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Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Minneapolis (Lyrics)

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Streets of Minneapolis (Bruce Springsteen, 2026)

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)

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1936 Summertime by Gershwin | sang by Billie Holiday

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1936 Summertime by Gershwin | sang by Billie Holiday

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Summertime
and the livin' is easy
fish are jumpin
and the cotton is high
oh your daddy's rich
and your ma is good lookin'
so hush little baby
don't you cry

One of these mornin's
you're goin' to rise up singin'
yes you'll spread your wings
and you'll take to the sky
but til' that mornin'
theres nothin' can harm you
with daddy and mammy
standin' by

summertime
and the livin' is easy
fish are jumpin'
and the cotton is high
oh your daddy's rich
and you ma is good lookin'
so hush little baby
don't you cry

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1950 We Shall Overcome (Joan Baez, others)

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1950 We Shall Overcome (Joan Baez, others)

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Lyrics PDF: https://www.amistadresource.org/documents/document_08_05_040_weshallovercome.pdf
Based on the gospel song of the same name by Rev. Dr. Charles Albert Tindley, “We Shall Overcome” became synonymous with the black civil rights movement of the 1950s and ‘60s. The song was originally said to be sung by tobacco workers striking in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1945. By 1950, however, the song became a favorite among activist singers like Pete Seeger. By 1963, Joan Baez was leading a crowd of 300,000 protestors at the Lincoln Memorial in the song, and in 1968 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. quoted the lyrics in his last sermon before he was assassinated.

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We shall overcome (with lyrics) [ Singer: Joan Baez; Lyricist: Pete Seeger]

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"A Change Is Gonna Come" became an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement, and is widely considered one of Cooke's greatest compositions.

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Written in 1963 by Nina Simone in response to the assassination of Medgar Evers, a civil rights activist who fought to end segregation at the University of Mississippi, “Mississippi Goddam” is a song damning the racist actions of the Deep South. The deceptively jaunty show tune-esque beginning plays a direct contradiction to the lyrics “Oh but this whole country is full of lies/You're all gonna die and die like flies/I don't trust you any more.” Simone is clear about what she wants: “You don't have to live next to me/Just give me my equality.”

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When Billie Holiday recorded “Strange Fruit” in 1939, it became the first song by black artist to ever be released with such bold and explicit lyrics about racism.

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Billie Holiday - Strange fruit (lyric video) [HQ]

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Dylan's lyrics are a protest against the Cold War nuclear arms build-up of the early 1960s.

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8 Protest Songs since 2000 that Inspired Change

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8 Protest Songs since 2000 that Inspired Change

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As you've likely noticed on your Facebook feed, or from looking out the window, a wave of protests has emerged in response to the early actions of the Trump administration.

The Women's March, with an estimated 3 million participants, is the largest protest in American history. Conservatives gathered in Washington for the March For Life to demonstrate opposition to abortion. And this past weekend, protesters across the country took aim at Trump's executive order barring U.S. entry to refugees from several predominantly Muslim countries.

As long as protests have been a civic action in American life, music has been a key component. Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger sang for the rights of workers and immigrants (Ballads of Sacco and Vanzetti was one of the first-ever concept albums in 1947). Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" and Bob Dylan's "Blowin' In The Wind" became hallmarks of the civil rights movement (my personal favorite is Nina Simone's "Mississippi God Damn"). Crosby, Still, Nash and Young's "Ohio" and Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son" took on the Vietnam War. Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" spoke of racial divisions in the war-torn '70s.

Not only did these songs influence the culture, but they also made money. Gaye's What's Going On album went gold, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan went platinum, and CSNY's So Far went six-times platinum.

So will music be an instrumental part of the resurgent protest movement in 2017? Is there evidence that independent artists should enter this arena? To help answer these questions, let's take a look at examples of protest songs from the dawn of the 21st century that were both culturally and commercially successful.
2001: Artists Against AIDS Worldwide - "What's Going On"
In the weeks following the September 11th attacks, Americans were paralyzed by grief and fear. It was the most destructive attack ever on our soil, feelings were raw, and Americans longed for familiarity and comfort.

So it was a great relief to hear the voices of all our favorite popstars collaborating in one overblown version of Marvin Gaye's famous hit, including Bono, Britney Spears, Nas, Christina Aguilera, NSYNC, Jennifer Lopez, Ginuwine, Brandy, Fred Durst, Missy Elliott, Destiny's Child, Wyclef Jean, Monica and more.

