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Give It Up: The Best of the Curtom Years 1970-1977 ()

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Give It Up: The Best of the Curtom Years 1970-1977 - Curtis Mayfield
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  1. Wild and Free
  2. Move on Up
  3. Mighty Mighty (Spade and Whitey)
  4. We Got to Have Peace
  5. Never Say You Can't Survive
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  1. Wild and Free
  2. Move on Up
  3. Mighty Mighty (Spade and Whitey)
  4. We Got to Have Peace
  5. Never Say You Can't Survive
  6. If I Were Only a Child Again
  7. Billy Jack
  8. Superfly
  9. We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue
  10. Underground
  11. Back to the World
  12. Keep on Keeping On
  13. People Get Ready
  14. Give It Up
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Give It Up illustrates the sociopolitical side of Curtis Mayfield. The pulsating, horn-driven "Move On Up" has all the social significance of his early positive songs with the Impressions, and "We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue" showed the world that Mayfield was possessed of unique insight. "Back to the World" speaks of soldiers returning from Vietnam, while "Billy Jack" and "Superfly" are apt depictions of inner-city characters. This also contains motivators like "We Got to Have Peace," "Keep On Keeping On," "People ...

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