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1968年，美國黑人人權領袖馬丁路德金恩及美國總統羅勃甘迺迪相繼遭到暗 ( 刺 ) 殺，也因此引發美國樂團The Rascals ( 之前大家熟知的團名為The Young Rascals) 的團員Felix Cavaliere和Eddie Brigati寫出此首《People Got to Be Free》。

由於歌曲含有政治性的背景，唱片公司一度擔憂，怕會影響到The Rascals的事業。經過此曲作者兼主唱Felix Cavaliere的爭取說服，唱片公司才終於同意發行。好在歌曲雖然採取高昂的曲調，但訴求的是寬容和自由，也並未抨擊到任何政治黨派團體及個人。此曲於1968推出後，在告示牌排行榜蟬聯了5週的冠軍，唱片銷售也超過了4百萬張。

即使大眾都接受這首歌，但The Rascals仍非常謹慎，為了防止發生意外情況，只在有多數非裔美人的觀眾時才現場演唱此曲。若否，則取消此曲目。



All the world over, so easy to see
People everywhere just wanna be free
Listen, please listen, that's the way it should be
Deep in the valley, people got to be free

You should see what a lovely, lovely world this'd be
Everyone learned to live together, ah-hah-unh
Seems to me such an itty bitty thing should be
Why can't you and me learn to love one another?

All the world over, so easy to see
People everywhere just wanna be free
I can't understand it, so simple to me
People everywhere just got to be free

If there's a man who is down and needs a helpin' hand
All it takes is you to understand and to pull him through, ah-hah-unh
Seems to me we got to solve it individually, ah-hah-unh
And I'll do unto you what you do to me

Shout it from the mountain on out to the sea (out to the sea)
No two ways about it, people have to be free
Ask me my opinion, my opinion will be
Nat'ral situation for a man to be free

Git right on board now

[Instrumental Interlude]

Oh, what a feelin's just come over me
Love can move a mountain, make a blind man see
Everybody sing it now come on let's go see
Deep in the valley now, we ought to be free

[Spoken:]
See that train over there?
That's the train of freedom
It's about to 'rrive any minute, now
You know it's been'a long, long overdue
Look out 'cause it's a'comin' right on through