The music employs word painting; for example, the melody reaches its highest note on “rise” in the first verse ... optimistic: “Lift every voice and sing / Till earth and heaven ring ...

R&B star Ledisi performed on one of the biggest stages in her Grammy-winning career with a compelling live rendition of "Lift ...

Singer-songwriter and music producer Ledisi and American Sign Language translator Otis Jones perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" at Super ... the Super Bowl's first-ever pre-game poem honoring ...

Grammy Award winner Andra Day, American Sign Language performer Shaheen Sanchez open Super Bowl LVIII with "Lift Every Voice and Sing ... delivers the Super Bowl's first-ever pre-game poem ...

The Emmy-winning actress and singer, 66, performed the hymn "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of Super Bowl ... when a taped version of Alicia Keys performing it played ahead of the big game.