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Be Thankful for What You Got, 1974
Written by William DeVaughn
A classic soul bop in the style of What's Going On-era Marvin Gaye. It's a straightforward message ong, with its falsetto addressed to the listener, saying that they don't need a car in order to feel gratitude. "Remember, brothers and sisters / You can still stand tall." Its groovy fadeout call, "Diamond in the back, sunroof top / Diggin' the scene with a gangsta lean," has been sampled by many a gangsta rapper. The album version is actually seven and a half minutes long; I don't think we need that, but it is a terrific slice of '70s soul.
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