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Frank Sinatra - The House I Live In

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Album: Romance
Released: 1945

The House I Live In Lyrics

What is America to me
A name, a map, or a flag I see
A certain word, democracy
What is America to me

The House I Live In
A plot of Earth, a street
The grocer and the butcher
And the people that I meet

The children in the playground
The faces that I see
All races and religions
That's America to me

The place I work in
The worker by my side
The little town the city
Where my people lived and died

The howdy and the handshake
The air a feeling free
And the right to speak your mind out
That's America to me

The things I see about me
The big things and the small
The little corner newsstand
Or the house a mile tall

The wedding and the churchyard
The laughter and the tears
The dream that's been a growing
For a hundred and fifty years

The town I live in
The street, the house, the room
The pavement of the city
Or the garden all in bloom

The church the school the clubhouse
The million lights I see
But especially the people
That's America to me

Writer/s: ALLAN, LEWIS / ROBINSON, EARL
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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The House I Live In

This became a patriotic anthem in America during World War II. The lyrics describe the wonderful things about the country, with images of the era like the grocer, the butcher, and the churchyard. The "house" is a metaphor for the country.

The song was written in 1943 with lyrics by Abel Meeropol and music by Earl Robinson. Meeropol, who wrote it under the pen name Lewis Allan, had very liberal views and mixed feelings about America. He loved the constitutional rights and freedoms that America was based on, but he hated the way people of other races, religions, and political views were often treated. His lyrics do not reflect the way he thought America was but what it had the potential to be. With the country under attack, he wanted to express why it was worth fighting for.

Meeropol was dogged by the government for his liberal (some would say communist) views. He took a particular interest in the case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were accused of passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union and executed in 1953. Meeropol felt they were wrongly accused, and he and his wife adopted their two sons when they were put to death. The sons, Michael and Robert, took Meeropol's last name (it was easier to be a Meeropol than a Rosenberg at the time) and have spent their adult lives trying to clear their birth parents' names.

Meeropol wrote a lot of songs, including "Strange Fruit," which was about the horrors of lynchings and became Billie Holiday's signature song. Many songs he wrote were parodies of America, with commentary on racism and political oppression. He wrote several versions of this, including one for children and one that expanded the "house" to mean the whole world, not just America. He also wrote a scathing version about things he felt were bad in the US. The idyllic images were replaced with lines like "The cruelty and murder that brings our country shame."

Earl Robinson, who wrote the music, also had very liberal views. During the McCarthy era, he was hounded for being a communist and blacklisted from Hollywood, making it hard for him to find work. Before his death in 1991, he wrote presidential campaign songs for FDR (1944), Henry Wallace (1948), and Jesse Jackson (1984).

This has been recorded by a slew of artists, including Mahalia Jackson, Paul Robeson, Sonny Rollins, and Josh White. Sinatra's version is the most famous, as it was used in a short film he starred in with the same name in 1945. When Meeropol saw the film, he became enraged when he learned they deleted the second stanza of his song, which he felt was crucial to the meaning. He had to be removed from the theater. With its message of racial harmony, the second stanza was deemed too controversial for the film.

Sinatra loved this song and performed it many times, even as his political views moved from left to right as he got older. As an Italian-American, Sinatra experienced bigotry growing up, but he also loved the United States. He sang this at an inaugural he produced for John F. Kennedy, and again in the Nixon White House, and performed it for Ronald Reagan at the re-dedication of the Statue Of Liberty in 1986.

Charles Pignone, Vice President of Frank Sinatra Enterprises, also remembers watching him perform this in the '90s during the First Gulf War. "He would sing that every decade of his career," Pignone said in a Songfacts interview. "And that was another song that just stayed with him throughout his life." He added: "I remember sometimes he would tear up after 'The House I Live In."

This regained popularity among Americans in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. A lot of people found it comforting at a difficult time.

In 2002, comedian Bill Cosby opened some of his shows with this playing while a light shined on an empty chair. The song had meaning for Cosby not only because of September 11, but also because of his son, who was murdered in 1997 at age 27 when he pulled over to fix a flat tire.

Sinatra appeared in a 10-minute short for RKO, also titled The House I Live In, where he lectured a group of boys on racial and religious tolerance. Written by Albert Maltz, produced by Frank Ross and directed by Mervyn LeRoy, the film won a special Honorary Academy Award in 1946.

