the president:this is music withhumble beginnings -- roots in slaveryand segregation -- the blues bore witnessto these hard times. and like so many of the menand women who sang them, the blues refused to belimited by the circumstances of their birth. it helped lay the foundationfor rock and roll, and r&b and hip-hop. it inspired artists andaudiences around the world.
keb' mo':♪♪(playing guitar)♪♪ this could take a while. ♪♪(playing guitar)♪♪ (singing)♪ o beautiful forspacious skies ♪ ♪ for amber waves of grain ♪ ♪ for purplemountain majesties ♪ ♪ 'bove the fruited plain ♪ ♪ america, america ♪ ♪ god shed his grace on thee ♪
♪ and crown thy good,yeah, with brotherhood ♪ ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ ♪ o beautiful forheroes prov'd ♪ ♪ in liberating strife ♪ ♪ who more than selftheir country lov'd ♪ ♪ and mercy more than life ♪ ♪ may god thy gold refine ♪ ♪ and may all successbe nobleness ♪ ♪ and ev'ry gain divine ♪
♪ and crown thy goodwith brotherhood ♪
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