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JANUARY 12, 2015 – 1:21 PM – 0 COMMENTS
With over a million albums sold, Tenth Avenue North has successfully rocked the music world. Their latest album, Cathedrals recently debuted at #32 on the Billboard 200. This week, the band known for their socially conscious work, released the music video of ‘For Those Who Can’t Speak’, a song which focuses on human trafficking awareness. With January being designated as National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, I caught up with Tenth Avenue North’s frontman, Mike Donehey to discuss the inspiration and impact of this important song.
Watch the music video of For Those Who Can’t Speak here.
Tenth Avenue North’s song ‘For Those Who Can’t Speak’ has some extremely powerful, touching, and important lyrics. What inspired you to write this song?
There were several factors that went into the writing of this song. First, it was “End It Day,” which is a day dedicated to raising awareness on human trafficking and slavery all across the globe. Second, I had been thinking a lot about Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech. We were waiting in our dressing room, and a rapper named Derek Minor was on tour with us. He busted through the door when he heard us working on the hook. We looked at him and said, “Do you want to rap on it? And he agreed, so he and a rapper named KB added verses to it. There you have it.