Here's Sinatra's introduction to this song, live at Madison Square Garden in 1974: "It's a song about this great, big, wonderful, imperfect country. I say imperfect because if it were perfect it wouldn't be any fun trying to fix it, trying to make it work better, trying to make sure that everybody gets a fair shake and then some. My country is personal to me because my father, who wasn't born here, rest his soul, he made sure that I was born here. And he used to tell me when I was a kid that America was a land of dreams and a dreamland, well I don't know if our country fulfilled all of his dreams while he was alive, but tonight with all of us together for this hour, it sure fulfills my dreams. And to all of you in the country and all of you watching tonight, here's a song about a place we call home, probably the greatest nation ever put on this earth."

Jess Glynne - Right Here

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Album: I Cry When I Laugh
Released: 2014

Right Here Lyrics

Finally I'm where I wanna be,
I didn't think this life was gonna be for me
I love you baby, do discover was I here
But now I'm caught up in a dream, don't wanna leave!

See I can't give one for wish or not at all
When you least expect it's creepin' up on you
No confiding nor bite it to my rose
And now I'm counting knowing I'm here with you

Right Here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, waiting for your calling
Now I'm right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, right here!

Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah

Infatuation took a hole of my mind
I wouldn't change it for the world
Now you're mine
You played me hard to get for a while
Still got me deeper every day with your smile!

See I can't give one for wish or not at all
When you least expect it's creepin' up on you
No confiding nor bite it to my rose
And now I'm counting knowing I'm here with you

Right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, waiting for your calling
Now I'm right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, right here!

Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah

You know I'm contained
Oh yes, I'm up on that thing
Right here is what I'd be
I'm not complaining
Finally I'm content
Oh yes, about that thing
Right here is where I'd stay
But I'm not complaining

Right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, right here!

Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah

Right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, waiting for your calling
Now I'm right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, right here!

Right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, waiting for your calling
Now I'm right here, you got me where you want me
Now I'm right here, right here!

Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah
Ooh oh oh oh
Aah ah ah ah

Writer/s: ROBSON-SCOTT, MATTHEW / GIBBON, KYE / GLYNNE, JESS
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Right Here

This is Jess Glynne's first official solo single after hit collaborations with Clean Bandit and Route 94 and her own promo tune, "Home." The song was released as a digital download on June 6, 2014 in the UK.

Jess Glynne wrote the song with:

Stockport, Manchester singer-songwriter Janee “Jin Jin† Bennett whom Jess Glynne met at music college.

The English Electronic music duo Gorgon City who first came to the public's attention with their UK Top 5 hit "Ready For Your Love."

Glynne told The Idolator : "The song came about from my publisher who manages Gorgon City, and he put us together."

This song finds Glynne singing of a significant other. The singer revealed to The Independent that this track and the other songs on I Cry When I Laugh are about her relationship and break-up with a female romantic partner. "The songs on this album are about a girl," she explained. "I would never lie about a situation I've been in. I feel like with the album I'm putting my cards out on the table. I wouldn't want it to be misconstrued and the fact of the matter is those songs are about a girl. I was heartbroken about a girl, it wasn't a guy."

The Vogues - Five O'Clock World

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Album: The Vogues' Greatest Hits
Released: 1965

Five O'Clock World Lyrics

Up ev'ry morning just to keep a job
I gotta fight my way through the hustling mob,
Sounds of the city pounding in my brain
While another day goes down the drain.
But it's a Five O'Clock World when the whistle blows,
No one owns a piece of my time.
And there's a five o'clock me inside my clothes,
Thinking that the world looks fine. Yeah! Adalee!

Trading my time for the pay I get
Living on the money that I ain't made yet,
Gotta keep goin' gotta make my way
But I live for the end of the day.
'Cause it's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows,
No one owns a piece of my time.
And there's a long haired girl who waits, I know,
To ease my troubled mind. Yeah! Adalee!

In the shelter of her arms ev'rything's o.k.
She talks and the world goes slipping away,
And I know the reason I can still go on
When ev'ry other reason is gone.
In my five o'clock world she waits for me,
Nothing else matters at all.
'Cause ev'ry time my baby smiles at me,
I know that it's all worthwhile, yeah

Writer/s: Reynolds, Allen
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Five O'Clock World

In this song, the singer works hard all day to earn a living, but he comes alive at 5 O'Clock - quitting time.

The Vogues were a vocal quartet from Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. This is their best-known song, but they placed three others in the US Top 10: "You're The One" (#4, 1965), "Turn Around, Look At Me" (#7, 1968), and "My Special Angel" (#7, 1968, also a #1 Adult Contemporary hit).

