Battle Cry

## **Battle Cry**Single by Angel Haze

"*So let the words slip out of your mouth*"
—Christina Perri
"**Battle Cry**" is a song recorded by American rapper Angel Haze featuring Australian singer-songwriter Sia. It was released as the second single from Haze's debut album, *Dirty Gold*, on 9 January 2014. The song was produced and co-written by Greg Kurstin.

## Music video

An official music video for the song, directed by Frank Borin, was released on Haze's official Vevo account on 14 February 2014. The music video was nominated for Best Video with a Social Message at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards.

## Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from TIDAL.

* Angel Haze – writer, vocals
* Sia Furler – writer, vocals
* Greg Kurstin – writer, producer, bass guitar, drums, guitar, keyboards, piano, recording engineer
* Jesse Shatkin – recording engineer
* Alex Pasco – recording engineer
* Manny Marroquin – mixer
* Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer

## Track listing

* **Remixes EP**

1. "Battle Cry (MK Remix)" – 8:25
2. "Battle Cry (Levi Lennox Remix) – 4:07
3. "Battle Cry (Yumi And the Weather Remix)" – 4:26
4. "Battle Cry (Kudu Blue Remix)" – 4:18

## Charts

 UK Singles (OCC)
 UK R&B (OCC)

## Lyrics

[Chorus: Sia]

Money cannot buy

All the love that's here tonight

All the love that's here tonight

Oh-Oh

It's just you and I

So lift your hands toward the sky

Lift your hands toward the sky

Oh-Oh

[Verse 1: Angel Haze]

It seems like yesterday that I was nothin'

Then all of a sudden I'm a volcanic eruption

Then all of a sudden it's like spontaneous combustion

And I'm all up in your face, yelling "Bitch, you can't tell me nothin'"

'Cause I came from the bottom, now everybody's watchin'

I said it was my time, now I'm who everybody's clockin'

And I'm just out here sprintin', I'm runnin' right through my vision

I'm trying to outrun my past, but still trying to defeat my limits

'Cause you only get one moment in this life to be great

And you give it your all, despite what it takes

And you never let 'em kill you, you take everything they give you

And throw it right fucking at 'em and tell 'em it doesn't build you

And, no, it don't ever break you and, no, it can't overtake you

Life's like a bed of roses, you take the thorns and you make do

Sometimes you have to hurt for the cause to be reached

But one day you'll be stronger than all that you beat

And you can say

[Chorus: Sia]

Money cannot buy

All the love that's here tonight

All the love that's here tonight

Oh-Oh

It's just you and I

So lift your hands toward the sky

Lift your hands toward the sky

Oh-Oh

[Verse 2: Angel Haze]

I woke up one Sunday morning, stopped believing in Jesus

Stopped believing in churches, I stopped believing in preachers

I realized I was a teacher, not just one of the heathens

I'm going to destroy the fallacies, start creating believers

Start creating the leaders, tell them who should they follow

Nobody but themselves, especially if they hollow

Especially when they empty, and death reserved for fulfillment

You the only person alive that holds the key to your healing

So you take it and you run with it

And keep going even when your sun's hidden

Because the time we spend in darkness when the rain come

Is where we often find the light soon as the pain's done

There ain't no material things in the world

That can change the fact you feel alone

Despite the fact that it gets hard, you take it all and you still go

Take the sun and you still grow, lose your light and you still glow

I been there, I'm still here, and I know how you feel, so

[Chorus: Sia]

Money cannot buy

All the love that's here tonight

All the love that's here tonight

Oh-Oh

It's just you and I

So lift your hands toward the sky

Lift your hands toward the sky

Oh-Oh

[Bridge: Sia]

We don't wanna fight

So sing with me a battle cry

Sing with me a battle cry

Oh-oh

Money cannot buy

All the love that's here tonight

All the love that's here tonight

Oh-oh

[Verse 3: Angel Haze]

It's hard to explain my way of living to people who never lived it

A minute in my position filled with my opposition

To anybody not different fighting to stay the same

I got lives in my hands and I'm fighting to make 'em change

Couldn't accept responsibility, find somebody to blame

The emotions that I'm harboring 'bout to drive me insane

Tried to say "Fuck everything," but I ain't have the heart to

Rarely had the heart to do a lot of things I ought to

So now I spit it for people who say their cords missing

Inspire life into anybody that's forfeiting

Cause it's easy to keep pretending that there's nothing wrong

But it's harder to keep your head up and be fucking strong

So, now they telling me "Go, Haze, they can't stop you

Heavyweight flow, if they can't lift you then they can't drop you

The pinnacle, if they can't reach you, then they can't top you

Man, they can't do anything, that you're about to"

[Chorus: Sia]

Money cannot buy

All the love that's here tonight

All the love that's here tonight

Oh-Oh

It's just you and I

So lift your hands toward the sky

Lift your hands toward the sky

Oh-Oh

[Bridge: Sia]

We don't wanna fight

So sing with me a battle cry

Sing with me a battle cry

Oh-oh

Money cannot buy

All the love that's here tonight

All the love that's here tonight

## References

1. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a544725/angel-haze-teams-up-with-sia-for-new-single-battle-cry-listen.html#~peWrbSKYDBBkE5
2. ↑ http://www.idolator.com/7506232/angel-haze-sia-battle-cry-video/
3. ↑ http://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2014/07/17/angel-haze-sam-smith-nominated-mtv-video-music-awards
4. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/battle-cry-feat.-sia-remixes/id829740896