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Stevie Wonder – Living for the City
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Wonder tells the life story of a black man living in Mississippi during the Civil Rights era.
The man has seen the hardships faced by his family, but doesn’t allow that to
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Ray Charles – Living For The City
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[Verse 1] / The boy is born in hard-time mississippi / Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty / His parents give him love and affection / To keep him strong moving in the
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Stevie Wonder – Living For The City (Live/1995)
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[Verse 1] / A boy is born in hard time Mississippi / Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty / His parents give him love and affection / To keep him strong, moving in the
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Stevie Wonder – Living For The City [Live]
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A boy is born in hard time Mississippi / Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty / His parents give him love and affection / To keep him strong moving in the right direction
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Stevie Wonder – Living for the City Samples
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Stevie Wonder – Living for the City Covers
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Stevie Wonder – Living for the City Samples
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Gillan – Living for the City
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A boy is born in hardtime Mississippi / Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty / His parents give him love and affection / To keep him strong moving in the right direction
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The Dirtbombs – Livin' for the City
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[Verse 1] / A boy is brought from hard time Teocaltiche / To El Norte home, four walls that ain't so pretty / His parents give him love and affection / To keep him strong moving in
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Roger Troutman – Living for the City
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Living... / ...Just Enough For The City / Mmmmmmmm... / Ah! / A boy is born in hard time Mississippi / Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty / His parents give him love and
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Bonnie Tyler – Living for the City
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A boy is born in Hardtime Mississippi / Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty / His parents give him love and affection / To keep him strong, movin' in the right direction
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Toto – Living for the City
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A boy is born in hard time Mississippi / Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty / His parents give him love and affection / To keep him strong moving in the right direction
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Piano Project – Living for the City
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[Instrumental]
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Roller coaster – Living for the City
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(Instrumental)
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The Soul Rebels – Living for the City
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[Instrumental]
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Ike & Tina Turner – Living for the City
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[Verse 1] / A boy is born in hard time Mississippi / Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty / His parents give him love and affection / To keep him strong and movin' in the
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Lindsay Lohan – Don't Move On / Living For The City / Changes (Medley)
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[Don't Move On:] / You brought me to the highest Mountain / Out of my, deep despair / And you don't know how much I need you / To stand beside you / To breath your air / Don't move
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Sylvester – Living for the City
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[Verse 1] / A boy is born in hard time Mississippi / Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty / His parents give him love and affection / To keep him strong movin' in the
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Ramsey Lewis – Living for the City
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[Instrumental]
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Paul Horn – Living For the City
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[Instrumental] / [Refrain] / Da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da-da / Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da / [Instrumental] / [Refrain] / Da-da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da-da
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Thad Jones & Mel Lewis – Living for the City
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[Instrumental]
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Michael McDonald – Living for the City
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A boy is born in hard time Mississippi / Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty / His parents give him love and affection / To keep him strong moving in the right direction
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Maynard Ferguson – Livin' for the City
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[Instrumental]
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Noel Pointer – Living For the City
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Hugo Montenegro – Living for the City
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Caesar Frazier – Living For the City
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Pete Huttlinger – Living For the City
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Jonny Lang – Livin' for the City (live)
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A boy is born / In hard time Mississippi / Surrounded by four walls / That ain't so pretty / His parents give him / Love and affection / To keep him strong / Movin' in the right
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Wu-Tang Clan – The City Samples
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Spotify – Black History Salute
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* = Page created but not yet scribed / *Martin Luther King, Jr. - Final Speech (April 3, 1968) / Nina Simone - Revolution (Pts. 1 and 2) / Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me
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USHER – Lil Freak Samples
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Rolling Stone (Ft. Stevie Wonder) – Stevie Wonder: Innervisions
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The greening of Motown continues apace, with performers who once flourished under the company's autocratic guidelines (the Four Tops, Gladys Knight) seeking success elsewhere while
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Stevie Wonder – Higher Ground
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Despite some misconceptions, “Higher Ground” was released before Stevie Wonder’s near-fatal car accident. However, one could be forgiven for this mistake: in the song, Wonder
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Kurtis Blow – 8 Million Stories Samples
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Talib Kweli (Ft. Phil Da Agony) – For The City
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[Hook] / No one said it'd be easy / Living just for the city / I'm 'gon be alright (x2) / Cuz whatever I do / I'm gonna keep looking to you / Long as I'm on my grind / I'll know I'
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The Roots – Grits Samples
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