In an interview with BuzzFeed, she [Tessa Thompson] explained that the soundtrack song “Get Your Life” was “a really nice point of intersection that happened organically.” After Dear White People premiered at Sundance, director Justin Simien asked if she and Jesse would be interested in contributing a song to the film. While they were thrilled to be included, Jesse confessed “it took until the eleventh hour to think of an original song.”
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“Get Your Life” is a track by Caught A Ghost which appears on Dear White People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Watch the new music video directed by Dear White People Director Justin Simien and starring Tessa Thompson (who is also one-half of Caught A Ghost), plus cast members from the film:
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