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Timothy C. Takach
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All the Same
We are different on the outside yet need and want the same things from life, from each other.
SSATB a cappella, hand drum
An uptempo, a cappella closer will bring your audience to their feet. Takach’s setting of Selma Martin’s timeless words rings so true. This piece demands fiercely that we recognize the common needs among all of us regardless of race, religion, nationality, wealth or status. These needs for nourishment, love, life, and community should be met for all of us, and the intense driving rhythms show the true necessity of the appeal. Voice pairs and repeated motives frame sections of independent voice parts, and, as always, the rhythm and meter of the text is excellently set here by Takach.
Composer’s Notes
It’s so easy to look at other people and immediately notice how we are different. We put people in boxes, categorize them, notice the inconsistencies from ourselves. And yet, there are so many ways in which we are the same, and in most cases, this is more important than listing the differences. All people are different people, right? So let’s understand that as a given and move forward by leaning on the ways we can connect and relate to one another.
-Timothy C. Takach, 2025
Text
We
eat different food
wear different clothes
have different customs
speak different tongues
But
we
all
fall in love
and get up
when we fall
We
all
want
Someone to hold
A family to cherish
A way to be happy
We
all
want
To Not be afraid of the dark
Literally
Figuratively
Dubiously
We
all
Want to live a long time
And die a good death
What does it matter
if
we wear a suit,
a sari,
or a grass skirt
When
deep
down
inside
We all cry when we’re hurt
Laugh when we’re joyful
And feel the rumble in our stomachs
When we’re hungry?
Though we look and behave differently
We are all the same
All lovely
All quiet
All human
All the same
-Selma Martin, used with permission
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