Although the song was recorded before the attacks and originally intended to promote AIDS awareness, it was quickly adopted for healing the nation and proceeds went toward the American Red Cross' September 11th fund. It rose to No. 27 on Billboard's Hot 100.
2003: Black Eyed Peas ft. Justin Timberlake - "Where Is The Love?"
As the shock and pain of 9/11 evolved into military strategy and the 24-hour cable news cycle, the Black Eyed Peas entered into pop culture to make a political statement with the help of superstar Justin Timberlake. Listening back, it's surprisingly prophetic about our current political climate:

The song was nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammys, topped the charts in 13 countries, was the bestselling single of 2003 in the UK, and cemented the Black Eyed Peas as breakaway artists. It appeared on the album E lephunk, which went on to sell 9 million copies worldwide.
2004: Green Day - "American Idiot"
Compared with the Trump era, the George W. Bush presidency seems so wistful and innocent, as Aziz Ansari recently mused on Saturday Night Live. Younger millennials might not remember that it was actually a time of great discord, particularly in the build-up and aftermath of the "dumb war" in Iraq, as Senator Obama called it.

Green Day's "American Idiot" was the title track of a 2004 concept album that singer Billy Joe Armstrong described as drawing a "causal connection between contemporary American social dysfunction... and the Bush ascendancy." Adding, "This war that's going on in Iraq is basically to build a pipeline and put up a [expletive] Wal-Mart." So it was a big deal at the time that Armstrong sang these words in stadiums across the world:

The album was a gargantuan hit, selling 15 million copies with five hit singles, winning a Grammy for Best Rock Album and spawning a Broadway musical of the same name.
2006 Dixie Chicks - "Not Ready To Make Nice"
In 2003, while the Iraq War was still largely supported, superstar country singers the Dixie Chicks defied their base of southern conservatives by denouncing the war on stage. Singer Natalie Maines said, "We're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas." The backlash was severe, and the band experienced death threats and a country radio ban.

By 2006, American opinion had turned sharply against the war. As the death count of soldiers and civilians ticked upward, it was clear that WMDs would not be found, and that this excursion had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. That's when the Dixie Chicks released "Not Ready To Make Nice" to double down on their convictions, and stand up for anti-war sentiments as American women.

And how in the world can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they'd write me a letter
Saying that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

I'm not ready to make nice
I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell

The single went platinum and won Grammys for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, and is still their biggest hit.
2011: Lady Gaga - "Born This Way"
It seems today that marriage equality was predestined to become law of the land. But in 2011, President Obama was still supportive of "civil unions," as states across the nation passed constitutional amendments banning gay marriage.

The tide of popular opinion shifted rapidly, and that was very much heralded by a youth culture that embraced LGBT rights. Lady Gaga led the way, choosing to follow up her 2008 hit album The Fame with a riskier, political song, "Born This Way."

The song reached number one in over 25 countries, and sold 8.2 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the bestselling singles of all time. As of this writing, it currently has 71 million plays on Spotify, and nearly 200 million views on YouTube.
2015: Kendrick Lamar - "Alright"
In a year of headlines dominated by the deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Freddie Grey and Philando Castile, Black Lives Matter enthusiastically adopted "Alright" as its anthem. Lamar conveys not only a sense of hopelessness in police shootings and the threat of violence looming, but the vitality of church and community with a powerful optimism. Chanted at protests across the country, the song has had incredible cultural relevance, capped by an invitation from President Obama to perform "Alright" at the White House.

The song won two 2016 Grammys for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance. At the time of this writing, "Alright" has just over 98 million plays on Spotify, and 70 million YouTube views. The album, To Pimp a Butterfly, won the Grammy for Best Rap Album, sold more than a million copies, and has over 575 million Spotify plays. Lamar was listed at No. 9 on the FORBES Hip-Hop Cash Kings 2016 list, earning $18.5 million last year.
2016: Beyoncé - "Formation"
Beyoncé debuted "Formation" at the Super Bowl of all places, possibly the most public forum in mankind. And this song wasn't "Bills, Bills, Bills" or "Crazy in Love." The video makes references to Hurricane Katrina, police brutality and racism; features Beyoncé lying on top of a police car in a flooded street; and ends with images of Martin Luther King, and a graffitied wall with the words "stop shooting us."

