"Superpower (I)" is a song featured in the 2023 film The Color Purple. Described as a powerful anthem about overcoming adversity and finding one's inner strength, it plays over the film's end credits.
Background[]
The song is a power ballad that expresses the theme of self-empowerment and overcoming adversity, inspired by the main character of the film, Celie Harris Johnson, played by Fantasia Barrino. In this musical number, Barrino delivers a vocal performance that showcases her range and emotion. The song has been praised by critics and fans as one of the highlights of the film and the soundtrack. It was submitted for awards consideration in the category of Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards, along with another song from the film, "Keep It Movin'", co-written and performed by Halle Bailey, who plays the role of young Nettie.
Lyrics[]
Ooh, oh
Ah, ooh, ah
Ooh
This is no way to start the story of us
D---, I miss your face
These moments of hurt pass to sorrow
But we always make a way
Just wanna feel that I need to feel somethin'
The feelin' pulls me up
Deep in my heart and among these lost lands
I kept my faith in us
No way, no days I didn't think about you
On my soul, you're the reason I made it through
Every drop of every tear
Every ounce of my heart, you're the reason I'm here
Oh, I (I)
Oh, I (I)
I'll ever needed, mm (Power)
In this world
My superpower (Power)
My fight (Fight)
Mmm, my love (Love)
To be alive
I, I, I
Ooh, ooh
I just wanna kiss your face
I just wanna hold you tight
I pray that you pass my scars
And soon all thе joy inside
We all got our own mountains to climb, mmm, I
We'll takе our time goin' down,
The sweeter the site, ooh, oh
It ain't fair, but we all have things to bear
All this time, you been here waitin' on me
Ready to go when I got there
Ah, ooh, yeah
Ready to go when I got there (Mhm)
No way, no days I didn't think about you
On my soul, you're the reason I made it through
Every drop of every tear
Every ounce of my heart, you're the reason I'm here
And I (I), oh, I (I)
I'll ever needed (I'll ever needed, power)
In this world (In this world)
My superpower (My superpower, power)
My fight (My, my, my, my, my, fight)
Mmm, my love (Ooh, love)
To be alive (Ooh, ooh)
It was always I
It's not about where I've been (It's not about where I've been)
It's about where I'm trying to go (Trying to go)
By the time I'm gold and sand
I want the world to know
Ooh, I was here
I was right here in the darkest hours
You believed in me 'til I believed in you
All this time your love, my love, pulled me through (Oh, oh)
I just wanna kiss your face
I just wanna hold you tight (Ooh)
All the joy in my heart
All the joy inside
Super, I was always my own (Super)
Superpower
Ooh
