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This chorus makes the song a natural fit as a sports anthem, and “Champion” has already been used on the FIFA ‘13 soundtrack

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This is a deeply personal autobiographical verse by Eddie Vedder. When Vedder was a teenager, his mother revealed to him that the man he thought was his father was actually his stepfather, and his biological father was dead.

As detailed in 1993 Rolling Stone Pearl Jam feature written by Cameron Crowe (RS 668), “Vedder’s biological father, it turned out, was a musician himself, an organist-vocalist who sang in restaurants. Once Vedder knew the truth about his heritage, other relatives stepped forward.”

Vedder explained, “There were all these things they wanted to say, like ‘That’s where you got musical talent,’ and I was like ‘Fuck you.’ At the time, I was 14 or 15, I didn’t even know what the fuck was going on. I learned how to play guitar, saved all my money for equipment, and you’re telling me that’s where it came from? Some fucking broken-down old lounge act? Fuck you.”

[Edward Louis Severson III: Eddie’s biological father}

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Mez switches up his flow between the East Coast and Third Coast styles since Raleigh is both on the East Coast and in the South

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A reference to Obama’s famous 2004 DNC speech that launched his career
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fMNIofUw2I

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Indeed, as odd of a pairing as it sounds, Clinton and both Bushes have worked together to raise money for relief of natural disasters

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The famous “Little Rock Nine”, the first nine black students at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas (Clinton’s home state) needed federal troops to protect them as they attended their first day of integrated classes

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6 yrs Nixon
+2 yrs Ford
+8 yrs Reagan
+4 yrs Bush I
+8 yrs Bush II

= 28 yrs Republicans

3 yrs Kennedy
+5 yrs Johnson
+4 yrs Carter
+8 yrs Clinton
+4 yrs Obama

= 24 yrs Democrats

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The ideas of a “strong middle class” and of a “ladder of opportunity” for the working poor were hallmarks of Clinton’s rhetoric during his own presidency

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Bob Strauss was DNC chair from 1972-1977, after which he served as U.S. Trade Representative and U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union

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A reference to the Republicans' speeches at the 2012 Republican National Convention. Even Clint Eastwood dumped on Obama for being anti-business

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