"Formation" became the highest-debuting single of her career; the album Lemonade sold 1.52 million copies in the U.S.; and The Formation Tour grossed $256 million, one of the top 20 highest grossing tours of all time.
2016: YG & Nipsey Hussle - "FDT"
This song, with its provocative title alone, has become increasingly popular through the presidential campaign into the Trump Administration. While it lacks the name recognition and smash-hit status of the entries above, "FDT" is gradually becoming an anthem chanted at political protests in 2017. The song features soundbites from African-Americans ejected from a Trump rally, and according to YG, the Secret Service attempted to halt the song's release.

As of this writing, the video has over 14 million YouTube views and 5 million Spotify plays. The Los Angeles Times described "FDT" as "the most prophetic, wrathful and unifying protest song of 2016."

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Looking back at this crop of protest songs, my expectations were exceeded. Artists took genuine risks to make political statements, and were rewarded for their courage, both culturally and commercially. But most of these protest songs were released by well-known artists, already quite famous and deep into their careers. One takeaway is that subversiveness in our modern era is only attained and accepted by first becoming a household name. Meanwhile, independent artists and under-the-radar musicians haven't been able to meaningfully break through with protest songs of their own (like Steve Earle's excellent The Revolution Starts Now).

But in the Trump Era, who knows?

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8 Protest Songs Since 2000 That Inspired Change (All The Way To The Bank)

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As you've likely noticed on your Facebook feed, or from looking out the window, a wave of protests has emerged in response to the early actions of the Trump administration. The Women's March, with an estimated 3 million participants, is the largest protest in American history.

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The bonafide rock anthem is about Bloody Sunday, the day in 1972 when British troops shot and killed unarmed civilian protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland. While the song is ostensibly about the turmoil in Northern Ireland, lyrics call for an end to violence in general, “And the battle's just begun/There's many lost, but tell me who has won.”

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1984 Born in the USA (Bruce Springsteen)

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1984 Born in the USA (Bruce Springsteen)

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Don’t let the patriotic name and catchy chorus fool you: The boss is deeply cynical about his fellow Americans' actions and attitudes in this 1984 megahit. Written from the perspective of a Vietnam War veteran, Springsteen protests the poor treatment of the soldiers who survived a violent war that they may not have even wanted to fight in.

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Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A (Lyrics)

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The blunt title lets listeners know exactly how vegetarian (now vegan) Smiths frontman Morrissey feels about people eating meat. “The flesh you so fancifully fry/Is not succulent, tasty or kind.” Morrissey has often been very outspoken about his beliefs, stopping other members of the Smiths from eating meat in photographs and, as a solo artist, cancelling concerts at venues that don’t take meat off the menu. The song opens with eerie sounds that could be chainsaws revving and cows mooing before going into a graphic description of how livestock is slaughtered.

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1985 - We are the World - Michael Jackson

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1985 - We are the World - Michael Jackson

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Michael Jackson - We Are The World (Official Music Video)

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1986 Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston)

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1986 Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston)

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"The Greatest Love of All" is a song written by Michael Masser, who composed the music, and Linda Creed, who wrote the lyrics. It was originally recorded in 1977 by George Benson, who made the song a substantial hit, peaking at number two on the US Hot Soul Singles chart that year, the first R&B chart top-ten hit for Arista Records. The song was written and recorded to be the main theme of the 1977 film The Greatest, a biopic of the boxer Muhammad Ali, and is performed during the opening credits.[1]

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Decades before the Black Lives Matter movement, N.W.A. were putting words to the anger they felt toward police brutality and racial profiling. With Dr. Dre presiding as judge, Ice Cube, MC Ren and Eazy-E each take a turn stating their case against the police, citing examples of stereotypes they’ve found assigned to themselves and other young black men based solely on how they look and where they’re from.

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1989 We didn't start the Fire (Billy Joel)

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1989 We didn't start the Fire (Billy Joel)

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We Didn't Start the Fire” is a constant reminder that no matter how crazy times may seem today, they have always been crazy and will continue to be crazy.

