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1933–2003 United States
Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned many musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.
United States Activists Pianists Singer-songwriters Also known as: Nina simeone, Nina simone, Eunice Kathleen Waymon
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We never talked about men or clothes or inconsequential things we got together. It was always Marx, Lenin and revolution - real girls' talk.
Picket lines, school boycotts/They try to say it's a communist plot/All I want is equality/For my sister, my brother, my people, and me
When the poets rhyme in the summertime/You'll hear melodies in the words
This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.
I Put a Spell on You (1991)
What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did.
I Put a Spell on You (1991)
Hound dogs on my trail/School children sitting in jail/Black cat cross my path/I think every day's gonna be my last/Don't tell me, I'll tell you/Me and my people just about due/I've been there so I know/They keep on saying "Go slow!"
the world is big/Big and bright and round/And it's full of folks like me/Who are black, yellow, beige and brown
It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution - real girl's talk.
I Put a Spell on You (1991)
Well I wish I could be like a bird in the sky/How sweet it would be/If I found I could fly/I'd soar to the sun/And look down at the sea/And I sing 'cause I know/How it feels to be free
Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash/Just who do you think I am?/You raise my taxes, freeze my wages/And send my son to Vietnam/You give me second class houses/And second class schools/Do you think that all colored folks/Are just second class fools?
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