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[INTRO MUSIC]

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[BYRDS PLAYING]

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NARRATOR: Give
them three chords,

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and they'll give you the truth.

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THE BYRDS: (SINGING) The
times, they are a-changin'.

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NARRATOR: Welcome
to watchmojo.com,

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and today we're
counting down our picks

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for the top 10 protest songs.

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BOB MARLEY: (SINGING)
Get up, stand up.

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Don't give up the fight.

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NARRATOR: For this
list, we've chosen

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songs that argue
against the status

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quo, ask for change in social,
political, or other spheres,

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and/or are associated with
particular events, periods,

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movements, et cetera.

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EDWIN STARR: (SINGING)
War, huh, yeah.

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What is it good for?

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Absolutely nothing.

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PETE SEEGER: (SINGING)
We shall overcome.

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NARRATOR: Number 10-- "We
Shall Overcome," Pete Seeger.

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PETE SEEGER: (SINGING)
We shall overcome.

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NARRATOR: Although the song
had been kicking around,

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in some form, since--
well, no one really knows.

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"We Shall Overcome" has become
synonymous with Pete Seeger.

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PETE SEEGER: (SINGING) The
whole wide world around.

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The whole wide world around.

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NARRATOR: The banjo-slinging
folk legend certainly

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had a hand in shaping
the song as we know it.

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Used as a musical
form of protest

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during the Civil
Rights Movement,

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the anthem features
simple, but honest, lyrics

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that made it a ready battle cry
for any group facing adversity.

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PETE SEEGER: (SINGING)
deep in my heart--

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NARRATOR: Plus, it continues
to be recorded in support

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of a number of causes today.

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PETE SEEGER: (SINGING)--believe
we shall overcome--

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[THE EDGE PLAYING GUITAR]

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NARRATOR: Number 9--
"Sunday Bloody Sunday," U2.

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U2: (SINGING) Mm, oh.

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NARRATOR: Despite being drenched
in U2's signature echo pop

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sound, "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
is actually the band's response

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to the British Army's armed
attack of Northern Irish Civil

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Rights protesters in 1972.

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U2: (SINGING) Puts my back up,
my back up against the wall.

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Sunday, Bloody Sunday.

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NARRATOR: Also known as
the Bogside Massacre,

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the incident resulted
in over a dozen deaths.

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U2: (SINGING) Sunday,
Bloody Sunday.

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Sunday, Bloody Sunday.

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NARRATOR: Thanks to
its clanging guitars,

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and military-inspired
beat, it's become one

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of the group's signature songs.

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U2: (SINGING) How long?

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How long must we sing this song?

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How long, how long?

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Tonight--

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NARRATOR: But it's the
respect, and authority,

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with which U2 tackles
the subject matter, that

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really makes it stand out.

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U2: (SINGING) wipe
your blood shot eyes.

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Sunday, Bloody Sunday.

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Wipe your tears away.

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Sunday, Bloody Sunday.

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NARRATOR: Number 8--
"F*** tha Police," NWA.

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NWA: (RAPPING) F*** tha
police, coming straight from

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the underground.

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A young n**** got it
bad cause I'm brown.

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NARRATOR: With this
gangsta rap track,

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NWA went straight outta Compton,
and straight into controversy.

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NWA: (RAPPING) F*** that
shit, cause I ain't the one,

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for a punk motherf*****
with a badge and a gun,

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to be beaten on--

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NARRATOR: By presenting
a clear street-view look

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at racially-motivated police
brutality, "F*** tha Police"

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got the rappers
noticed by the FBI.

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NWA: (RAPPING) Yo, Dre
I got something to say.

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F*** the police.

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F*** the police.

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F*** the police.

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NARRATOR: The government
agency's attention

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to lyrics that appeared to
support violence towards cops,

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actually helped fuel the
band's cred and popularity.

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NWA: (RAPPING)**** the police
and Ren said it with authority,

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because the n***** on
the street is a majority.

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A gang--

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NARRATOR: Meanwhile, the song
has become a classic protest

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song.

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And the weight behind
its title phrase,

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has become a recurring
theme in hip-hop music.

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(RAPPING) Dumb
mother****** with a gun.

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And if I'm rolling
off the 8, he'll

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be the one that I take
out, and then get away.

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While I'm driving off laughing
this is what I'll say.

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F*** the police.

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[GUITAR PLAYING] Number
7-- "Ohio," Crosby, Stills,

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Nash, and Young.

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CSNY: (SINGING) Tin
soldiers and Nixon coming,

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we're finally on our own.