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Protest Songs from the 18th century to now

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18th Century Song Lyrics

Amazing Grace, by John Newton, 1772
Ballad of the Tea Party, 1774
Rights of Woman, 1795
When the Hollow Drum, , 1797

19th Century Song Lyrics

Fair and Free Elections (The Freedom of Elections), c. 1800
The Landlord's Song, by "W. W.", c. 1800's

1830's songs

All the World Scheming, J. E. Carpenter, 1830's
Woodman Spare That Tree, George Pope Morris, 1830
The Emancipated Negro, Charles Jefferys, 1833

1840's songs

1850's songs

The Poor Voter on Election Day, John G. Whittier, 1852
Womans Rights, Kate Horn, 1853 (anti)
Money is a Hard Thing to Borrow, George Morris, 1854
The Underground Railcar, G. N. Allen, 1854
Right Over Wrong, Jesse Hutchinson, 1855
Slavery Is A Hard Foe To Battle, Judson Joseph Hutchinson, 1855
Old King Coal, Charles MacKay, 1859 or earlier

1860's songs

1870's songs

1880's songs

1890's songs

20th Century Song Lyrics

1900's songs

1910's songs

Arise Ye Nova Scotia Slaves, J. J. Lynch, 1910
Land Reform Song, , 1890-1910?
Votes for Women, Mary Louise Carleton, c. 1910's

Another Star, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1911
Ballad of the Triangle Fire, Ruth Rubin, 1911
Bread and Roses, James Oppenheim, 1911
Ev'ry One in Favor Say "Aye", Jack Norworth, 1911
Preacher and the Slave (Pie in the Sky), Joe Hill, 1911
Songs of Equal Suffrage, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1911
Woman This and Woman That, Lawrence Housman, 1911

Bust the Trusts, F. J. Miller, 1912
Casey Jones, Joe Hill, 1912
Count Your Workers, Count Them!, Joe Hill, 1912
Everybody's Joining It, Joe Hill, 1912
I'm a Suffragette, M. Olive Drennen, 1912
John Golden and the Lawrence Strike, Joe Hill, 1912
Just As Well as He, Adella Hunt Logan, 1912
Where the Fraser River Flows, Joe Hill, 1912
The White Slave Joe Hill, 1912
Winning the Vote, Mrs. A.B. Smith, 1912

Down In the Old Dark Mills, Joe Hill, 1913
Farewell Song (Man of Constant Sorrow), Richard Burnett, 1913
Give The Ballot To The Mothers, Rebecca N. Hazard, 1913
Let Us Go Free, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1913
Marching on to Victory, Schuyler Greene, 1913
Mr. Block, Joe Hill, 1913
Nearer My Job To Thee, Joe Hill, 1913
Paint 'er Red, by unknown, 1913
Peace to the World, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1913
Scissor Bill, Joe Hill, 1913
Should I Ever Be a Soldier, Joe Hill, 1913
Stung Right, Joe Hill, 1913
That Sufragette, Pauline R. Browne, 1913
The Girl Question, Joe Hill, 1913
The Old Toiler's Message, Joe Hill, 1913
The Tramp, Joe Hill, 1913
The Women are Coming, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1913
There is Power in a Union, Joe Hill, 1913
We Will Sing One Song, Joe Hill, 1913
What We Want, Joe Hill, 1913

Suffrage March, Lucenia Richards, 1914
Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay, Joe Hill, 1914
The Child Crusaders' Hymn, Sarah Cleghorn, c. 1914
The March of the Women, Ethel Smyth, 1914
Workers of the World, Awaken, Joe Hill, 1914

Don't Take My Darling Boy Away, Will Dillon & Albert Von Tilzer, 1915
Don't Take My Papa Away From Me, Joe Hill, 1915
Flander's Fields, by John McCrae, 1915
It's a Long Way Down to the Soupline, Joe Hill, 1915
Solidarity Forever, by Ralph Chaplin, 1915
Suffrage Song (Let Us Sing As We Go), James Weber Linn, 1915
The Anti-Suffrage Rose, Phil Hanna, 1915
The Dying Mine Brakeman, Orville J. Jenks, 1915
The Rebel Girl, Joe Hill, 1915
Votes for Women, Suffrage Rallying Song, Edward M. Zimmerman, 1915

Down, Down, Down, William Keating, 1916
I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier, Alfred Bryan, 1916
November 19, 1915 (about Joe Hill's execution), John E. Nordquist, 1916
She's Good Enough To Be Your Baby's Mother, Alfred Bryan, 1916

