Album: Give the People What They Want (2014)
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  • Sharon Jones explained the song's meaning to Relix magazine: "This one is talking about how we have to get up, come together and get along," she said. "We need to stop all this nonsense and strife—all this racist and racial stuff. We’re all human beings. Why should someone be different? We should just get along."

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