You Got to Move protest that grew into one of the first city-wide mass Demonstrations of the Civil Rights Movement. "Now I sit back and look at some of the things we did, and I say, 'What in the world came over us,' you know? But death had nothing to do with what we were doing. If somebody shot us we would be dead. And when people died, we cried. And we went to funerals. And we went and did the next thing the next day, because it was really beyond life and death. It was really like... Sometimes you know what you're supposed
What to Do When You Are Dead to Do When You Are Dead" received mixed-to-favourable reviews and went on to sell over 200,000 copies. It peaked at number 101 on the "Billboard" 200 and reached the top 10 on two other "Billboard" charts. To celebrate the album's 10th anniversary, the group played a series of shows in late 2015. In February 2003, Armor for Sleep signed to independent label Equal Vision Records who released the group's debut album "Dream to Make Believe" in June that year. According to AllMusic biographer James Christopher Monger, the release gave the group "a solid spot" in the developing emo pop genre.