"The Color Purple" is a song featured in the 2023 film of the same name with lyrics written by Stephen Bray, Allee Willis, and Brenda Russell. It is performed by Fantasia Barrino as Celie Harris Johnson, the main protagonist of the story, who sings about finding her inner strength and beauty after a life of abuse and oppression.
Lyrics[]
Celie:
Dear God, dear stars, dear trees, dear sky
Dear peoples, dear everything, dear God
God is inside me and everyone else
That was, forever will be
I came into this world with God
And when I finally looked inside
I found it
Just as close as my breath is to me
Celie, Nettie, and Sofia:
Rising...
Adam and Olivia:
Rising...
Shug and Mister:
Rising...
Ensemble:
Like the sun is the hope that sets us free
Celie:
Your heart beat make my heart beat
Ensemble:
When we share love
Celie and Ensemble:
Like a blade of corn, like a honeybee
Like a waterfall, all a part of me
Like the color purple, where do it come from?
Now my eyes are open, look what God has done
Ensemble:
It takes a grain of love
Celie:
Grain of love
Ensemble:
To make a mighty tree
Celie:
To make a mighty, mighty tree
Ensemble:
You take the smallest love
Celie:
Smallest love
Ensemble:
And make a harmony
Celie:
Harmony
Ensemble:
Like a drop of water
Celie:
Like a drop of water
Ensemble:
You keep the river high
Celie:
You keep makin' the river high
Ensemble:
There are miracles
Celie:
There are miracles
Ensemble:
For you and I
Celie:
For you and I
Ensemble:
Like a blade of corn
Celie:
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ensemble:
Like a honeybee
Celie:
Ooh
Ensemble:
Like a waterfall
Celie:
Hey, ooh
Ensemble:
All a part of me
Like the color purple
Where do it come from?
Celie:
Tell me, where does it come from?
Ensemble:
Now my eyes are open
Celie:
My eyes are open
Ensemble:
Look what God has done
Celie:
I don't think us feel old at all
Nettie:
I think this is the youngest us ever felt, yeah
Celie:
Amen
Ensemble:
'Men
