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Track: Ain't Got No - I Got Life (From the musical production "Hair")
Artist: Nina Simone
Album: 'Nuff Said (Expanded Edition)

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Name: Nina Simone
Spotify Genres: vocal jazz, jazz blues, soul, soul jazz, jazz, blues
Followers: 3,250,145
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American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger and civil rights activist, born 21 February 1933 in Tryon, North Carolina, USA, died 21 April 2003 in Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (aged 70) Nina was giving piano recitals after playing at her local church at an early age. Her childhood piano lessons were funded by her mother's employer and a local fund set up by her music teacher, so impressed were they by her talent. She moved to Philadelphia aged 17, teaching piano and playing to raise the money for her studies at New York's renowned Juilliard School Of Music. To fund her family she worked in a bar in Atlantic City where she was also required to sing and built up a devoted following. She recorded Gershwin's "I Loves You Porgy" which became a US Top 20 hit and transported her to a bigger stage, performing at [l280434] and the [l318621]. Her repertoire went on to embrace numerous civil rights anthems, a movement for which she was a passionate and prominent supporter. She left the US in the 1970s, moving first to Barbados, and some other places, including Africa and the Netherlands, before eventually settling in France where she died from cancer in 2003. She won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. Mother of [a1559889].

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Release: Nina Simone - Ain't Got No - I Got Life
Year: 1968
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: Soul

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Ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes Ain't got no money, ain't got no class Ain?t got no skirts, ain?t got no sweater Ain?t got no perfume, ain?t got bed Ain?t got no man Aint got no mother, ain?t got no culture Ain?t got no friends, ain?t got no schoolin? Ain?t got no love, ain?t got no name Ain?t got no ticket, ain?t got no token Ain?t got no god What about god, why I am alive anyway What about god, nobody can take away I got my hair, I got my head I got my brains, I got my ears I got my eyes, I got my nose I got my mouth, I got my smile I got my tongue, I got my chin I got my neck, I got my boobs I got my heart, I got my soul I got my back, I got my sex I got my arms, got my hands I got my fingers, got my legs I got my feet, I got my toes I got my liver, Got my blood I?ve got life I?ve got my freedom I?ve got a life I?ve got a life And I?m gonna give it I?ve got a life and nobody?s gonna take it away I?ve got a life