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Donny Hathaway - This Christmas

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December 9, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Donny Hathaway's holiday anthem This Christmas. Get into the spirit with Donny's first ever official music video, an animated special drawn by famed cartoonist Lonnie Milsap. Listen to This Christmas and other holiday favorites here:

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This Christmas Lyrics:

Hang all the mistletoe
I'm gonna get to know you better
This Christmas
And as we trim the tree
How much fun it's gonna be together
This Christmas

Fireside is blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me

Presents and cards are here
My world is filled with cheer and you
This Christmas
And as I look around
Your eyes outshine the town they do
This Christmas

Fireside is blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me, yeah

Shake a hand, shake a hand now

Emm, fireside is blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me, yeah

Hang all the mistletoe
I'm gonna get to know you better
This Christmas
And as we trim the tree
How much fun it's gonna be together
This Christmas

Fireside is blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me

Merry Christmas
Shake a hand, shake a hand now
Wish your brother merry Christmas
All over the land, yeah
Merry Christmas
Merry, merry Christmas

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Donny Hathaway - This Christmas

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Roberta Flack ft. Donny Hathaway - The Closer I Get To You

4:30

Hope you enjoy one of my favorite love song.

Donny Hathaway - Yesterday

5:25

yesterday

Yesterday,
All my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly,
I'm not half the man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me,
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.

Why she
Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said,
Something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday,
Love was such an easy game to play,
Now I need a place to hide away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Why she
Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said,
Something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday,
Love was such an easy game to play,
Now I need a place to hide away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Donny Hathaway- Giving Up

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heard this song about five years ago. couldn't find the recording on you tube. so here you go!!! beautiful song from one of the best. masterpiece about lost love. classic hathaway.

Donny Hathaway - A Song for You

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You're listening to the official audio for Donny Hathaway - A Song for You from the album 'Donny Hathaway' (1971). This is a cover of Leon Russell's A Song for You.

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Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again

9:49

One Of The Biggest Selling Records Ever!! 1979.. :p

Donny Hathaway - I Love You More Than Youll Ever Know

5:28

Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 -- January 13, 1979) was an American soul musician.

Hathaway contracted with Atlantic Records in 1969 and with his first single for the Atco label, The Ghetto, Part I in early 1970, Rolling Stone magazine marked him as a major new force in soul music.His collaborations with Roberta Flack scored high on the charts and won him the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for the duet, Where Is the Love in 1973. Six years later, his body was found outside the luxury hotel Essex House in New York City; his death was ruled a suicide.

Lyrics

If I ever leave you....you can say I told you so!
And if I ever hurt you baby..... you know I hurt myself as well.

Is that any way for a man to carry on
Do you think I want my loved one gone
Said I love you
More than you'll ever know
More than you'll ever know

When I wasn't making much money
You know where my paycheck went
You know I brought it home to baby
And I never spent a red cent

Is that any way for a man to carry on
Do you think I want my loved one gone
Said I love you
More than you'll ever know
More than you'll ever know

I'm not trying to be
just any kind of man
I'm just trying to be somebody
You can love, trust and understand
I know that I can be
yeaaahhhh
A part of you that no one else could see

I just wanna hear,a hear ya say
its allright
yeahhh yeahhh

I'm only flesh and blood
But I can be everything that you demand
I can be king of everythang
Or just a tiny grain of sand

Is that anyway for a man to carry on
Do you think he wants his little loved one gone
I love you baby, i love you baby
i love youMore than you'll ever know

If I ever leave you....you can say I told you so!
And if I ever hurt you ..... you know I hurt myself as well.

Is that anyway for a man to carry on
Do you think he wants his little loved one gone
I treid to tell ya I love you baby, i love you baby
yea i love you baby
i love you More than you'll ever know

i love you
i love you
i love you baby!!

i told you so many times before
I love you
I love

Donny Hathaway - Put Your Hand In The Hand

6:29

THE MAN OF GALILEE

I Love You More Than Youll Ever Know

5:23

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I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know · Donny Hathaway

A Donny Hathaway Collection

℗ 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation

Producer: Arif Mardin
Composer, Lyricist, Writer: Al Kooper
Writer: Al Koopr
Arranger: Donny Hathaway

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Donny Hathaway-For All We Know

3:41

Donny Hathaway-For All We Know-Classic That Never Dies

Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto

6:57

A Tribute to a Musical Genius

Donny Hathaway - Someday Well All Be Free

4:08

Donny is no longer here, but this song gathers momentum as part of his legacy... He literally sat in the studio and cried when he heard the playback of his final mix. It's pretty special when an artist can create something that wipes them out.

