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Carmen Garrett-Goodwine
"WE RISE" - BY MERIDIAN
This song was written from the heart of your purpose. When you said, “My purpose is to encourage so that we can exceed our expectations,” it wasn’t just a statement, it was a shift. It was you choosing to stand inside the circle instead of carrying it from the edges. “We Rise” captures the kind of leadership that doesn’t demand, control, or overpower. It sees, it speaks, it calls things forward before they’re visible. It believes first and because of that belief, something in the room changes. This song honors the way you lift others without disappearing, the way you create space without losing yourself. It isn’t hype, it’s conviction. It’s what happens when alignment turns into movement. Because you stand where you stand, because you say what you say, because you choose to encourage, we rise. And you rise with us.
"WE RISE (REMIX)" - BY MERIDIAN
"I STAND FREE" - BY MERIDIAN
This song came from the shift beneath everything else. Before the anthems, before the purpose statements, before the collective rise. It came from the moment you realized you didn’t have to carry it all. “I Stand Free” is about that release, the quiet decision to stop moving from fear and start moving by choice, to stop bending under pressure and stand as flesh and bone: human, grounded, present. It honors the pattern you laid down, fixing, stepping in, holding steady and the line you crossed when you chose freedom over control. At its core, this song holds one truth: you don’t abandon yourself to be anything. By the time “free” echoes at the end, it isn’t performance, it’s posture. And it’s yours.
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This composition is part of the Meridian creative archive. All master and publishing rights are retained by Meridian by Velora. This work was created in reflection of your journey and is licensed to you for private use. Meridian reserves the right to adapt or publicly release the composition in the future.