[Chorus] Just move on up To a greater day With just a little faith, if you put your mind to it You can surely do it
Just move on up Move on up But move on up Oh, child, but just a-move on up But move on up Move on up
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“Move On Up” is what some would call the pièce de résistance in American soul music legend Curtis Mayfield’s catalogue. Released on his eponymous 1970 album Curtis, you may have heard this song featured in films such as Bend It Like Beckham or in season 4 of The Wire, but most of you have probably heard this beautiful upbeat R&B track sampled by Kanye West on “Touch the Sky” from Late Registration. This inspirational ode to progress is still powerfully moving, and Curtis’s falsetto may still never meet its match.
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