'It was a spiritual thing for me... What was going through my mind at the time was Donny, because Donny was a very troubled person. I hoped that at some point he would be released from all that he was going through. There was nothing I could do but write something that might be encouraging for him.'
- Edward Howard, lyricist Someday We'll All Be Free

Lyrics:
Hang onto the world as it spins, around.
Just don't let the spin get you down.
Things are moving fast.
Hold on tight and you will last.
Keep your self-respect your manly pride.
Get yourself in gear,
Keep your stride.
Never mind your fears.
Brighter days will soon be here.
Take it from me someday we'll all be free
Keep on walking tall, hold you head up high.
Lay your dreams right up to the sky.
Sing your greatest song.
And you'll keep, going, going on.
Just wait and see someday we'll all be free.
Take it from me, someday we'll all be free.
Take it from me someday we'll all be free.
Take it from me, take it from me, take it from me.

4/16/2010 -- I'm really happy to see that folks are enjoying this video. I posted this last year when I discovered this incredible artist and was sad to not find this great song on YouTube. In keeping with that spirit, I'm wondering if anyone could upload Donny's version of He's Not Heavy, He's My Brother from Songs for You, Live. I had it on CD but lost it, and would love to be able to hear it again. Cheers.

Donny Hathaway - Youve Got a Friend

4:35

Donny Hathaway - Live (1972) - 04. You've Got a Friend

Donny Hathaway - Love Love Love

3:26

love love love

Roberta Flack / Donny Hathaway - Where is the Love

2:47

Studio version, lyrics, pics.
Copyright © 1972 Atlantic

Where is the love
You said you'd give to me
soon as you were free
will it ever be
Where is the love?
You told me that you didn't love him,
and you were gonna say goodbye
but if you really didn't mean it,
why did you have to lie?
Where is the love,
you said was mine all mine, till the end of time
was it just a lie
where is the love
If you had had a sudden change of heart
I wish that you would tell me so
don't leave me hangin on the promises
you've got to let me know
Oh how I wish I never met you
I guess it must have been my fate
to fall in love with someone else's love
all I can do is wait
(that's all I can do)
yeah yeah yeah

Donny Hathaway- This Christmas Original

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i do not claim the song or pictures as my own: I posted this version because I could'nt find the orginal Donny Hathaway myself. Merry Christmas, Enjoy!

Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Donny Hathaway - To Be Young, Gifted and Black

6:46

From the 1970 album 'Everything is Everything'.
This album was his best. It has a certain innocence to it. Afterwards, he was a genius, but right then, he was just another guy tryin'. - Joel Dorn

Someday Well All Be Free

4:11

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Someday We'll All Be Free · Donny Hathaway

A Donny Hathaway Collection

℗ 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation

Producer: Arif Mardin
Arranger, Writer: Donny Hathaway
Writer: Edward Howard

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Donny Hathaway - Misty

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Look At Me
I'm, I'm As Helpless As a Kitten Up a Tree
I Feel Like I'm Clinging to a Cloud
I Can't Understand
I Get Misty Holding Your Hand
Yes I do
Walk My Way
And a Thousand, a Thousand Violins Begin to Play
It Maybe the Sound of Your Hello
Ooo the Music
The Music I Hear
Heeeey
You Know
I Get Misty Whenever You're Near
Yeah
You Can Say That You're Leading, Leading Me On
Lordy, But It's Just What I Want to Hear
Havent You Noticed
How Hopelessly in Love
That's Why
That's Why I'm Following You
Yes I Am
Yes I Am
Baby
On My Own
Oooooooo
Let Me Wonder
Let Me Wonder, You Didnt Want to Let Me Know
Never Knowing My Right From My Left
My Half of My Love
Oooooo
Yeah
I'm Too Misty and Too Much in Love
Yes I Am
Ooo
Baby
I'm Too Misty
Yeah
Misty and Too Much
Too Much, Too Much in Love
Yeah

Donny Hathaway Put Your Hand In The Hand

3:40

Donny Hathaway 'Put Your Hand In The Hand' Live

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For All We Know

3:42

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For All We Know · Donny Hathaway

Never My Love: The Anthology

℗ 1971 Atlantic Recording Corporation

Guitar: Cornell Dupree
Electric Piano: Donny Hathaway
Congas: Earl DeRouen
Drums: Fred White
Guitar: Mike Howard
Bass: Willie Weeks
Writer: J. Fred Coots
Writer: Sam M. Lewis

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I Love You More Than Youll Ever Know

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I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know · Donny Hathaway

Extension of a Man

℗ 1973 Atlantic Recording Corporation produced under license Atlantic Recording Corporation manufactured and distributed by Rhino Records Inc.