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On May 4th, 1970, the
Ohio National Guard

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fired on several
peacefully-protesting Kent

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State University students.

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CSNY: (SINGING)
Gotta get down to it,

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soldiers are cutting us down.

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NARRATOR: After he saw
photos of the shootings that

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left four dead in Ohio,
Neil Young wrote the lyrics

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to this protest song.

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NIEL YOUNG: (SINGING)
four dead in Ohio.

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NARRATOR: David Crosby, Steven
Stills, and Graham Nash,

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then joined him in the
studio to record the rocker.

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CSNY: (SINGING) How can
you run when you know?

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NARRATOR: Though some AM radio
stations banned the single

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for its unflattering
namedropping of President

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Nixon, Ohio still reached the
Billboard Hot 100's top 20,

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following its release.

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CSNY: (SINGING)
Four dead in Ohio.

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Four dead in Ohio.

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Four dead in Ohio.

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NARRATOR: Number 6--
"Killing in the Name,"

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Rage Against The Machine.

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE:
(SINGING) Killing

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in the name of.

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NARRATOR: Never a group to
shy away from tough issues,

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Rage quickly
established themselves

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as a politically-minded act
with their debut single.

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RAGE AGAINST THE
MACHINE: (SINGING)

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Some of those that work forces,
are the same that burn crosses.

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NARRATOR: The rap metal band
turned "Killing in the Name"

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into a musical attack
on police brutality,

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institutional racism,
and the Klu Klux Klan.

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Through its snorting baselines,
Tom Morello's unorthodox guitar

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part

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[TOM MORELLO GUITAR SOLO]

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NARRATOR: And f-bombs.

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Lots and lots of f-bombs.

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE:
(RAPPING) F*** you,

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I won't do what you tell me.

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F*** you, I won't
do what you tell me.

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NARRATOR: Despite
its explicit lyrics,

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the track has become
their signature tune,

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and has been covered
by multiple artists.

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE:
(RAPPING) F*** you,

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I won't do what you tell me.

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F*** you I won't do
what you tell me.

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F*** you I won't do
what you tell me.

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F*** you I won't do
what you tell me.

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NARRATOR: Number 5-- "Fight
the Power," Public Enemy.

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(RAPPING) Listen if you're
missin' y'all, swingin' while

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I'm singin', givin'
whatcha gettin'.

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Knowin' what I know, while
the black bands sweatin,

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and the rhythm rhymes rollin'.

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PUBLIC ENEMY: While the Beastie
Boys were fighting for their,

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right to party, Chuck D,
Flavor Flav, and the rest

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of the Public Enemy crew,
were fighting for their right

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to do pretty much
everything else--

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PUBLIC ENEMY: (RAPPING)
Fight the power.

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NARRATOR: --fused with
aggression, defiance,

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and rebellion.

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(RAPPING) Fight the power.

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NARRATOR: The lyrics of
Fight the Power are steeped

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with samples of
African-American culture,

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and shots at the
American establishment.

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PUBLIC ENEMY:
(RAPPING) Sample a look

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back you look and find nothing
but rednecks for 400 years,

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if you check.

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Don't worry be happy.

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Was a number one jam.

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Damn if I say it you
can slap me right here.

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NARRATOR: Along with playing in
Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing,

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the song has since
become an anthem

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for urban, underprivileged
young adults.

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PUBLIC ENEMY: (RAPPING)
Fight the power.

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We've got to fight
the powers that be.

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THE WAILERS: (SINGING)
Get up, stand up--

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stand up for your rights.

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NARRATOR: Number 4-- "Get
Up, Stand Up," The Wailers.

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THE WAILERS: (SINGING)
Don't give up the fight.

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NARRATOR: Struck by
the devastating poverty

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found in Haiti, Bob Marley
teamed up with Peter Tosh

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to write this
three-minute number.

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THE WAILERS: (SINGING)
We're sick and tired

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of the ism-skism, dyin' and go
to heaven in a Jesus' name--

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NARRATOR: In the early
'70s, many Haitians

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fled the country in the
hopes of freeing themselves

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from these conditions.

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THE WAILERS: (SINGING) And you
can fool some people sometimes,

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but you can't fool all
the people all the time.

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And now you see the
light-- what you gonna do?

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Stand up for your rights!

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NARRATOR: With its solid reggae
groove, and powerful lyrics,

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"Get Up, Stand Up"
urged those who remained

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to fight for their rights.

