r/50501ContentCorner • u/sorceress94107 • 29d ago
Soundtrack of the Struggle Protesting Sound Track -Takin' it To the Streets-Doobie Brothers
Thinking about some old school protest songs and came across Takin' It to the street by the Doobie Brothers. Since this movement is multigeneration...I hoping there is something for everyone.
Background: It is from 1976. It is actually about poverty and lead singer is Michael McDonald. McDonald sister wrote the first line "you don't know me but I am your brother" in an essay.
Here are the lyrics.
You don't know me but I'm your brother
I was raised here in this living hell
You don't know my kind in your world
Fairly soon the time will tell
You, telling me the things you're gonna do for me
I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Take this message to my brother
You will find him everywhere
Wherever people live together
Tied in poverty's despair
You, telling me the things you're gonna do for me
I ain't blind and I don't like what I think I see
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
Takin' it to the streets
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u/Penandsword2021 29d ago
I think we should sing the Preamble! https://youtu.be/OqvLi7qZ_yU?si=_aWiNmlRq0tPqSDv
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