Prohibition Blues, Al Sweet, 1917
We're Camping Tonight, 1917

A New Prison Song, 1918
The Devil Has Brought Up All The Coal, by Irving Berlin, 1918

You'd Better Be Nice To Them Now, William Tracy & Jack Stern, 1918

Oh Those Landlords, by Mohr, 1919
Revolutionary Rag, Irving Berlin, 1919
The Landlord Blues, Edward Laska, 1919

1920's songs

1930's songs

1940's songs

1950's songs

In Contempt, Aaron Kramer & Betty Sanders, 1950

Bill Bailey, Joe Glazer & Bill Friedman, 1951
Doctor Freud, David Lazar, 1951
From Forty to Sixty-Five, Johnny Masters, 1951

The Big Print Giveth, Tex Williams, 1952

Boom Went the Boom, 1954
Working Man's Blues, Al Rogers, 1954

The Countrys In the Very Best of Hands, Johnny Mercer, 1956

Brother, Won't You Join In the Line, Ewan MacColl, 1958
Free Enterprise, Malvina Reynolds, 1958
No House, Malvina Reynolds, 1958

A Christmas Carol, Tom Lehrer, 1959
The Faucets Are Dripping, Malvina Reynolds, 1959

1960's songs

You Ain't Done Nothing If You Ain't Been Called A Red, Elliot Keenan, unknown year

Dialectic, by Malvian Reynolds, 1960
Pollution, by Tom Lehrer, 1960
That Greedy Landlord Karl Fred Dallas, 1960
There's A Meeting Here Tonight, The LimeLiters, 1960

Ballad of Ira Hayes, Peter La Farge, 1962
Little Boxes, Malvina Reynolds, 1962

Any Other Way, Jackie Shane, 1963
The A.M.A. Song, Phil Ochs, 1963
The Senecas (As Long as the Grass Shall Grow), Peter La Farge, 1963
The Sun is Burning, Ian Campbell, 1963
You Went the Wrong Way, Old King Louie, Allan Sherman, 1963

A Change Is Gonna Come, Sam Cooke, 1964
Automation Song, Phil Ochs, 1964
Colored Town, Phil Ochs, c. 1964 to 1967
Genteel Poverty, John David Lamb, 1964
It Isn't Nice, Mavina Reynolds, 1964
Mississippi Goddamn, Nina Simone, 1964
Osceola's Last Words, Will McLean, 1964
To Hell With Academic Freedom, circa 1964
When This Strike is Over, 1964 or before

Burn Baby Burn, Jimmy Collier, 1965 (about the Los Angeles Watts Riots)
Chim Chim Cheree, Allan Sherman, 1965
Cockroach Blues, Julius Lester, 1965
Draft Dodger Rag, Phil Ochs, 1965
Here's to the state of Mississippi, Phil Ochs, 1965
I Don't Want to be Lost In the Slums, unknown, 1965
In the Heat of the Summer, Phil Ochs, 1965, about the Summer 1964 Harlem riots
Seventy Miles, Malvina Reynolds, 1965
Slum Landlords of the Lower East Side by Tuli Kupferberg (The Fugs), 1965
That's What I Want To Hear, Phil Ochs, 1965
The Little Red Hen, Malvina Reynolds, 1965
Wernher Von Braun, Tom Lehrer, 1965

I'm Going To Say It Now, Phil Ochs, 1966
Lead Poison On The Wall, Jimmy Collier, 1966
Love Me, I'm a Liberal, Phil Ochs, 1966
Rent Strike Blues James Collier, 1966
Smog Gets in your Eyes, Allan Sherman, 1966

Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends, Phil Ochs, 1967

Black Day In July, Gordon Lightfoot, 1968 (about the 1967 Detroit riots)
Joe Hill, Phil Ochs, 1968
We Need Housing, Frances Goldin, 1968

DDT, Malvina Reynolds, 1969
Simple Song of Freedom, Bobby Darin, 1969

1970's songs

1980's songs

1990's songs

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, Buffy Sainte-Marie, 1990
I Lie (The Ross Perot Guide to Answering Embarrassing Questions), Calvin Trillin, 1992

21st Century Song Lyrics

2000's songs

Homelessness, Peter Berryman, 2005
Three Chords and the Truth, Ry Cooder, 2007

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"Killing in the Name" is a protest song by American rock band Rage Against the Machine, and appears on their 1992 self-titled debut album. It was released as the lead single from the album in November 1992. The song contains direct, fervent lyrics protesting police brutality and racist police officers, and features heavy drop-D guitar riffs, with the lyrics inspired by the police beating suffered by Rodney King and the subsequent 1992 Los Angeles riots.

