThis is the official music video for the song ‘The Movement’ by Colby Jeffers featuring Awu. The song was filmed in Awu’s hometown of Bamenda, Cameroon, and it aims to inspire young people across the world to wake up and use their power and energy to uplift humanity and make a positive difference. Focusing on positive qualities, such as love, hope, service, wisdom, and justice, the song calls on youth to tap into their spirit in order to be the change that the world needs.
Phoenix-based Baha’i rapper Colby Jeffers aims to deliver socially and spiritually conscious hip-hop music inspired by the teachings and scriptures of the Baha’i Faith. The lyrics to the ‘The Movement’ were inspired by the 2013 Youth Conference materials developed by the International Teaching Center, and you can read more about the background to the song here on Colby Jeffers’ blog article: The Story Behind the Song: The Movement
Download the song ‘The Movement’ here, or get the whole ‘Wizdome’ album here.
You can also find out more about Colby Jeffers and his music by reading Baha’i Blog’s interview with Colby Jeffers here: Wizdome: A New Hip-Hop Album by Colby Jeffers
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Naysan Naraqi
Naysan is passionate about using the arts and media to explore the teachings of the Baha’i Faith. Back in 2011, Naysan started up the Baha’i Blog project, channeling his experiences in both media and technology companies to help create a hub for Baha’i-inspired content online.
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How can I get a copy of their video?
knights (September 9, 2017 at 4:43 PM)
Hi Knights, you’ll have to get in touch with Colby. His contact details should be in his website.
Naysan Naraqi (September 9, 2017 at 8:36 AM)
Shoot me an email at [email protected]
Colby Jeffers (September 9, 2017 at 3:46 PM)
With so much love and gratitude in my heart I am a Baha’i youth in PNG humbly requesting to you for further guidance on your latest songs to help me on how to download for my teaching endeavors.thank you.
Camal camal Bana (April 4, 2021 at 2:01 AM)