This was used as the opening of The Drew Carey Show for the first few seasons, later the intro theme was changed to "Cleveland Rocks". (thanks, Gene - Hammond, IN)

This song was written by Allen Reynolds, who went on to great success as Garth Brooks' record producer. (thanks, Travis - Los Angeles, CA)

This was recorded in Nashville at RCA Studio B, which is where Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, the Everly Brothers, and hundreds of others put down tracks. The musicians on the session were transplants from FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, which was just becoming a musical mecca. David Briggs (keyboards), Jerry Carrigan (drums) and Norbert Putnam (bass) were some of the musicians on the session.

Jungle - Busy Earnin'

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Album: Jungle
Released: 2014

Busy Earnin' Lyrics

So you come a long way
But you'll never have me
Never have things for a normal life
It's time, too Busy Earnin'
You can't get enough

This busy earnin'
You can't get enough

You think that all your time is used
T0o busy earnin'
You can't get enough

And I get always
But I bet it won't change, no
Damn, that's a boring life
It's quite, busy earnin'
You can't get enough

This busy earnin'
You can't get enough

You think that all your time is used
Too busy earnin'
You can't get enough

Just busy earnin'

You can't get enough

You think that all your time is used
To busy earnin'
You can't get enough

You think that all your time is used
To busy earnin'
You can't get enough

Just busy earnin'
You can't get enough, no
Just busy earnin'
You can't get enough

Writer/s: JOSHUA LLOYD-WATSON, THOMAS MCFARLAND
Publisher: DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Busy Earnin'

Jungle is a London-based group comprising Josh "J" Lloyd-Watson and Tom "T" McFarland, who grew up as neighbors in West London. This is a track from their eponymous debut album.

Jungle told NME about the song: "It's weird, a lot of people seem to have thought this song's a celebration of making money when it's completely the opposite. It's about that fear of spending your life chasing a career you don't really want."

J told The Sun: "There were so many versions of Busy Earnin'. We had a seven minute psychedelic version that got cut down, but I do think there was a point where it came together like glue, and I sat down and thought, 'This sounds really good.'"

The video shows an unidentified street dance crew who hold their pose before completing an aggressive routine choreographed by Birdgang member Kendra J Horsburgh. J told NME: "The guys in 'Busy Earnin' represent the meanings of the song, but just in their eyes. I love that human emotion. It's true to what we're about."

Sarah McLachlan - Hold On

Sarah McLachlan - Hold On Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Released: 1995

Hold On Lyrics

Hold On
Hold on to yourself
For this is gonna hurt like hell.

Hold on
Hold on to yourself.
You know that only time can tell

What is it in me that refuses to believe
This isn't easier than the real thing.

My love
You know that you're my best friend.
You know that I'd do anything for you
And my love
Let nothing come between us
My love for you is strong and true.

Am I in heaven here or
Am I
At the crossroads I am standing.

So now you're sleeping peaceful
I lie awake and pray
That you'll be strong tomorrow
And will see another day
And we will praise it
And love the light that brings a smile
Across your face.

Oh God,
If you're out there won't you hear me.
I know that we've never talked before

And oh God,
The man I love is leaving
Won't you take him when he comes to your door.

Am I in heaven here or
Am I in hell
At the crossroads I am standing.

So now you're sleeping peaceful
I lie awake and pray
That you'll be strong tomorrow
And we'll see another day
And we will praise it
And love the light that brings a smile
Now you're sleeping peaceful
I lie awake and pray
That you'll be strong tomorrow
And we'll see another day
And we will praise it
And love the light that brings a smile
Across your face

Hold on
Hold on to yourself
For this is gonna hurt like hell.

Writer/s: MCLACHLAN, SARAH
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Hold On

This was inspired by a documentary McLachlan saw about a woman whose fiancé was dying of AIDS.

A softer, sadder version of this can be heard on her album Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff.

La Roux - Kiss and Not Tell

La Roux - Kiss and Not Tell Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Trouble in Paradise
Released: 2014

Kiss and Not Tell Lyrics

Ten thousand stories sent
Two lovers disguise
You've seen the future now
A love that is blind

Makes you want to Kiss and Not Tell
Makes you want to kiss and not tell

You've dialed that number now
So where's the surprise
Temptations calling you
A secret reply

Makes you want to kiss and not tell
Makes you want to kiss and not tell

All along I've had feelings I can't help
Makes me want to kiss and not tell

You say in evidence
They won't take you alive
But when the sun goes down
You cover your lies

Makes you want to kiss and not tell
Makes you want to kiss and not tell

You like the elegance
But it's weighing you down
And sometimes you just need a night on the town, oh

Makes you want to kiss and not tell
Makes you want to kiss and not tell

All along I've had feelings I can't help
Makes me want to kiss and not
And all I want is to come right out of my shell
Makes me want to kiss and not tell

All along I've had feelings I can't help
Makes me want to kiss and not
And all I want is to come right out of my shell
Makes you want to kiss and not tell