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Rage against the machine - Killing in the name Lyrics

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Vocabulary List (Google Sheets with Quizlets Links)

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Vocabulary List (Google Sheets with Quizlets Links)

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2003 Where is the Love? (Black Eyed Peas)

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2003 Where is the Love? (Black Eyed Peas)

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As the shock and pain of 9/11 evolved into military strategy and the 24-hour cable news cycle, the Black Eyed Peas entered into pop culture to make a political statement with the help of superstar Justin Timberlake. Listening back, it’s surprisingly prophetic about our current political climate:

But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate

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After Four Tops singer Renaldo “Obie” Benson witnessed police brutality against protesters on the Berkeley campus, Benson took his idea for a song about the violence to his label Motown Records, where he and Al Cleveland wrote the song. Because the other members of the Four Tops didn’t want to do a protest song, out of fear of backlash, Marvin Gaye took it on, adding a new melody and bringing his soulful solo voice to the number. The song promotes peaceful protesting (“Picket lines and picket signs/Don't punish me with brutality/Talk to me, so you can see/Oh, what's going on”).

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Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (Lyric Video)

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All-Native rock and funk group Redbone didn't receive any love from the U.S. charts when the band released its single "We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee" in 1973. Perhaps retelling the massacre of the Lakota Sioux by the 7th Cavalry Regiment was a bit too controversial for the American charts (though the song was successful in Europe.) The song's lyrics tell us that we have not forgotten the history and intergenerational aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre, but those "who were not wiped out by the 7th Cavalry" will "sing, sing, sing out our story 'til the truth is heard."

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Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) was an important Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician in the 1970s and 1980s. He made the style of reggae music very popular all over the world. His music told stories of his home and the Rastafarian religion that he followed. Some songs were about religion and some songs were about politics like Get Up Stand Up.

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Franklin's interpretation of Otis Redding's song became a feminist anthem for the second-wave feminism movement in the 1970s.

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Aretha Franklin - Respect (Official Lyric Video)

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Originally written by two men, David White and John Madara, “You Don’t Own Me,” started out as another song about some boy in the 1960s then transformed into the anthem of female empowerment and racial equality. Performed in the 1960s by Leslie Gore, this new version is from 2015.

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SAYGRACE - You Don't Own Me (Lyrics) ft. G-Eazy

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Inspired by the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches, the emotional ballad once again fights against inequity and police brutality. Common’s verses address how the Black community has stood up time and time again for civil rights by referencing notable Civil Rights activists, including Jimmie Lee Jackson, Rosa Park and Martin Luther King Jr.

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In Vice’s version of the tune, the lyrical angle embraces a bigger picture, poetically alluding to the nation’s misdeeds. Yet, Vice’s version retains perhaps the most complex and impressive quality of the original: it’s simultaneous love and critique of America. While there is a lot on the “critique” side—from a history of racism to the nature of class inequality—there is also a tremendous spirit and beauty to the country and its people. That’s what pushed artists like Vice and Guthrie to speak out, to inspire Americans and their brilliance; that’s why “This Land Is Your Land” is a song that, 80 years later, Americans are still moved by.

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1970 Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

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1970 Ohio by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

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"Ohio" is a protest song and counterculture anthem written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.[1] It was released as a single, backed with Stephen Stills's "Find the Cost of Freedom", peaking at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 16 in Canada.[2] Although a live version of "Ohio" was included on the group's 1971 double album 4 Way Street, the studio versions of both songs did not appear on an LP until the group's compilation So Far was released in 1974. The song also appeared on the Neil Young compilation albums Decade, released in 1977, and Greatest Hits, released in 2004.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_%28Crosby,_Stills,_Nash_%26_Young_song%29

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This song, written by Holly Near in the wake of the Harvey Milk assassination, is a call to action. It demands that we make sure everyone knows who we are and how many we are, we who will not be moved, we who are scared, and angry, and loving, and resisting.

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We Are A Gentle Angry People   Holly Near

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Peter Paul Mary - Five Hundred Miles (with lyrics 👇)

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"War" is a counterculture era soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label in 1969. Whitfield first produced the song – an obvious anti–Vietnam Warstatement – with The Temptations as the original vocalists.

