It was written and produced by Keys, Swizz Beatz, Mark Batson, and Harold Lilly and reflects about both national and international social and political issues.

I’m looking forward to continuing to spread that dialog, that conversation The song, written and produced by Keys, Swizz Beatz, Mark Batson, and Harold Lilly, is an up-tempo ballad which describes Keys' frustration with both national and international issues, including the conflict between Israel and Gaza and the outbreak of the Ebola virus, as well as problems with education and gun laws in the United States.

On the site of the cause, people can read about and donate to 12 different groups, striving towards, among other things, improving gay rights, fighting racial inequity in the American justice system, and also her own organization, Keep a Child Alive.

[8] The review stated that an attempt "to effect social change through song would hit if it weren't such an overwrought exercise in cliche.

[9] The video, which was directed by Art Johnson, is set on top of a skyscraper in New York City, with Keys playing the piano and singing.

[18] On September 27, 2014 she performed the song together with Amir-Kanoon and Idan Raichel onstage at the 2014 Global Citizen Festival in Central Park in New York City.

[20] Keys performed "We Are Here" along with "Empire State of Mind" and "No One" at the 2014 We Can Survive Concert held at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on October 24, 2014.