Remember that TV commercial a few years old in which a classy german car raced along streets and country roads while a song was playing?. Nothing special so far, in fact most car advertisements looked like that before the crisis, but it's the song, not the car, we're after right now. Click here to listen to the song, the lyrics appear below in this post. It is sung by Nina Simone, one of the most extraordinary artists in 20th century music, and is included in the soundtrack of Hair, a film from the 70's about hippies, the Vietnam war and music, don't miss it.
Ain't Got No/I Got Life
------Nina Simone
I ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes
Ain't got no money, Ain't got no class
Ain't got no skirts, Ain't got no sweater
Ain't got no perfume Ain't got no bed
Ain't got no mind,
Ain't got no mother Ain't got no culture
Ain't got no friends, aint got no schoolin'
Ain't got no love, Ain't got no name
Ain't got no ticket, Ain't got no token
Ain't got no god
and what have i got?
why am i alive anyway?
yeah what have i got?
nobody can take away?...
Got my hair. Got my head
Got my brains, Got my ears
Got my eyes, Got my nose
Got my mouth, I got my smile
I got my tongue, Got my chin
Got my neck, Got my boobies
Got my heart, Got my soul
Got my back, I got my sex
I got my arms, got my hands, got my fingers,
got my legs, got my feet, got my toes,
got my liver, got my blood..
I've got life,
i've got my freedom
i've got life
I've got life
and I am gonna keep it
I've got life
and nobody's gonna take it away
I've got life!
Lyrics: Gerome Ragni, Jim Rado
By the way, the song Aquarius, used to advertise a popular soft drink comes also from the same musical; it's all down to marketing these days...
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| Photo by E.G. |
