Country music never crossed racial lines, though, and never gained acceptance in black culture. ... He continually repeats the refrain "Make me wanna holler, the way they do my life." ... He says, "Money, we make it, fore we see it they take," and later in the song he says "Natural fact is I can't pay my taxes." ... Croce speaks about his dream in the first verse, speaking about his "name": he says "I carry it with me like my daddy did, but I"m living the dream that he kept hid." ... He never needed a degree, or wealth to be ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The hair came up on the back of my neck and everybody's neck. ... "But, dig, I just can't do that. So what I wanna do, I'm gonna sacrifice something here I really love. Don't think I'm silly doin this because I don't think I'm losin' my mind...But today, I think it's the right thing... There's nothing more I can do than this (Frick 42). ...

• Word Count: 2535
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The hair came up on the back of my neck and everybody's neck. ... "But, dig, I just can't do that. So what I wanna do, I'm gonna sacrifice something here I really love. Don't think I'm silly doin this because I don't think I'm losin' my mind...But today, I think it's the right thing... There's nothing more I can do than this (Frick 42). ...

• Word Count: 2522
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School