All along I
Feelings I can't
Feelings I can't help
All I want is
To come right out my
Come right out my shell

All along I
Feelings I can't
Feelings I can't help
All I want is
To come right out my
To come right out my shell (Makes me want to kiss)

All along I
Feelings I can't
Feelings I can't help (Makes me want to kiss)
All I want is
To come right out my
To come right out my shell (Makes me want to kiss)

Writer/s: Sherwin, Ian Francis / Jackson, Elly / Langmaid, Ben / Berry, Darren
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Kiss and Not Tell

Singing in a lower register and with more controlled tones than on La Roux's debut record, Elly Jackson sounds like a different person on this song. "I wasn't just an angry young girl when I made the first album, I was f---ing FURIOUS," she laughed to Q magazine, "That's why I sang in a register only dogs could hear."

So what changed?

"I'm not in pain any more," Jackson replied. "The first album was all, 'Ohhh, you don't love me.' I would drive to Ben's studio in tears every day. It's different this time because I didn't have that ache to write - I'm not writing songs to say, 'Yeah, that's what I f---ing feel about you!' I'm writing about characters instead."

The song features cult performer Chilly Gonzalez pounding the piano. The Canadian pianist and producer is best known for playing the outro on Drake's "Marvin's Room" and the flamenco solo that opens Daft Punk's "Within."

One-time La Roux collaborator, Ben Langmaid, is missing from Trouble In Paradise. The pair were on different pages sonically and the final split came during the recording of this song. Jackson recalled to The Sun: "The moment I realised it wasn't working was one afternoon in the barn studio we worked in. We had been desperately trying to record the guitar part of 'Kiss and Not Tell.' There was a lot of hum and noise in the barn because it wasn't designed for recording. It was frustrating. Then we finally got this great sound and I did the best guitar performance I've ever done. But Ben didn't want it, and that turned into a huge argument."

"He left that night and that was the last time we saw each other," she added.

The song's music video was directed by Alexander Brown (James Blake's "The Wilhelm Scream"). The clip channels a 1980s adult chat line commercial with Elly Jackson playing host.

Be warned - If you are tempted to call the British telephone phone number featured in the video (+44-155-728-0014), International Long Distance Rates apply. Fans that do call the La Roux hotline are offered the chance to "leave a cheeky message" or listen to the song.

Eminem - Cleanin Out My Closet

Eminem - Cleanin Out My Closet Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: The Eminem Show
Released: 2002

Cleanin Out My Closet Lyrics

Where's my snare?
I have no snare in my headphones
there you go
Yeah
yo, yo

Have you ever been hated or discriminated against?
I have, I've been protested and demonstrated against
Picket signs for my wicked rhymes, look at the times
Sick as the mind of the motherfucking kid that's behind
All this commotion emotions run deep as ocean's exploding
Tempers flaring from parents just blow 'em off and keep going
Not taking nothing from no one give 'em hell long as I'm breathing
Keep kicking ass in the morning and taking names in the evening
Leave 'em with a taste as sour as vinegar in they mouth
See they can trigger me, but they'll never figure me out
Look at me now, I bet ya probably sick of me now ain't you momma?
I'mma make you look so ridiculous now

I'm sorry momma!
I never meant to hurt you!
I never meant to make you cry, but tonight
I'm cleaning out my closet (one more time)
I said I'm sorry momma!
I never meant to hurt you!
I never meant to make you cry, but tonight
I'm cleaning out my closet

Ha! I got some skeletons in my closet
And I don't know if no one knows it
So before they thrown me inside my coffin and close it
I'mma expose it, I'll take you back to '73
Before I ever had a multi-platinum selling CD
I was a baby, maybe I was just a couple of months
My faggot father must have had his panties up in a bunch
'Cause he split, I wonder if he even kissed me goodbye
No I don't. On second thought I just fucking wished he would die
I look at Hailie, and I couldn't picture leaving her side
Even if I hated Kim, I grit my teeth and I'd try
To make it work with her at least for Hailie's sake
I maybe made some mistakes, but I'm only human
but I'm man enough to face them today
What I did was stupid, no doubt it was dumb
But the smartest shit I did was take the bullets outta that gun
'Cause I'da killed him, shit I would've shot Kim and him both
It's my life, I'd like to welcome y'all to "The Eminem Show"

I'm sorry momma!
I never meant to hurt you!
I never meant to make you cry, but tonight
I'm cleaning out my closet (one more time)
I said I'm sorry momma!
I never meant to hurt you!
I never meant to make you cry, but tonight
I'm cleaning out my closet

