I am thrilled for the movies success!

Happy for all involved, the 62-year-oldtweetedTuesday.

However, I do want my royalty fee for the lyrics I added to IM HERE.'

LaChanze

LaChanze

I am thrilled for the movies success!

Happy for all involved.

However, I do want my royalty fee for the lyrics I added to IM HERE.

‘A Thousand And One,’ ‘Bottoms’ and ‘The Color Purple’ (2023)

The song is the climax of Celies journey and the musical itself and a declaration of her personal empowerment.

LaChanze won a Tony for her performance, and Im Here was a key part of that.

But she described her part in it in arecent interviewwith Time.

I said, I wanna flirt with somebody, I know I got my sister.

She cant be with me.

So I like to say I helped write the song.

Deadline reached out to the studio and will update this story with any comment received.