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the book is forthcoming. by Danyel Smith. a history of black women in pop. from It Books/HarperCollins (2014). now writing. tumbling this stuff keeps me inspired, and keeps my brain sane.
We never wanted to get too far away from our gospel roots. Any song that we would sing was going to be a song full of inspiration; to help someone—of truth and love. “I’ll Take You There,” it had that beat where people would dance, but still we’re talking about taking you to heaven. We’d tell you I know of a place where ain’t nobody cryin’, ain’t nobody worries, ain’t no smiling faces/lying to the races. So where else could we be taking you but to heaven? The church people, because of that beat, they wanted to put us out of the church. more.

We never wanted to get too far away from our gospel roots. Any song that we would sing was going to be a song full of inspiration; to help someone—of truth and love. “I’ll Take You There,” it had that beat where people would dance, but still we’re talking about taking you to heaven. We’d tell you I know of a place where ain’t nobody cryin’, ain’t nobody worries, ain’t no smiling faces/lying to the races. So where else could we be taking you but to heaven? The church people, because of that beat, they wanted to put us out of the church.

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