☀️ The Daily Boost #830
You are everyday people
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EVERYDAY PEOPLE
Sylvester (Sly) Stewart
Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
'Cause I am everyday people
There is a blue one who can't accept
The green one for living with
A fat one tryin' to be a skinny one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby-dooby-doo
Ooh sha sha
We got to live together
I am no better and neither are you
We're all the same, whatever we do
You love me, you hate me
You know me and then
You still can't figure out the bag I'm in
'Cause I am everyday people
There is a long hair
That doesn't like the short hair
For being such a rich one
That will not help the poor one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on, scooby-dooby-doo
Ooh sha sha
We got to live together
There is a yellow one that won't
Accept the black one
That won't accept the red one
That won't accept the white one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby-dooby-doo
Ooh sha sha
I am everyday people
(My thanks to the songwriter and all the performers, via Playing for Change.)
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I woke up grumpy and this made me smile and move. I had to come back and watch it again. When this song came out, I loved it and "taped" it from the radio. I had a project to do for "social studies" and I made a collage of people from everywhere. (Life, National Geographic, etc.) I set it up, put my tape player next to it and played it the whole class. I got an A. Loved seeing the participants in this one. The famous ones and the now famous ones.
Fascinating version. Love how everyone comes together-- the children, the well-known artists. I grew up on the original -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUUhDoCx8zc
I hope we've come a long way, baby.