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Lyrics by Mavis Staples

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  1. 20th Century Express
  2. A Man Called Jesus
  3. Ain't No Doubt About It
  4. All Because Of You
  5. All Over Again
  6. Blood Is Thicker Than Time
  7. Build a Bridge
  8. Christmas Vacation
  9. Come Home
  10. Don't Knock
  11. House In Order
  12. I Guess I'm Crazy
  13. I'll Be Right There
  14. If All I Was Was Black
  15. Interesting
  16. Jaguar
  17. Kain't Turn Back
  18. Little Bit
  19. Losing You
  20. Melody Cool
  21. No Time For Crying
  22. Only The Lord Knows
  23. Peaceful Dream
  24. Positivity
  25. The Old Songs
  26. The Undertaker
  27. The Voice
  28. Time Waits For No One
  29. Train
  30. Try Harder
  31. We Get By
  32. We Go High
  33. We're Gonna Make It
  34. Who Told You That
  35. Why
  36. Wrote A Song For Everyone
  37. You Will Be Moved

Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939) is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer and civil rights activist. She rose to fame as a member of her family's band The Staple Singers, of which she is the last surviving member. During her time in the group, she recorded the hit singles "I'll Take You There" and "Let's Do It Again". In 1969, Staples released her self-titled debut solo album. Staples continued to release solo albums throughout the following decades and collaborated with artists such as Aretha Franklin, Prince, Arcade Fire, Nona Hendryx, Ry Cooder, David Byrne, and former romantic partner Bob Dylan. Her eighth studio album You Are Not Alone (2010), earned critical acclaim, and became her first album as a soloist to reach number one on a Billboard chart, peaking atop the Top Gospel Albums chart. It also earned Staples her first Grammy Award win. Following this, she released the albums One True Vine (2013), Livin' on a High Note (2016), If All I Was Was Black (2017), and We Get By (2019); she is also featured on the single "Nina Cried Power" by Hozier. Staples is the recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and has won three Grammy Awards, including one for Album of the Year as a featured artist on We Are by Jon Batiste. Named one of the "100 Greatest Singers of all Time" by Rolling Stone in 2008; Staples was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1999) and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2018) as a member of The Staple Singers. In 2016, she was made a Kennedy Center Honoree. The following year, she was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame as a soloist. In 2019, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honored her with their inaugural Rock Hall Honors Award for her solo work.

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