Now I would never diss my own momma just to get recognition
Take a second to listen for who you think this record is dissing
But put yourself in my position, just try to envision
Witnessing your momma popping prescription pills in the kitchen
Bitching that someone's always going through her purse and shit's missing
Going through public housing systems, victim of Munchhausen's Syndrome
My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn't
'Til I grew up, now I blew up, it makes you sick to ya stomach
Doesn't it? Wasn't it the reason you made that CD for me Ma?
So you could try to justify the way you treated me Ma?
But guess what? You're getting older now and it's cold when you're lonely
And Nathan's growing up so quick he's gonna know that you're phony
And Hailie's getting so big now, you should see her, she's beautiful
But you'll never see her, she won't even be at your funeral!
See what hurts me the most is you won't admit you was wrong
Bitch do your song, keep telling yourself that you was a mom!
But how dare you try to take what you didn't help me to get
You selfish bitch, I hope you fucking burn in hell for this shit
Remember when Ronnie died and you said you wished it was me?
Well guess what, I am dead, dead to you as can be!

I'm sorry momma!
I never meant to hurt you!
I never meant to make you cry, but tonight
I'm cleaning out my closet (one more time)
I said I'm sorry momma!
I never meant to hurt you!
I never meant to make you cry, but tonight
I'm cleaning out my closet

Writer/s: MATHERS/BASS
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Cleanin Out My Closet

In this song Eminem talks about his mother who he feels neglected and mistreated him. When he says "Remember when Ronnie died and you said you wished that was me," he is referring to his uncle Ronnie who committed suicide in 1991. Eminem has a tattoo with his name on his left arm which reads R.I.P. with Ronnie written below it. (thanks, Modi Palmer - Houston, TX)

This was used in some of the first trailers for Eminem's movie 8 Mile. It was going to be featured in the film, but Eminem objected because he thought it was too personal. He wrote "Lose Yourself" to use in the movie and made sure to write it as the character he played in the movie.

The phrase "Cleaning out my closet" is saying that he is tired of keeping the truth about his past inside, and he wants to let everyone know about the things that happened in his childhood.

At one point, Eminem raps about his mother having Munchausen Syndrome, which is a condition where someone fakes illness to get attention. In this case, Eminem accuses him mom of keeping him sick for this purpose. (thanks, Mary - Baltimore, MD, for above 2)

When Eminem raps, "Wasn't it the reason you made that CD for me, ma, so you could try to justify the way you treated me?," he's referring to a 2001 CD called "Set The Record Straight" by the rap duo ID-X. The disc contains a song called "Dear Marshall" where Debbie Mathers, who is Eminem's mom, reads a letter to her son. (thanks, Bryan - Rockville, MD)

On his 2013 track "Headlights," Eminem apologizes to his mother for this song when he raps, "I'm sorry mama for 'Cleanin' Out My Closet.'" He also includes a line about how he dropped the song from his setlist: "That song I no longer pay at shows and I cringe every time it's on the radio."

Magic! - How Do You Want to Be Remembered

Magic! - How Do You Want to Be Remembered Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Don't Kill the Magic
Released: 2014

How Do You Want to Be Remembered Lyrics

How Do You Want to Be Remembered?
As a sinner or a saint, as a hero or a villain
Think about the steps you take
How do you want to be remembered?
When they're standing at your grave
On your tombstone, what is written?
Think about the steps you take

All my life I've been searching for the answers
How did I lose so much of the things that really mattered
Is there no paradise 'cause I feel no joy or laughter
Seems everything I touch only turns into disaster
So I ask myself.

How do you want to be remembered?
As a sinner or a saint, as a hero or a villain
Think about the steps you take
How do you want to be remembered?
When your children come to aid
And they need some inspiration
Think about the steps you take

Do I reach for love only when she says she's leaving?
Do I pray above only when I feel I'm needed?
See I can't sleep at night, when my sheep turning to demons
There's no alibi when the jury knows your secret
So I ask myself.

How do you want to be remembered?
As a sinner or a saint, as a hero or a villain
Think about the steps you take
How do you want to be remembered?
When your children come to aid
And they need some inspiration
Think about the steps you take

'Cause on the day when you face judgment
You better have your story straight
Were you a good friend and a husband
To the ones that give you love, love, love
Who you love, love, love, oh

How do you want to be remembered?
As a sinner or a saint, as a hero or a villain
Think about the steps you take
How do you want to be remembered?
When they're standing at your grave
On your tombstone, what is written?
Think about the steps you take

How do you want to be remembered?
How do you want to be remembered?
Think about the steps you take
How do you want to be remembered?
How do you want to be remembered?

