Here is my playlist for the inauguration of our 44th president. What's yours?
1. A Change is Gonna Come -- Sam Cooke
2. Sister Rosa -- The Neville Brothers
3. Up Above My Head (I hear music in the air) -- Ruthie Foster
4. Many Rivers to Cross -- Jimmy Cliff
5. People Everyday -- Arrested Development
6. Happy Birthday -- Stevie Wonder
7. Reconciliation -- Sounds of Blackness
8. Family Affair -- Sly and the Family Stone
9. Peace Sign -- War
10. Salala -- Angelique Kidjo
11. America the Beautiful -- Ray Charles
12. I Shall Be Released -- Nina Simone
13. Still I Rise -- Melky Sedeck
14. Mercy Mercy Me -- Marvin Gaye
15. Butterfly -- Mariah Carey
16. What a Wonderful World -- Louis Armstrong
17. Melodies from Heaven -- Kirk Franklin
18. Ordinary People -- John Legend
19. Three Little Birds -- Bob Marley
20. Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud) -- James Brown
21. Strength Courage and Wisdon -- India.Arie
22. Strange Fruit -- Billie Holiday
23. Grandma's Hands -- Bill Withers
24. Black Diamonds and Blue Pearls -- Angie Stone
25. Rivers of Babylon -- The Melodians
26. Obama Ubarikewe -- Samba Mapangala
27. A Black Man in the White House -- Sizzla
28. In My Life -- The Beatles
29. Here Comes the Sun -- George Harrison and Paul Simon
30. Overjoyed -- Stevie Wonder
31. Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off that Sucker) -- Parliament
32. A Song For Mama -- Boyz II Men
33. Forever Young -- Bob Dylan
34. Stand By Me -- Ben E. King
35. Oh Happy Day -- Etta James
36. Don't Worry Be Happy -- Bobby McFerrin
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