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Music & Lyrics byMark Burrows

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About the Work

To all the young people—I believe with all my heart that you are our next great generation. You have seen, experienced, and overcome so much. You are compassionate. You are resilient. You are more powerful than you may know.

A few years ago my teenage daughters took me to my first protest march. It was a march in response to yet another tragic school shooting. The young people in the march were at the front, leading the way. The rest of us—parents, friends, teachers, advocates—followed. There were loud songs and chants, but every once in a while, those would give way to the sound of the marching itself—thousands of feet hitting the pavement over and over and over. It was so persistent, so purposeful. It was the sound of people on a mission to demand meaningful change.

Never in a million years will I ever have the musical ability to create a sound as powerful as that.

Friends, I’m in awe of your humanity, and I’m grateful to you for leading the way.

With gratitude and humility. -Mark

I Am Power

I’m the whisper of hope in a wounded world.I’m the change whose time has come.I’m the rumble of thunder before the rain.I’m the beat of a distant drum.

And I am peace, I am purpose, I am power.

I’m the drop of rain holding a might wave.I’m the turning of the tide.I’m the glimmer of truth lighting up the night.I’m the seed with a tree inside.


Knocked down seven times, get up eight.Nothing’s gonna keep me down.I’m the word, I’m the song, I’m the righting of the wrong.I’m the heart where love is found.

I’m the open hand ready to help and heal.I’m the feet that will never tire.I’m the daring dream that can never die.I’m the spark of an inner fire.


About the Composer

Mark Burrows is a composer, conductor, and educator whose music is published by many major houses. Mark’s works are featured on numerous state and festival lists, and he receives multiple commissions each year for groups ranging from children’s choirs to adult ensembles to intergenerational festival choirs.As a conductor and educator, Mark serves as a guest clinician with honor and festival choirs throughout the country. He also leads workshops and reading sessions at several state and national conferences each year.

Mark received his undergraduate degree in music education from Southern Methodist University and his graduate degree in conducting from Texas Christian University.

Mark is currently Director of Children’s Ministries at FUMC, Fort Worth. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas with his wife, Nina, and their daughters, Emma and Grace.

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MARK BURROWS (b. 1971)

Copyright © 2021 by Walton Music CorporationA Division of GIA Publications, Inc.

www.waltonmusic.comInternational Copyright Secured Made in U.S.A. All rights reserved

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I Am PowerMARK BURROWS (b. 1971)

Copyright © 2021 by Walton Music CorporationA Division of GIA Publications, Inc.

www.waltonmusic.comInternational Copyright Secured Made in U.S.A. All rights reserved

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