What Does Living For The City Mean

Everyone knows and loves him. He is a sight to see even though he can’t see. He is the man that makes history. Stevie Wonder’s “Living for the City” is a song to be remembered and celebrated, captured the heart of music lovers and respect of music critics through its rich and personal meaning, and the elective use of literary devices. Now I am here to tell you about the song and its awards also the history behind the catchy tune, and the tone and mood. The song starts by talking about the life of a black family in united states at the time bad pay for hard labor, difficulty of finding jobs, and the sacrifices made to gain a proper education. “Living for the City” was release in 1973. When writing this song Stevie saw how the world was in poverty and made a song on how just working one job is not enough for a family to survive. The song shows you the many hardships the people had to go through. But even though the family was going through the hard life and they still caring to each other and love like there is not tomorrow. The artist that covered the song was Tina and Ike Turner. Taylor hicks sang it on American
There was a building in Brazil that was 25 stories high that caught fire. The building was the Joelma building and it happen February 1,1974 and it was all because of one little fire in and apartment. So why people was still recovering from a fire other people was at home watching Muhammad Ali getting knocked out by the one and only George Foreman. They called it “The Rumble in the Jungle” It took place October 30,1974 in Kinshasa, Zaire which is one known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was one the major fight because the event itself was 5 million dollars. Even though out the events that was happening neither event inspired Stevie to write his off the chain great