Guitar: Cornel Dupree
Tenor Saxophone: David Newman
Organ: Donny Hathaway
Electric Piano: Donny Hathaway
Lead Vocals: Donny Hathaway
Drums: Fred White
Recording Engineer: Gene Paul
Guitar: Hugh McCracken
Bass Guitar: Willie Weeks
Composer, Lyricist, Writer: Al Kooper
Writer: Al Koopr
Arranger: Donny Hathaway

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Donny Hathaway - Were Still Friends

5:13

Donny Hathaway - Live (1972) - 06. We're Still Friends

Donny Hathaway - Jealous Guy

3:10

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Donny Hathaway - You Were Meant For Me

3:52

Valdez In The Country / You Were Meant For Me · Atco Records · US · 1978

Lalah Hathaway - A song for you - Singjazz Festival

6:33

A song for you, Leon Russell

Filmed during Singapore Jazz Festival on the 7th April 2018

Soundmixed by Martin Descombels, graded by Michel Reynaert, directed by Amos Rozenberg for PARAMAX FILMS

Donny Hathaway - Little Ghetto Boy

4:31

Donny Hathaway was and always will be one of the greatest.

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Double Exposure Concert

26:44

1972 RARE FULL LENGTH PERFORMANCE

Donny Hathaway I Know Its You

5:11

My favourite track from Donny's legendary 'Extensions of a Man' LP. An underated musical genius who left us far too early....

Donny Hathaway Were Still Friends

5:13

Soulful Classic from the Soul Master himself Donny Hathaway

I

5:04

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I (Who Have Nothing) · Roberta Flack · Donny Hathaway

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

℗ 1972 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.

Producer: Arif Mardin
Vocals: Donny Hathaway
Producer: Joel Dorn
Electric Piano: Roberta Flack
Vocals: Roberta Flack
String Arranger: Arif Mardin
Composer: Carlo Donido
Arranger: Donny Hathaway
Composer: Jerry Leiber
Composer: Mike Stoller
Composer: Moguel
Arranger: Roberta Flack

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Donny Hathaway - This Christmas

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Donny Hathaway - Never My Love

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You're listening to the official audio for Donny Hathaway - Never My Love from the album 'Never My Love: The Anthology' (2013). This is a cover of The Association's Never My Love.

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Donny Hathaway - Whats Going On

5:19

Donny Hathaway - Live (1972) - 01. What's Going On

The Whispers - A Song For Donny

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Whats Going On

5:18

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What's Going On (Live) · Donny Hathaway

Live

℗ 1990 Atlantic Recording Corporation

Producer: Arif Mardin
Composer, Writer: Alfred Cleveland
Composer, Writer: Marvin Gaye
Composer, Writer: Renaldo Benson

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NEW!! DONNY and LALAH HATHAWAY - SOMEDAY WELL ALL BE FREE

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Lalah Hathaway and her father Donny Hathaway on a beautiful song first performed by Donny Hathaway from his album Extension Of A Man. Please Like, Share and Subscribe. Thank you!

NEW!! DONNY and LALAH HATHAWAY - SOMEDAY WE'LL ALL BE FREE (DUET) Mixed by Will l Shaw for Will Shau 2018.

American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and arranger. Hathaway signed with Atlantic Records in 1969 and with his first single for the Atco label, The Ghetto, in early 1970, Rolling Stone magazine marked him as a major new force in soul music.[1] His enduring songs include The Ghetto, This Christmas, Someday We'll All Be Free, Little Ghetto Boy, I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know, signature versions of A Song for You, For All We Know, Where Is the Love and The Closer I Get to You, two of many collaborations with Roberta Flack. Where Is the Love won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1973. At the height of his career, Hathaway was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.[2] On January 13, 1979, Hathaway's body was found outside the luxury hotel Essex House in New York City; his death was ruled a suicide.