Writer/s: Messinger, Adam David / Spivak, Benjamin / Pellizzer, Mark Richard / Tanasijczuk, Alex / Atweh, Nasri Tony
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group, UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUB GROUP, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, SONY ATV MUSIC PUB LLC
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How Do You Want to Be Remembered

This song is the closing track of Don't Kill the Magic, the debut studio album by Magic! The Canadian Reggae fusion band are fronted by hit-making producer Nasri Atweh (Justin Bieber's "Never Say Never," Chris Brown's "Next 2 You," Pitbull's "Feel This Moment").

Before this song came to the table, "One Woman One Man" was earmarked to be the closing track on Don't Kill The Magic. Atweh recalled to Artist Direct : "I was in Barcelona, working with Shakira. I ended up on her album. One of the days she wasn't there, I had this guitar and I thought, 'I want to do a James Taylor meets Bob Marley-esque melody.' We didn't have a hulky kind of song."

"I always had that melody in my head for 'How Do You Want To Be Remembered,' he continued. "I couldn't figure out the lyrics until after that. Once I figured out 'as a hero or a villain,' I was like, 'This is a song to inspire people.' Once I made that commitment to that, it just started to come to life."

"I went back to L.A. and said, 'Guys, we've got to do this song," Atweh added. "The guys loved it, and it was done. It was great because I really took the reins. It was the only one on the album where I was like, 'I really want to control this one. I have a vision for this. Let me run with it.' That's it. It just came together."

Nasri Atweh is generally a relaxed kind of guy, having learnt over time that there's nothing he can force and the decisions he makes affect the next ones. He sings here about his laid-back state of mind. "In that song, I'm saying, 'Think about the steps you take, because everything, there's cause and effect,'" Atweh explained to Spin magazine. "And I've been through enough and seen enough that now I could kind of see a little bit of the future from my actions. So I have nothing to worry about."

"I'm in a good headspace and my bandmates are smart and Sony Music and Latium are great," he added, "and I have a very good family and friends."

Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In

Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Walk Right In
Released: 1963

Walk Right In Lyrics

Walk Right In, sit right down
Daddy, let your mind roll on
Walk right in, sit right down
Daddy, let your mind roll on
Everybody's talkin' 'bout a new way of walkin'
Do you want to lose your mind?
Walk right in, sit right down
Daddy, let your mind roll on

Walk right in, sit right down
Baby, let your hair hang down
Walk right in, sit right down
Baby, let your hair hang down
Everybody's talkin' 'bout a new way of walkin'
Do you want to lose your mind?
Walk right in, sit right down
Baby, let your hair hang down

Walk right in, sit right down
Daddy, let your mind roll on
Walk right in, sit right down
Daddy, let your mind roll on
Everybody's talkin' 'bout a new way of walkin'
Do you want to lose your mind?
Walk right in, sit right down
Daddy, let your mind roll on
Daddy, let your mind roll on

Writer/s: CANNON, GUS / WOODS, HOSEA
Publisher: Peermusic Publishing
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Walk Right In

1963 was an eclectic year at the top of the charts, with #1 hits coming from crooners ("Blue Velvet"), girl groups ("He's So Fine"), an underage superstar ("Fingertips (Part 2)") and even an import from Japan ("Sukiyaki"). There was even room for folk music, as the Rooftop Singers hit the top spot with their adaptation of this Jug Band classic originally recorded by The Jug Stompers in 1929.

The song was written by two members of The Jug Stompers who used to perform at medicine shows: Gus Cannon (banjo, jug) and Hosie Woods (guitar, kazoo). When the Rooftop Singers turned it into a feisty singalong, Cannon and Woods got huge windfalls. Cannon, who once hocked his banjo for $20 worth of coal, not only got royalties for the hit, he also got a recording contract with Stax Records.

The Rooftop Singers were Erik Darling, Bill Svanoe and Lynne Taylor. Darling, formerly of the Tarriers ("Cindy Oh Cindy," "The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)") and the Weavers (he replaced Pete Seeger), put the trio together specifically to record this song. Darling modified some of the original lyrics; "Two way woman" became "new way of walking," for example, and the group recorded it using two 12-string guitars. Follow-up songs "Tom Cat" and "Mama Don't Allow" barely made the charts, but this group that was put together to record one song stayed together more than four years.

This being the '60s, many listeners spotted a marijuana reference in the lyrics, "Everybody's talkin' 'bout a new way of walking... do you wanna lose your mind?" It's doubtful that the writers of the song had that intention - especially in 1929.

