Eric Church performed “Kill a Word” during A&E’s  live Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America Friday night, and he didn’t do it alone. Joining him on the song from his new album, Mr. Misunderstood, were the legendary Smokey Robinson, Aloe Blacc and Rhiannon Giddens.

The song where Church dreams of having the ability to rob words of any negative impact was perfect for the concert special, which was set up to help bring awareness to the progress on race in America, as well as raise money to grant funding to individuals and organizations fostering understanding, and eliminating bias. Zac Brown Band, Ed Sheeran, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Pink and many others also performed.