Eulaulah Donyll Lalah Hathaway (born December 16, 1968) is an American singer. She is the daughter of soul singer Donny Hathaway and an alumna of Berklee College of Music. In 1990, Lalah Hathaway released her self-titled album. The album's first single was Heaven Knows, produced by Derek Bramble. The follow-up single was Baby Don't Cry, was produced by Angela Winbush.

Lalah Hathaway
Birth name
Eulaulah Donyll Hathaway
Born
December 16, 1968 (age 49)
Origin
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres
R&Bsouljazzgospel
Occupation(s)
Singersongwriterrecord producerarrangermusician
Instruments
Pianovocals
Years active
1989–present
Labels
Virgin, Mesa Bluemoon, Stax, eOne, Hathaway/Caroline
Associated acts
Marcus Miller, Rahsaan Patterson, Kirk Whalum, Robert Glasper, Joe Sample,
Website
lalahhathaway.com
In 1991, Hathaway released her extended play, Night & Day, in Japan. A Moment was released in 1994, debuting at number 34 on the Top R&B albums chart. The lead single, Let Me Love You, charted on the Hot R&B chart at number 37. In 1999, she collaborated with Joe Sample and released her third album The Song Lives On. After a five-year hiatus, she returned with her fourth album, Outrun the Sky. The single Forever, For Always, For Love peaked at number 1 on the Hot Adult R&B Airplay.

In 2007, Hathaway signed with Stax, which in 2008 released her fifth album, Self Portrait. Released on June 3, 2008, in the United States, it debuted at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 200 and reached the top 10 on the Top R&B albums chart, making this album her most successful album to date. She received a Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Grammy Award nomination for That Was Then. She won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance with Snarky Puppy for Something in 2014. On February 8, 2015, she won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance along with Robert Glasper and Malcolm-Jamal Warner for Jesus Children. She again won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance for the cover version of her father's 1972 hit Little Ghetto Boy in 2016.

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Donny Hathaway - This Christmas ATCO Records 1970

4:08

This Christmas is a song by American soul musician Donny Hathaway released in 1970 by Atco Records. The song gained renewed interest when it was included in 1991 on Atco Records' revised edition of their 1968 Soul Christmas compilation album and has since become a modern Christmas standard, with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers reporting that it was the 30th most-performed holiday song of all time.

Phil Upchurch said the song was absolutely the premiere holiday song written by an African American. It was written by Hathaway and Nadine McKinnor.

This Christmas was recorded at Audio Finishers Studio on Ontario Street, Chicago in the fall of 1970. Ric Powell said that Hathaway was very upbeat during the session and that he knew what he wanted to do musically and the impact he wanted to make with this song regarding the representation of African Americans in Christmas music. On writing the song with Hathaway (who died in 1979), Nadine McKinnor said she felt blessed to have written with Donny a song that celebrates the possibilities, the expectations, and the anticipation of Christmas and the good fun and happy loving times, and that the creation of the song was a God plan. God was in this plan. And Donny Hathaway was a genius.

This Christmas was released as a single in 1970, where it saw little success, charting only once on any of Billboard magazine's weekly published music charts. It made Billboard's special Christmas Singles chart on the week of December 23, 1972, peaking at No. 11. In 1991, Atco Records released a revised edition of their 1968 compilation album Soul Christmas that included This Christmas.

Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and arranger. Hathaway signed with Atlantic Records in 1969 and with his first single for the Atco label, The Ghetto, in early 1970, Rolling Stone magazine marked him as a major new force in soul music. His enduring songs include The Ghetto, This Christmas, Someday We'll All Be Free, Little Ghetto Boy, I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know, signature versions of A Song for You, For All We Know, Where Is the Love and The Closer I Get to You, two of many collaborations with Roberta Flack. Where Is the Love won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1973. At the height of his career, Hathaway was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. On January 13, 1979, Hathaway's body was found outside the luxury hotel Essex House in New York City; his death was ruled a suicide.

