The one song for us all? Rolling Stone had this at 145 on their list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004; up to 109 on the 2021 list. That's the right direction but when I saw Sly deliver this at the end of Questlove's Summer of Soul in 2021 I cried. I am sure it meant a lot in 1968 and 1969. It's regarded as one of the most popular songs of the 1960s. Now it feels like manna from heaven, "We got to live together." Shaking his afro, rocking his freak flag, Sly: "Iiiiiiiii am Everyday People." Yes you are! And you and you too!
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