begins by declaring that, “ev-
eryone’s a poet” and offers the
mantra of hope for a divided na-
tion: “I pray the truth finds us all
in time.”
Prasa says he wrote poetry
years ago, but found it was easi-
er for him to hear a song and its
melody and then work on the
lyrics based on whatever mood
he was in at the time. The title
track itself is a political state-
ment inspired by a real life hero.
The inspiration was Shannon
Johnson, a 45-year-old health
inspector who was shot trying to
shield a co-worker from gunfire
during a terrorist attack in San
Bernardino, California. Prasa
still remembers seeing CNN’s
Anderson Cooper interview-
ing the woman saved by John-
son - a woman whose name was
pronounced like his, but was
spelled differently (Peraza).
“‘Poets & Heroes’ is about who-
ever you believe in. They’re ly-
ing to us all of the time,” said
Prasa. “You’re just looking for
some truth from someone.”
Listen to “Poets & Heroes” by Peter Prasa
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