I'm Here from "The Color Purple"

from the Original Broadway Cast Recording

[@rassledassle82]

This song is so beautiful and perfect... makes me cry every time I hear it.

[@IrfandyariMasyaKusumanegara]

beautiful song... I love it so so much!

[@MyRealityEntitled]

I don't need you to love me I don't need you to love I've got, I've got, I got my sister, I can feel her now She may not be here, But she's still mine And I know, she still love me I got my children, I can't hold them now They may not be here, But they still mine and I hope They know I still love them Hey, I got my house, It still keeps the cold out I got my chair When my body can't hold out Got my hands doin' good like they supposed to Showing my heart to the folks that I'm close to I got my eyes though they don't see as far now They see more 'bout how things really are now I'm gonna Take a deep breath Hey I'm gonna hold my head up I'm gonna put my shoulders back And look you straight in the eye Gonna flirt with somebody When they walk by I'm gonna sing out Sing, oh yeah I believe I have inside of me Everything that I need to live a bountiful life With all the love alive in me I'll stand as tall as the tallest tree And I'm thankful for each day that I'm given Both the easy and the hard ones I'm livin' But most of all I'm thankful for, Lovin' who I really am I'm beautiful Yes I'm beautiful And I'm here

[@TheCSPretty]

Oh my I love this song so much 😭

[@manuelorozco7760]

Such a beautifully powerful 11 o clock number! It just makes me wish one day to see this musical live. I wish I would have seen it years ago.

[@leilanihanaike]

Well if you go to New York then you can see it now

[@manuelorozco7760]

Lanibear I wish I can but my mom is saving money for NYC in a year or so. I hope to go before Frozen invades Broadway.

[@stowys]

I saw it twice, live. Once in NY and again in Baltimore. New York was good, but the Baltimore version was funnier. Don't know if it's still playing in Baltimore, though...

[@manuelorozco7760]

stowys I live in California sadly

[@lolgurl141]

Dude you're literally on every musical video I listen to

[@tabathaaparker4370]

Beautiful!!!!!! A song such as this needs more SOUL!!!!! FANTASIA really has the soul for this,,listen to her version

[@manuelorozco7760]

+Tabatha A Hale Fantasia sang it beautifully but this version is good too

[@MrAkardashian]

Tabatha A Parker FANTASIA DOES RUNS, and I think people get that mixed up for someone singing really good, and besides who originated the role FANTASIA or my COUSIN

[@nikavance9453]

Lol, you think that LaChanze has no soul?

[@Diva_D]

@@MrAkardashian mmm it's vocally beautiful, but nope, no soul. I don't think it's because she's not a soulful singer, but because when recording soundtracks, the songs are still too fresh to have matured in her heart. I am hella sure that if she would have recorded this a year later the result would be astounding, as she has an incredible voice. XOXO

[@MyRealityEntitled]

I don't need you to love me I don't need you to love I've got, I've got, I got my sister, I can feel her now She may not be here, But she's still mine And I know, she still love me I got my children, I can't hold them now They may not be here, But they still mine and I hope They know I still love them Hey, I got my house, It still keeps the cold out I got my chair When my body can't hold out Got my hands doin' good like they supposed to Showing my heart to the folks that I'm close to I got my eyes though they don't see as far now They see more 'bout how things really are now I'm gonna Take a deep breath Hey I'm gonna hold my head up I'm gonna put my shoulders back And look you straight in the eye Gonna flirt wit somebody When they walk by I'm gonna sing out Sing, oh yeah I believe I have inside of me Everything that I need to live a bountiful life With all the love alive in me I'll stand as tall as the tallest tree And I'm thankful for each day that I'm given Both the easy and the hard ones I'm livin' But most of all I'm thankful for, Lovin' who I really am I'm beautiful Yes I'm beautiful And I'm here