"Truth to Power" is a song by American band

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as the promotional single and title song for the documentary ''An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power'' about

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's continuing mission to fight climate change. The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the

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and for Original Song in a Documentary at the 8th Hollywood Music in Media Awards.

Background and composition

"Truth to Power" was written and produced by lead singer Ryan Tedder and

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. The lyrics are written from the perspective of Mother Nature speaking to her inhabitants as a call to action against climate change. Gore described the song as capturing Mahatma Gandhi's

satyagraha Satyagraha ( sa, सत्याग्रह; ''satya'': "truth", ''āgraha'': "insistence" or "holding firmly to"), or "holding firmly to truth",' or "truth force", is a particular form of nonviolent resistance or civil resistance. Someone w ...

. Tedder described the background for the original composition of the song:

Promotion

In promotion of the song, OneRepublic performed the song on

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and at 2017

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event.

References

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