People in Me

People in Me is an album by jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln. It was recorded on June 23, 1973, at Aoyama Victor Studio in Tokyo, and was initially released on vinyl later that year by Philips Records. On the album, Lincoln is joined by saxophonist Dave Liebman, pianist Hiromasa Suzuki, double bassist Kunimitsu Inaba, drummer Al Foster, and conga player James Mtume. The album was reissued on CD in 1978 by Inner City Records, and again on CD in 1993 by Verve Records. It was also reissued in Germany with the title Naturally by the NewEdition label (2005).

The album, the first to extensively feature Lincoln's compositions, appeared after a hiatus of roughly twelve years, during which she wrote songs and worked on vocal training. She also toured Africa with Miriam Makeba, where she was given the names "Aminata" and "Moseka," an experience that motivated her to focus on exploring her "inner voices." She recalled: "what I discovered in Africa was that I hadn't been bastardized and ruined. Everybody knew I was an African woman; they just didn't know where to put me." According to Lincoln, the album's title track was her first original song; regarding the process of composing it, she stated: "It really relieved me of whatever anxieties I had been carrying around, and it helped me to make peace with myself."