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Thanks to its powerful
message, it quickly

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became a concert staple
for Marley and the Wailers.

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(SINGING) Get up stand up--
don't give up the fight.

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NARRATOR: And was the last song
the Rastafarian performed live

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before his death in 1981.

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THE WAILERS: (SINGING)
Don't give up the fight.

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NARRATOR: Number 3-- "The
Times They Are a-Changin'," Bob

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Dylan.

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BOB DYLAN: (SINGING) Come
gather 'round people,

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wherever you roam, and admit
that the waters around you have

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grown--

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NARRATOR: Written
when America was

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on the cusp of
great social change,

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and just prior to
JFK's assassination,

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this is Bob Dylan's call
for open-mindedness,

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and a warning to the old guard.

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BOB DYLAN: (SINGING) Come
senators, congressmen,

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please heed the call.

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Don't stand in the doorway.

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Don't block up the hall.

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NARRATOR: The coming
generations quickly

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adopted it as an anthem of
change, due to its timeless

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lyrics.

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BOB DYLAN: (SINGING) The
battle outside raging,

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will soon shake your windows
and rattle your walls.

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For the times they
are a-changin'.

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NARRATOR: The Times
They Are a-Changin'

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also reach the UK Top 10,
and cemented Dylan's place

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in folk music, and
as a protest singer.

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BOB DYLAN: (SINGING)
And the first one

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now will later be last.

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For the times they
are a-changin'.

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[SONG CHANGES]

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Number 2-- "What's
Going On," Marvin Gaye.

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MARVIN GAYE: (SINGING) Mother,
there's too many of you crying.

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NARRATOR: In the first track and
single from "What's Going On,"

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Marvin Gaye questions the
world, and times, around him.

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MARVIN GAYE: (SINGING) Don't
punish me with brutality.

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But talk to me, so you
see, what's going on.

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NARRATOR: The initial
spark for the song

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was an act of police brutality
witnessed by co-writer Obie

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Benson during an
anti-war protest.

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After Gaye added
his own touches,

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the track was released without
Motown boss Berry Gordy's

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consent, as he hated the track.
(SINGING) We need some unity,

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some love--

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NARRATOR: Lucky for us
all, "What's Going On"

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topped the soul charts, and
became Motown's fastest-selling

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single to that point.

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE:
(SINGING) Hear me people, oh.

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What's going, what's going on?

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Before we unveil
our top pick, here

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are a few honorable mentions.

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CCR: (SINGING) Some folks are
born made to wave the flag.

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Ooh, they're red,
white, and blue.

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN:
(SINGING) Born in the USA.

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I was born in the USA.

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BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD:
(SINGING) Stop

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children, what's that sound?

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Everybody look whats going down.

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What are we fighting for?

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Don't ask me, I don't give a
damn, next stop is Vietnam--

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And it's five, six, seven,
open up the pearly gates.

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SAM COOKE: (SINGING)
A long time coming,

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but I know a change gonna come.

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MIA: (RAPPING) I throw this
shit in your face when I see ya.

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Cause I got something to say.

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I was born free.

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I was born free.

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NARRATOR: Number 1--
"Give Peace a Chance,"

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the Plastic Ono Band. (SINGING)
Everybody's talking about

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Bagism, Shagism, Dragism,
Madism, Ragism, Tagism--

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NARRATOR: Paving the
way for Imagine--

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JOHN LENNON: (SINGING)
Imagine all the people.

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NARRATOR: --this John
Lennon-penned track

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provides the sentiment that
Lennon is best remembered for.

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PLASTIC ONO BAND:
(SINGING) All we are saying

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is give peace a chance.

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NARRATOR: Quickly she adopted
as the anti-Vietnam war song,

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give peace a chance was
conceived, and recorded,

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during the ex-Beatles Montreal
bed-in with wife Yoko Ono,

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and later sung by 500,000
people at the Moratorium March

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on Washington.

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PLASTIC ONO BAND:
(SINGING) All we are saying

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is give peace a chance.

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NARRATOR: While it reached
the Billboard Hot 100's Top

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20, and the UK
charts Top Five, it's

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the song's hopeful tune that
has given it its enduring

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legacy in rock and roll.

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PLASTIC ONO BAND: (SINGING)
is give peace a chance.

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NARRATOR: Do you
agree with our list?

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What's your favorite
protest song?

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For more rebellious Top
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be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com.

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JOHN LENNON: (SINGING)
--is give peace a chance.

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JOHN LENNON: OK, beautiful.

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Yeah.

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[OUTRO MUSIC]

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