THE ANTHEM OF THE CREATREPRENEUR
On My Way Up
I wrote the words. AI made the music, sang it, and took the stage. Same Full Stack I use to run a business, this time pointed at the song I live by.
The singer you see and hear is AI-generated: the voice by Suno, the performance by HeyGen Avatar IV. The lyrics are mine.
Why this song
This is the anthem of The Creatrepreneur. It speaks from my SOUL, and I listen to it every day. It traces the climb: a vision pursued through setbacks, choosing creation over fear and doubt, staying true through the quiet seasons, and then lifting the ones who are finding their way.
I first wrote and published “On My Way Up” in August 2025. Later I wrote an extended version with two more verses. The video was made on HeyGen’s free plan, whose length limits meant leaving out verses 4 and 5. The full lyrics are below.
How it was made: one stack, five roles
Every business tool I teach has a human at the front of it. This song is the same method, pointed at joy instead of revenue.
| Role | Who or what | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Intent and words (HI) | Kevin J. Barrett | Chose what the song is about and wrote every lyric |
| Music and voice (AI) | Suno | Composed the arrangement and sang it in a jazz female voice |
| Performer (AI) | HeyGen Avatar IV | Put a singer on a stage and synced her to the track |
| The page (AI-assisted) | Divi, with Claude | Built and drafted the page you are reading |
| The follow-up (AI-assisted) | GoHighLevel | Sends the three-email walkthrough if you ask for it below |
That is the Co-Elevation AI & HI Method in one picture: the human sets the intent, AI does the heavy lifting, and the human decides what is good enough to keep. It is the same stack behind my field reports and listed on The Full Stack.
The time it took
| Stage | Time |
|---|---|
| Writing the lyrics (HI) | Several days |
| Integrating vocals and instrumental in Suno | About 3 hours |
| First HeyGen video, while learning the tool | Close to 4 days |
| Remix with new audio and instrumental, using Co-Elevation | About 45 minutes |
The words took longest, as they should. The tools got faster as I learned them: four days became 45 minutes.
How the final cut came together. HeyGen lip-syncs best to a clean voice, so the first video used the vocal track alone. For the final cut I worked from two files, vocals and instrumental, and added captions and an end card. I did it with Claude in the browser, so two AIs worked in tandem, with me directing. That is Co-Elevation AI & HI: the human sets the intent and the AIs do the heavy lifting together.
What I own, and what I don’t
On January 22, 2026, I filed a US Copyright Office application for the extended version. The claim covers my lyrics only. I don’t claim the music or the voice, because AI made those.
That is AI & HI in practice. The human part is the part you can own, so the human part is the part worth doing well.
Full lyrics (extended version)
The video sings verses 1 to 3 and the choruses. Verses 4 and 5 appear here only.
Verse 1
Started with a vision, fire in my chest
Dreams were just a whisper, now they won't rest
Took the long road, learned from every fall
Now I stand stronger, I'm answering the call
Chorus
I'm on my way up, higher every day
Building my tomorrow in the boldest way
With faith in my heart, and the stars as my guide
I rise, I shine — nothing can hold back my stride
Verse 2
Every setback taught me how to grow
Turned my pain to power, let the whole world know
I choose creation over fear and doubt
The life I'm living is the dream I've mapped out
Chorus
(repeat)
Verse 3
Now I see the future, wide and free
SOULutions flowing through my legacy
From Qoollege sparks to a world anew
A Creatrepreneur rising, and the dream came true
Chorus
(repeat)
Verse 4
I walked through seasons others couldn't see
Quiet nights, big faith, just betting on me
Brick by brick, I stayed aligned and true
Every promise kept became something new
Chorus
(repeat)
Verse 5
Now I lift the ones who are finding their way
Turn lessons into light, show them how to stay
Rooted in purpose, rising together we trust
What we're building now is bigger than us
Verse 3
(repeat)
Final Chorus (bigger)
I'm on my way up, higher every day
Building my tomorrow in the boldest way
With faith in my heart, and the stars as my guide
I rise, I shine — nothing can hold back my stride
© 2025–2026 Kevin J. Barrett. All rights reserved. Original lyrics 2025; extended version 2026, US copyright registration pending.
Inspired by Manon Dave
The spark came from Manon Dave, a producer and creator whose lesson on writing your own anthem with AI is part of Amplify with AI, Mindvalley’s 20-lesson program on using AI. His idea is simple: the music you run to is usually someone else’s story, so write your own. I took his approach, wrote my own words, and added HeyGen to put the song on a stage. The same program, which also covers assistants, custom GPTs, deep research, prompting, visuals and video storytelling, is what prompted me to build my own custom GPT.
Write your own anthem
You don’t need to play an instrument. You need a goal and a few honest lines.
- Pick one goal. Something you are reaching for, not something you already have.
- Gather the pictures. Places, people and small rituals that belong to that goal. Write a word for each.
- Write your own lines. Rough is fine. The words are the part that is yours.
- Let the AI make the music. Give it a style and a feeling, generate a few versions, and listen to all of them.
- Keep the one that moves you. Then play it on your morning walk and notice what it does.
Write Your Own Anthem: a three-email walkthrough
I’ll only use your details to send the walkthrough, and The Chronicles if you tick the box. See the Privacy Policy.
The same tools that answer a business’s phone after hours can help a person hear their own goal sung back to them. Formation over Extraction applies to joy too.