Magic! - Mama Didn't Raise No Fool

Magic! - Mama Didn't Raise No Fool Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Don't Kill the Magic
Released: 2014

Mama Didn't Raise No Fool Lyrics

Woah (Oh)
Eh (Oh)

Mama says love is once in a lifetime
How you gonna find love and nights for the one time
See the thing about me, it's just not the right time
My mama says, "Son, you can't fight the sunshine"

I did not go, here tonight
To be struck by your light
But here I stand in your ?
Should I stay, should I go?

I want to run, I want to run from you
Mama Didn't Raise No Fool
Mama didn't raise no fool
I want to run, I want to run from you
Mama didn't raise no fool
Mama didn't raise no fool

Woah (Thank you mama, thank you mama)
Eh (Thank you mama, thank you mama)

Mama says, "Lately I don't recognize you
But if this is who you want to be you've got the right to"
(You buried your heart so guilt could never find you)
Mama says, "Love will find the boy that I knew"

I did not come, here tonight
To be brought back to life
But here I stand in my greed
Second chance is your name

I want to run, I want to run from you
Mama didn't raise no fool
Mama didn't raise no fool
I want to run, I want to run from you
Mama didn't raise no fool
Mama didn't raise no fool

I loved you since I said, "Hello"
I need you much more than I know
I did not come, here tonight
To be struck by your light
But here I stand in your ?
Should I stay or should I go?

I want to run, I want to run from you
Mama didn't raise no fool
Mama didn't raise no fool
I want to run, I want to run from you
Mama didn't raise no fool
Mama didn't raise no fool

Mama didn't raise, mama didn't raise, no
Mama didn't raise no fool
Mama didn't raise, mama didn't raise, no
Mama didn't raise no fool
Mama didn't raise, mama didn't raise, no
Mama didn't raise no fool
Mama didn't raise, mama didn't raise, no
Mama didn't raise no fool
Mama didn't raise, mama didn't raise, no
Mama didn't raise no fool
Mama didn't raise, mama didn't raise, no
Mama didn't raise no fool
Mama didn't raise, mama didn't raise, no
Mama didn't raise no fool
Mama didn't raise, mama didn't raise, no
Mama didn't raise no fool

Writer/s: ATWEH, NASRI / MESSINGER, ADAM
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Mama Didn't Raise No Fool

Magic! is a Canadian reggae-pop band based in California. They are fronted by producer Nasri Atweh, who is best known for his pop resume having co-penned hits for the likes of Justin Bieber ("Never Say Never") Chris Brown ("Next 2 You") and Pitbull "Feel This Moment"). He recalled to Billboard magazine in June 2014, "Four or five years ago, I want[ed] to do this Police thing. So we did this song 'Mama Didn't Raise No Fool.'"

"For years, everybody would say, 'That song is crazy. You should do this style,'" Atweh added: "I'd go, 'I'll never find the right musicians.' But, I met [Magic! guitarist Mark Pelli] and the rest is history."

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - The Love I Lost

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - The Love I Lost Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Greatest Hits
Released: 1973

The Love I Lost Lyrics

[Chorus]
The Love I Lost
Was a sweet love
The love I lost
Was complete love
The love I lost
I will never no no never
Love again ooh

I can remember planning
Building my whole world around you
And I can remember hoping
That you and I could make it on through
But something went wrong
We loved each other
We just couldn't get along
Take a good look at me
I'm in misery, can't you see

The love I lost (the love, the love I lost)
Was a sweet love (yes it was)
The love I lost (the love, the love I lost)
Was complete love
The love I lost
I will never no no never
Love again

I can't remember nothing, no no no
But the good times we used to share (my love)
I'm so sad and lonely
Without you my life is so dead
I'm sorry to say
You go your way and I'll go my way
It hurts deep inside
The day we said goodbye, but

[Chorus]
The love I lost (the love, the love I lost)
Was a sweet love (yes it was)
The love I lost
Was complete love
The love I lost
I will never (never) no no never
(Never) love again (I'll never love again)

I will never (never) no no never
(Never) love again ooh ooh ooh ooh
I will never (never) no no never
(Never) love again

Never (never) no no never [Repeat until fade]

Writer/s: GAMBLE, KENNY / HUFF, LEON
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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The Love I Lost

This was originally a slow, painful ballad. It was sped up as an experiment, and a major hit ensued. Co-writer Kenny Gamble recalled to Mojo magazine March 2012: "It was a ballad when we wrote it. We got in the studio and said, This is dragging, it's too slow. We told Karl (Chambers, drummer) to put that 'tsh-up, tsh-up,' that sock cymbal in there and that was the beginning of that whole Philly disco sound."

Karl Chambers was used solely on the sock cymbal. Philadelphia-based drummer Earl Young played the full kit. He is best known as the founder and leader of The Trammps, who had a hit record with "Disco Inferno."

