I feel like, in a weird way, he had his fingers in it somehow, she says.

This song needs to be heard.

(The original catalyst was a trip to visit the troops with Hillary Clinton.)

Sheryl Crow and Johnny Cash

CROW AND CASH IN THE MID-’90s.Steve Granitz/WireImage

Its important right now.

Everybody was just there together.

I felt like I couldnt deny the importance of him being heard.

And it just came together that way.

I think he wouldve loved it.

I think he would be having none of this right now.

I think he would be aghast.

This is not the America that I think he would feel proud of.

He was so outspoken and so courageous about what he believed in.

It matters that you stand up against cruelty, even on the playground.

It matters what words you choose.

It matters that we treat each other with empathy and compassion, she says.

Yet everything outside our home can sometimes work exactly opposite of that.