Sam Rivera is a singer/songwriter who was born in Portland, OR to Salvadoran immigrants. Sam is the youngest of 4 siblings. He began singing at age 15 at the church where his parents have been pastors for 20 years. Sam say’s, “I avoided opportunities to sing at church. I hadn’t experienced life and felt I had nothing to share.” This led to having problems with his faith and started to stray away from church. Sam became angry, confused, experienced anxiety and fell into a depression that led him to almost end his life twice. He was cutting himself behind everyone’s back just trying to find a way to cope.

At one of his lowest points when he was about to end his life, he saw a piano, sat down and began singing worship songs. That experience turned his life around and music became a place where he could escape and express his emotions- joy, pain and fear. At 18 he began writing songs where he could communi- cate his feelings in a way he wasn’t able to before.

He began recording and releasing covers on YouTube and at the beginning of 2020 he released a bilingual version of ‘Todo Va Estar Bien’ that currently has 2.7 million views on YouTube. Within 2 hours of the upload he got the attention of Evan Craft, one of the songwriters and performers of the song and began to form a friendship.

He has gone on to write and feature on songs with Evan Craft, GAWVI and others. Sam hopes his listeners that are lost or losing their faith will find hope and reconnect or discover their faith in Christ.

Sam Rivera’s new song, ‘Rise,’ is Best Thing I Heard Today!

Visit” https://www.samriveramusic.com

SONG LYRICS:
I was asleep
But I’ve been awakened
Lost in my thoughts
And the dreams I’m chasing
No more time to lose
I can trust in you

Every time
That I hit rock bottom
I know its you
I can trust and call on
In the moment of truth
You will always come through

Been overthinking
Feels like lately I’ve been sinking
En medio de la tempestad
You won’t let me go

Rise
Up above the raging
Tide
I’m laying down all my pride
Everything I am, I surrender

Rise
Si caigo me levantarás
Mi orgullo te voy a entregar
Everything I am, I surrender

Rise
Rise
I surrender

I leave behind my past my pain
No more doubt, no fear, no shame
En la oscuridad, tu luz brillará
I just want to be who you say I am

I know I know abres el Camino
Sigo sigo
Where you say to go I’ll
Follow follow
Nothing gonna stop me
I know that you got me
So I’m not afraid to

Rise
Up above the raging
Tide
I’m laying down all my pride
Everything I am, I surrender

Rise
Si caigo me levantarás
Mi orgullo te voy a entregar
Everything I am, I surrender

Rise
Rise
I surrender

Been overthinking
Feels like lately I’ve been sinking
En medio de la tempestad
You won’t let me go

Rise
Up above the raging
Tide
I’m Laying down all my pride
Everything I am, I surrender

Rise
Si caigo me levantarás
Mi orgullo te voy a entregar
Everything I am, I surrender

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