Hang all the mistletoe
I'm gonna get to know you better
This Christmas
And as we trim the tree
How much fun it's gonna be together
This Christmas

Fireside is blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me

Presents and cards are here
My world is filled with cheer, and you
This Christmas
And as I look around
Your eyes outshine the town, they do
This Christmas

Fireside is blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me

Shake a hand, shake a hand now

The fireside is blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me

Hang all the mistletoe
I'm gonna get to know you better
This Christmas
And as we trim the tree
How much fun it's gonna be together
This Christmas

Fireside's blazing bright
We're caroling through the night
And this Christmas will be
A very special Christmas for me

Merry Christmas
Shake a hand, shake a hand now
Wish your brother Merry Christmas
All over the land
Merry Christmas
Merry Merry Christmas

Donny Hathaway『Someday Well All Be Free』

4:17

Donny Hathaway

Donny Hathaway - Lord Help Me

4:07

Donny Hathaway - Tims High

1:37

From 1972's Come Back Charleston Blue

To all people, this was once blocked for a while since I last upload this.

Like I once said listening to this song is like calling and crying out for help.

Imagine had Donny lived, he could've done more scores like this.

Sampled by Lo-Fidelity Allstars for Don't Be Afraid of Love, DJ Allah ft. Killa Sin ---h for Mathematics, Pusha T for I Am Forgiven, and 9th Wonder for Have Mercy

Donny Hathaway - Jealous Guy

3:09

Donny Hathaway - Jealous Guy (Live) (1972) [ATCO Records]
Live (1972 LP) - US
70's Soul

I Believe in Music - Donny Hathaway

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One of the most beautiful versions of this song. Lyrics by Mac Davis

Donny Hathaway - Flying Easy

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No copyright infringement intended - buy it!

Someday well all be free // Donny Hathaway // Español

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hola vengo con el tercer video con una temática diferente y otro título.
Esta canción se llama Someday we'll all to be free de Donny Hathaway. Trata sobre la actitud que se debe imponer por sobre la discriminación, el racismo y las dificultades que se les imponen a las personas afrodescendientes/ afroamericanas.

Son personas de carne y hueso, tal como todos, no son inferiores, por que todos terminamos siendo consumidos por las mismas larvas al momento de morir, aunque suene tétrico, es la realidad y la ley de la vida, así mismo, todos deberíamos tener las mismas leyes aplicadas, mismos derechos y por sobre todo el respeto mutuo y ninguno ser excluido de estos.

Apoyo con todas mis ganas desde lejos a las personas que están manifestándose en estos días por el fallecimiento de George floyd y por los hermanos asesinados a manos del gobierno y sus policías mercenarios. A lo lejos me duele, he llorado mucho, pero encuentro consuelo al saber que la gente está tomando sus propias medidas de justicia y sí, si tienen que incendiar y saquear medio país, que lo hagan, lo apoyo absolutamente, por que es la única forma de llamar la atención de un gobierno y gobiernos, los cuales sólo le interesa el billete y lo material antes que las vidas humanas, por ende les dolerá más eso que algo pacífico, por que cuando se trata de dinero y economía, los estados recién escuchan y ponen atención a las demandas sociales.

Por favor, gente, sigamos con nuestras cabezas en alto, luchando por lo que nos corresponde desde que nacimos, desde nuestros ancestros y nuestros antepasados. Desde que atacaron al pueblo mapuche y les quitaron sus tierras, desde que liberaron a los esclavos y no cumplieron con las demandas y derechos de ellos, desde mucho antes incluso, desde que llegaron a colonizar a nuestros ancestros y tomaron mujeres para ser violadas y hombres para ser sus trabajadores y pagarles con dinero no canjeable, dejándolos igual de pobres que antes. Todo esto gracias a gente que se creía superior y pensaban que eran dueños de lo nuestro, de nosotros mismos y de nuestras vidas.

Sigan luchando, mantengan su cabeza en alto, háganlo por los y las que ya no están aquí, por les que masacraron, mutilaron, dispararon, asesinaron y abusaron, en todos estos años. Sigamos luchando hasta que los que nos gobiernan caigan y todos los que seguirán los patrones de gobernar de estos.

Fuerza a todas las personas que han salido a manifestarse y por favor, cuídense. Recuerden que la mayoría de los latinos somos hijos de mulatos abusados por los españoles.

Algún día todos seremos libres ✊✊????✊????✊????✊????

Espero que lo disfruten.

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Donny Hathaway - I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry - Someday Well All Be Free

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Donny Hathaway - I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry - Someday We'll All Be Free
From the album Extension of a Man
Originally released on Atco Records 1973
Re-released on Rhino

I've always liked the segue between these two songs, so I thought I'd upload them for others to hear.

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Put Your Hands In The Hand - Donny Hathaway

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