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Songs about poverty

  • Eleanor RigbyPaul McCartney sat at a piano in 1966 and began experimenting with melodies that would eventually become Eleanor Rigby. He initially named the character Ola…
  • The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)The 1980 New York City transit strike created a city of silence and frustration. Rappers Duke Bootee and Melle Mel wrote The Message during this period of…