KOFOED FAMILY MUSIC
Faith & Family
Connection
Written by Kimberly Kofoed
Sung by Kylie, Shalese, Tara, Colette, Jacky & Kimberly
Sung by Kylie, Shalese, Tara, Colette, Jacky & Kimberly
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A special video: Connection, sung by the youth of Ghana Make a Difference
The original recording of Connection is by our family. In early 2024, my husband and son spent a month in Ghana doing eye exams at Ghana Make a Difference and nearby villages. The children there love to sing! When LaVar shared this song with them and I saw how much they loved it, I knew it was written for them. He recorded them singing it on his phone, and I put this video together.
About this song
We ALL just want to have a connection!
What if we really could see all God’s children as our sisters and brothers… same family, same needs?
“Hate, lies and fear, it’s time to surrender, time to forgive and time to remember. Take down the walls of strife… give value to EVERY LIFE!”
My husband and son had the incredible opportunity to go to Ghana for a month in early 2024. They went there to serve—doing eye exams at Ghana Make a Difference and surrounding villages—but really, they were the ones who were served by the love and kindness they received there! They made some lifelong friends and were reminded daily of what good people there are ALL AROUND THE WORLD and that it is never the “stuff” in life that makes us happy… it is the LOVE.
LaVar showed the youth at GMAD some of our music and they especially liked this song, so he offered to help them make a music video singing this song! He recorded their awesome voices and videos on his phone and sent me the files. It was an emotional experience watching and listening to them sing as I put the video together. ❤️ We truly “all just want to have a connection, yearning for love and craving affection… God’s family with the same needs.”
Life becomes so much bigger and sweeter when we see each other as sisters and brothers. A huge shout-out to our sisters and brothers in GHANA for sharing that vision and LOVE with us!!
Lyrics
Words and music by Kimberly Kofoed
We all just want to have a connection.
Yearning for love and craving affection.
Yearning for love and craving affection.
We all see the world from a different view.
We all come from a different place.
Brothers, sisters, do we believe it’s true?
Every person, every race?
All creation in our variety,
All unique, not one is the same.
All the people in this wide world,
God knows each of us by name, and
We all come from a different place.
Brothers, sisters, do we believe it’s true?
Every person, every race?
All creation in our variety,
All unique, not one is the same.
All the people in this wide world,
God knows each of us by name, and
We all just want to have a connection,
Yearning for love, craving affection.
Can we see what God sees?
His family with the same needs.
Oh, hate, lies and fear, it’s time to surrender,
Time to forgive, time to remember.
Take down the walls of strife,
Give value to every life.
Yearning for love, craving affection.
Can we see what God sees?
His family with the same needs.
Oh, hate, lies and fear, it’s time to surrender,
Time to forgive, time to remember.
Take down the walls of strife,
Give value to every life.
Like my brother, I want to live in peace,
Like my sister, I want respect.
Is there one that doesn’t need food to eat?
Clothes to wear and a safe place to rest?
Can I feel that I am your equal,
Whether I am rich or poor?
Not ashamed to call me your brother,
Meet my gaze when you pass my door, ’cause
Like my sister, I want respect.
Is there one that doesn’t need food to eat?
Clothes to wear and a safe place to rest?
Can I feel that I am your equal,
Whether I am rich or poor?
Not ashamed to call me your brother,
Meet my gaze when you pass my door, ’cause
We all just want to have a connection,
Yearning for love, craving affection.
Can we see what God sees?
His family with the same needs.
Oh, hate, lies and fear, it’s time to surrender,
Time to forgive, time to remember.
Take down the walls of strife,
Give value to every life.
Yearning for love, craving affection.
Can we see what God sees?
His family with the same needs.
Oh, hate, lies and fear, it’s time to surrender,
Time to forgive, time to remember.
Take down the walls of strife,
Give value to every life.
God, our creator, is the Father of us all.
His love, through mercy, redeemed us from the fall.
Each and every child is precious in His sight.
Can we see with His eyes?
Will we see through His eyes that
His love, through mercy, redeemed us from the fall.
Each and every child is precious in His sight.
Can we see with His eyes?
Will we see through His eyes that
We all just want to have a connection,
Yearning for love, craving affection.
Can we see what God sees?
His family with the same needs.
Oh, hate, lies and fear, it’s time to surrender,
Time to forgive, time to remember.
Take down the walls of strife,
Give value to every life.
Yearning for love, craving affection.
Can we see what God sees?
His family with the same needs.
Oh, hate, lies and fear, it’s time to surrender,
Time to forgive, time to remember.
Take down the walls of strife,
Give value to every life.
We all just want to have a connection, connection.
Yearning for love and craving affection, affection.
Hate, lies and fear, it’s time to surrender, surrender.
Time to forgive and time to remember.
Yearning for love and craving affection, affection.
Hate, lies and fear, it’s time to surrender, surrender.
Time to forgive and time to remember.
We all just want to have a connection.
Yearning for love and craving affection.
Yearning for love and craving affection.
Credits
Written by Kimberly Kofoed
Vocals by Kylie, Shalese, Tara, Colette, Jacky & Kimberly
Arranged and produced by Daniel Blomberg & Dave Zimmerman
Keyboard by Daniel; drums and recording by Dave at Noisebox Studios
Co-produced by Kimberly Kofoed
Ghana video: vocals by the youth at Ghana Make a Difference; voices and video recorded by LaVar; video assembled by Kimberly Kofoed