Songs About Survival and Perseverance in the Face of Challenge

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[SVCBeercats]

When Mac Davis was 5 or 6 years old, the esteemed Nashville songwriter couldn't understand why one of his best friends had to live in a bad part of town. He remembered that friend as he wrote "In the Ghetto," which Elvis Presley turned into a chart-topping hit in 1969.

 

[SVCBeercats]

Think of Dr. Martin Luther King's famous speech, "I have a Dream."

If I Can Dream - Wikipedia

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[Zorro]

 

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[64Zcode]

I saw Bruce and the band do this one at the XL center, he took a fairly quiet acoustic song from the Nebraska album and made it a bluesy number that got the crowd up.
I couldn't find a pro-shot video but this isn't too bad.

At the end of every hard-earned day
People find some reason to believe

 

[Bigboote]

Here's a WWII-era song about fighter pilots: