Stay woke, America.

If you watch the inauguration today, you might feel a bit hopeless, overwhelmed. Lost. Voiceless.

So here’s something different to put in your ears today.

Because today, tomorrow, the next day … what we do matters. It will impact not just on our future, but our children, our neighbors, our community. And I figure maybe you could use a bit of inspiration — the kind of inspiration onlymusic can provide.

Pause today to listen to where we’ve been, what we’ve feared, and where we want to go. Take lessons from what we’ve allowed, what we’ve been frustrated by and the hope we’ve still been able to muster for ourselves. Let this playlist not be something that you wallow in, but something that pushes you forward toward being present, toward participating, and toward being woke – either in solidarity with, an ally to or as leader in.

As you listen keep in mind – we’re not just talking about race. It’s also about class, gender, orientation, otherness. Struggle, finding meaning, finding hope. Mourning, rage, forgiveness, triumph.

All of these emotions and struggles are on and just under the surface today, and will be for at least the next four years. It’s on us to stay vigilant, to resist, to do better, to be better.

It’s on us to stay woke.