“Good Trouble” begins with a soprano quoting Rosa Parks “Our mistreatment was just not right and I got tired and I got tired’. Soon the chorus joins her. Artist Patricia Brown notes this refrain with red paint, beginning with small marks in a field of white, building to large marks as her voice strengthens with all who join her protest, celebrating with the words of John Lewis, the necessity of “Good Trouble”.

In this interpretation of Lord I Am Out Here On Your Word, An American folk song freely arranged by John W. Work in 1952, Artist Patricia Brown follows the lament of the tenor soloist as he sings deeper and deeper into his prayer. Delicate female voices enter with a heavenly chorus, while low humming grounds this battlefield.

Two treble trios begin this song by announcing My God is a Rock in a weary land, a shelter in the storm in this traditional spiritual arranged by Stacey Gibbs in 2017. The chorus enters providing an energetic rhythm and deep resonance for the trios to flourish throughout this complex piece.