"Declaration (This is It)" is a

gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...

song by

Kirk Franklin Kirk Dewayne Franklin (born January 26, 1970) is an American songwriter, choir director, gospel singer, and rapper. He is best known for leading urban contemporary gospel ensembles such as The Family, God's Property, and One Nation Crew (1NC ...

from his 2007 album '' The Fight of My Life''. The song contains samples of and interpolations of "This Is It" by Michael McDonald and

Kenny Loggins Kenneth Clark Loggins (born January 7, 1948) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. His early songs were recorded with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1970, which led to seven albums recorded as Loggins and Messina from 1972 to 1977. Hi ...

who are credited with Franklin as composers of the song.

Charts

"Declaration (This Is It)" became a crossover hit, moving to #13 on the U.S. ''

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'' Hot Adult R&B Airplay Chart and #35 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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Chart.

Personnel

Vocals

#Anaysha Figueroa #Charmaine Swimpson #Ashley Guilbert #Nikki Ross #Melodie Davis #Issac Carree #Joy Hill #Myron Bulter #Caltomeesh west #Deonis Cook #Anthony Evans

Instruments

#Robert "Sput Searight - Drums #Ayron Lewis - Hammond B-3 #Rodney Lawson - Lead guitar #DaBoyz'nBarry - Strings & Horns

Other personnel

#Programming - Shaun Martin, Kirk Franklin #Ernest "Ernie G" Green - DJ #Larry Gold - String arrangement #Chris Godbey - String recording # Tre Nagella - String recording #Eric Hartman - Engineer, Asst. Engineer #Ryan Moys - String recording #Jason Goldstein - Mixing ''*Note: Personnel listing from The Fight of My Life album liner.''

Awards

The song was nominated for a

Dove Award A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The awards are presented annually. Formerly held in Nashville, Tennessee, the Dove Award ...

for Urban Recorded Song of the Year at the

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.Nominations Announced for 40th GMA Dove Awards
at CBN.com

References

External links

Music video at Yahoo! MusicSong lyrics at Yahoo! Music
{{authority control 2007 singles 2007 songs Gospel songs Kirk Franklin songs Songs written by Kirk Franklin Songs written by Kenny Loggins Songs written by Michael McDonald (musician)