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Track 2 from GONNA RISE UP; featuring Jeff Taylor, Paul Chavis, Mike Dunbar, Razzy Bailey and the Nashville Session Players
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Top Nashville musicians and vocalists perform 21 songs of political and social content not typically allowed on mainstream radio; issues addressed include anti-
Top Nashville musicians and session vocalists perform songs of political and social content not typically allowed on mainstream radio; issues addressed include anti-war, poverty, health, taxation, immigration, environmental, social security privatization, gun control, negative effects of neo-con and religious 'right' agendas, etc. Genres include country, blues, rock, folk, R&B soul, pop, Native USA, bluegrass, Americana, Southern Rock, Rock-a-Billy and alternative.
Song Info
Genre
Country • Cajun/Zydeco
Charts
#99 in subgenre Peak #7
Charts
Peak #134
Author
Richard Aberdeen
Rights
2006 Freedom Tracks Music
Uploaded
September 12, 2006
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.5 MB • 128 kbps • 3:50
Story behind the song
Dedicated to Clarence Gatemouth Brown, one of the greatest musician/artists to ever grace the shores of this land called America, whose death at the age of 81, shortly after evacuating his home in New Orleans, is thought to have largely been from heartbreak in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina to his beloved city. And to Antoine Fats Domino, American Bourbon Street treasure, who was lost and is now found.
Lyrics
Times were lean but we scrapped by in our humble little delta home Raised crawfish in the pond, traded them for rice and corn Then the muddy river rose up, Lord, an’ it swallowed our whole town Left a 200-ton boat on the bridge with it’s prop just spinnin’ around Someday, we’re gonna rise above this tide Build a bridge across the great American divide We’ll be dancin’ in the street to a united heart beat Oh, someday, we’re gonna rise up Now, in this hour of tragedy, it seems like everyone is torn Between red an’ blue, left an’ right, wealthy and forlorn But if we don’t pull together, cast our difference to the wind The liberty bell’s gonna split apart, it’s either sink or swim Someday, we’re gonna rise above this tide An’ build a bridge across the great American divide We’ll be dancin’ in the street to a united heart beat Oh, someday, we’re gonna rise up I held my sweet baby close to me as she slowly, slowly passed away Sing out Crescent City’s song, gonna rise again someday Oh, someday, we’re gonna rise above this tide Build a bridge across this great American divide We’ll be dancin’ in the street to a united heart beat Oh, someday, we’re gonna rise up Gonna rise up Oh, someday, we’re gonna rise above this tide An’ build a bridge across the great American divide And this flood of tears we’ve all cried will one day long be dried Oh, someday, someday, we’re all gonna rise up Oh, I believe, we’re all gonna rise up, yeah
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Carol Douglas
Apr 23, 2016
With it's touching inspiration, I really like this song. Well done guys.