"You’ve Got To Feel" is a powerful 2020 collaboration between (Lorely Rodriguez) and Amber Mark that transforms political frustration and grief into a driving dance-pop anthem. Released just a week before the 2020 US presidential election, the track serves as both a call to action and a deeply personal reflection on social justice. The Inspiration & Message
: This track marked the inaugural release for Empress Of’s own independent label, Major Arcana . Musical Structure "You’ve Got To Feel" is a powerful 2020
: While Rodriguez provided the production and the chorus, Amber Mark’s vocals are front-and-center, providing the rhythmic, almost spoken-word delivery for the biting political verses. Musical Structure : While Rodriguez provided the production
: Rodriguez created the beat as a reaction to social complacency toward police violence, centered on the core hook: "You've got to feel to let it heal" . Amber Mark’s vocals are front-and-center
: Amber Mark’s verses take a direct political stance, calling out capitalism as the "root of our symptoms" and critiquing the "American Dream" as a concept written only for the rich.