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Before embarking on the tour, film director Spike Leeapproached Public Enemy with the proposition of making a song for one of his movies.[2] Lee, who was directing Do the Right Thing, sought to use the song as a leitmotif in the film about racial tension in a Brooklyn, New York neighborhood.
"Law enforcement is necessary. As a species we haven't evolved past needing that. Fight the Power is not about fighting authority—it's not that at all. It's about fighting abuse of power."

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You will not be able to stay home, brother
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and
Skip out for beer during commercials
Because the revolution will not be televised

The revolution will not be televised
The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox
In four parts without commercial interruptions
The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon
Blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John Mitchell
General Abrams and Spiro Agnew
To eat hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary
The revolution will not be televised

The revolution will not be brought to you by the
Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star
Natalie Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia
The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal
The revolution will not get rid of the nubs
The revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner
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Gil Scott-Heron - Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Official Audio)

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This Land Is Your Land - with lyrics - written by Woody Guthrie - sung by Elizabeth Mitchell

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Mahalia Jackson sings two hymns at the March on Washington in 1963

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Mahalia Jackson sings two hymns at the March on Washington in 1963

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March on Washington - MAHALIA JACKSON sings two hymns

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One Day - Bakermat ( I Have A Dream REMIX)

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노래를 찾는 사람들 - 임을 위한 행진곡 [열린 음악회/Open Concert] 20200517

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빛나는 청춘들의 '다만세' (다시 만난 세계 / 소녀시대 SNSD): 탄핵 촛불 문화제 241213: 여의도 KDB 산업은행 본점: 윤석열 파면 Into the new world

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It´s a Tango song called Cambalache, written in 1934, performed by Julio Sosa. The song emphatizes the lack of honesty and the prevalence of personal success in the 20th century, particularly in an social and economic moment in Argentina. It´s a Tango song called Cambalache, written in 1934, performed by Julio Sosa. The song emphatizes the lack of honesty and the prevalence of personal success in the 20th century, particularly in an social and economic moment in Argentina.

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Baraye- English version-Translated and performed by Rana Mansour in The Voice Germany Finals 2022 (shared by Ash)

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Baraye- English version-Translated and performed by Rana Mansour in The Voice Germany Finals 2022 (shared by Ash)

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رعنا منصور برای آزادی ایران می خونه | Rana Mansour sings for freedom of Iran

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Woman's Anthem-Mehdi Yarrahi (shared by Ash)

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Woman's Anthem-Mehdi Yarrahi (shared by Ash)

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Soroode Zan (Woman's Anthem) - With English Translation | سرود زن - مهدی یراحی

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Life's Anthem-Mehdi Yarrahi (shared by Ash)

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Life's Anthem-Mehdi Yarrahi (shared by Ash)

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Soroode Zendegi (Life's Anthem) - With English Translation | سرود زندگی - مهدی یراحی

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Roosarito - Mehdi Yarrahi (shared by Ash)

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Roosarito - Mehdi Yarrahi (shared by Ash)

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Mehdi Yarrahi - Roosarito… | مهدی یراحی - روسریتو…

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Auschwitz - Mehdi Yarrahi (shared by Ash)

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Auschwitz - Mehdi Yarrahi (shared by Ash)

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Pop artist Mehdi Yarrahi drops new protest song: Auschwitz

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Sogand Be Khoon Hamrahan - Students of Tehran University of Culture and Arts (shared by Ash)

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Sogand Be Khoon Hamrahan - Students of Tehran University of Culture and Arts (shared by Ash)

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Revolutionary song of Iranian students for the freedom of Iranآهنگ سوگند به خون همرهانم(نسخه جدید)

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Bia Bia ke koocheh mizanad to ra seda - Iranian music students (shared by Ash)

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Bia Bia ke koocheh mizanad to ra seda - Iranian music students (shared by Ash)

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«بیا بیا که کوچه می‌زند تو را صدا»؛ اثری از دانشجویان موسیقی ایران

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Bizaram Az Dine Shoma - Saba Zameni (shared by Ash)

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Bizaram Az Dine Shoma - Saba Zameni (shared by Ash)

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Bizaram Az Dine Shoma. Saba Zameni. بیزارم از دین شما. صبا ضامنی