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What We Overcome
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Track 8 from GONNA RISE UP; featuring Jeff Taylor, Paul Chavis, Mike Dunbar, Razzy Bailey and the Nashville Session Players
progressive rock rb folk blues southern rock country politics inspirational comedy jesus bluegrass humor
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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.
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Genre
R&B • R&B/Soul/Pop
Charts
Peak #627
Peak in subgenre #352
Author
Richard Aberdeen
Rights
2006 Freedom Tracks Music
Uploaded
September 12, 2006
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MP3 3.6 MB • 128 kbps • 3:54
Story behind the song
Based on the life of Charles Munro, early 20th Century U. S. immigrant from Aberdeen, Scotland.
Lyrics
Uncle Charlie was a humble man, born deaf, mute and blind He sold pencils down on the corner for a nickel, three for a dime Refusing to stand in a welfare line, he wasn’t one to complain And long after he passed on fond memories of his smile remain If a picture’s worth a thousand words he was worth ten thousand more When he died the bar was raised, three tens, a perfect score It’s a lesson nailed down long ago written in blood and stone In the end it’s not what we achieve but what we overcome They had no Special Olympics back when Uncle Charlie was born And while the kids chose up sides he sat on the sidelines alone As some climbed the social ladder and gained a little wealth and fame Uncle Charlie remained on the corner come sun, snow, wind an’ rain If a picture’s worth a thousand words he was worth ten thousand more When he died the bar was raised, three tens, a perfect score It’s a lesson nailed down long ago written in blood and stone In the end it’s not what we achieve but what we overcome Uncle Charlie had a good friend to whose judgment we all yield He knows who’s deaf, mute and blind and how to level the playing field If a picture’s worth a thousand words he was worth ten thousand more And when he died the bar was raised, three tens, a perfect score It’s a lesson nailed down long ago written in blood and stone In the end it’s not what we achieve but what we overcome Uncle Charlie couldn’t hear, see or speak but like his unseen friend He had a tough cross to bear and overcame in the end
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