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We Get By, 2019
Written by Ben Harper
This is a duet with Ben Harper, who wrote this song (and all the songs on its album). The lyrics are simple but forceful, a throwback to gospel-inspired protest songs of the 1960s. The song proclaims a unity, a culture of support among friends and extended family. The lines "Was just the other day, I heard from my old friend / She was going through changes once again" might refer to a friend down on her luck, but maybe also stand for America herself? She's definitely going through changes, but sadly I'm not sure what ails her can be fixed by a community of the oppressed.
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