When the two returned to Los Angeles, they were joined by independent producer, Leslie Brown, who came on board to produce the Los Angeles portion of the music video. With so much international footage already captured, it was now necessary to create the rest of the story around that footage to make it work. And it was time to produce a song. Award winning composer, Geoff Levin agreed to collaborate on the music and pull together the necessary artists. Levin had a pre-determined R&B rhythm to work with, which was crucial to the final video. So Levin contacted Hiroko Hayata and Chris Thomas, who recorded a rough first draft with Florida based rap artist, Charles Gee, who wrote the music with Thomas. Silverlake resident, Lai Lai, was also brought into the studio and wrote her rap to add to the mix.

The production took 26 days of shooting, at more than 15 locations throughout Los Angeles, involving more than 250 local residents, who volunteered or donated their time and/or goods to make this video possible.

The project was initially released on August 24, 2004 at the United Nations as part of the YHRI International Youth Summit in New York City in celebration of the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education, where 20 youth delegates from around the world spoke out about human rights issues.

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