American R&B/pop singer Sybil had a #3 hit in the UK with her 1993 cover of this song. It was billed as West End featuring Sybil.

Honey Cone - Want Ads

Honey Cone - Want Ads Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Sweet Replies
Released: 1971

Want Ads Lyrics

Wanted, young man single and free
Experience in love preferred, but will accept a young trainee
Oh I'm gonna put it in the Want Ads, I need a love that's true
Gonna put it in the want ads, my man and I are through

At home I find myself, lost and all alone
My man is playing the field, the thrill is gone
He stays out all night, says he's with the boys
But lipstick on his collar, perfume on it too
Tells me he's been lying, tell ya what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna put it in the want ads, this girl's in misery
Gonna put it in the want ads, somebody rescue me

I spend my nights alone, cryin' bitter tears
Although I cry aloud, nobody really hears
And when I need him most, he's never by my side
He's either playing cards, or drinking at the bar
He thinks that I'm a fool, I'm going to the evening news
Gonna put it in the want ads, I need somebody new
Gonna put it in the want ads, my man and I are through

Extra extra, read all about it, wanted, young man single and free
Experience in love preferred, but will accept a young trainee

Extra extra, read all about it, wanted, young man single and free
Experience in love preferred, but will accept a young trainee

Oh I'm gonna put it in the want ads, I need somebody new
Gonna put it in the want ads, my man and I are through
Gonna put it in the want ads, this girl's in misery
Gonna put it in the want ads, please somebody rescue me

Lipstick on his collar, perfume on it too
Tells me he's been lying, I'm going to the evening new
Gonna put it in the want ads, I need somebody new
Gonna put it in the want ads, my man and I are through
Gonna put it in the want ads, this girl's in misery
Gonna put it in the want ads, please som

Writer/s: JOHNSON, GENERAL N. / PERRY, GREGORY S. / PERKINS, BARNEY
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Want Ads

Honey Cone was the first act signed to the Hot Wax label, which Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Holland-Dozier-Holland) formed after leaving Motown in 1969. The group was the trio of Shelly Clark, Carolyn Willis and Edna Wright. Wright was an accomplished singer, having done background work on various TV shows as well as tours with Bill Medley and Billy Preston, and singing backup for Motown, which is where she met Eddie Holland. Hot Wax wanted to sign Wright's sister, Darlene Love (Phil Spector is the one who suggested she change her name from Darlene Wright to Darlene Love), but she was busy with her group the Blossoms and passed on the offer. When Darlene got an offer to do an Andy Williams TV special, she turned it down but suggested Edna, who called her friend Carolyn Willis, who called her friend Shelly Clark, and they sang together for the first time at the gig.

They continued to perform together, and when Hot Wax signed them, they took a page from Motown's book and crafted an image for them. The attractive trio was christened Honey Cone and sent to charm school and to dance classes where they choreographed some routines. The girls returned to Detroit and released the singles "Girls It Ain't Easy" and "While You're Out Looking For Sugar" (both written by H-D-H, "Girls hit #68 and "Sugar went to #62, both in 1969) before hitting it big with "Want Ads," a song about a girl who is fed up with her lying, cheating man and is ready to advertise for a new one (and even willing to train). The song topped both the Hot 100 and the R&B charts.

This was written by the Hot Wax songwriting team of General Johnson (the Showmen, the Chairmen of the Board) and Greg Perry (Chairmen of the Board), who produced versions by Glass House, Scherrie Payne (who later joined the Supremes), and Frieda Payne (Scherrie's sister, who hit #1 with "Band of Gold") before deciding to try the song with Honey Cone. An engineer at the studio named Barney Perkins also got a songwriting credit.

It was Perkins who suggested a song about want ads, which were the way goods and services were solicited before the internet. A week later, Perry was sitting at the piano when the chorus line came to him: "Gonna put it in the want ads, I need some love for sale." Johnson suggested they tweak the lyric so the girl didn't sound like a prostitute, and they came up with the idea of looking for a new man to replace the defective one.

Johnson and Perry teamed up to write a follow-up hit for Honey Cone (this time with Angelo Bond as co-writer) called "Stick-Up," which made #11 on the Hot 100 and gave the group their second #1 R&B hit. Subsequent hits for the group were "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part I)" (#15) and "The Day I Found Myself" (#23).

Sixteen years later in 1987, Taylor Dayne, who was nearly unknown at the time, recorded a cover version of this song for her debut album Tell It To My Heart. Dayne's cover wasn't released as a single, but the album was a big hit, selling over 2 million copies. (thanks, Annabelle - Eugene, OR)