One of my favorite songs from my youth is \"Ain't No Stopping Us Now<\/b>\" by McFadden and Whitehead. Truthfully, like most other kids, I knew all the lyrics of the song, but never just sat down and thought about what any of it meant. Many, many years later, it happened to hit me that this was about as motivational a song as one could get.<\/p>\n
First, here are the lyrics of the song, with some clipping to cut out too much redundancy: There's been so many things that held us down, Don't you let nothin' nothin' Ain't no stoppin' us now, I know you know someone that has a negative vibe, Don't you let nothing, nothing, Ain't No Stoppin Us Now! <\/b><\/font><\/p>\n Yeah, that's it, and they turned that into 3 minutes and 18 seconds for the most part. However, this video, which is a true flashback from Soul Train, is 20 seconds less, and of course they're lip synching. So what; it's the message that counts; the dancing is just for fun:<\/p>\n
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\nAin't no stoppin' us now,
\nWe're on the move.(We're on the move)
\nAin't no stoppin' us now,
\nWe got the groove.(We got the groove)<\/p>\n
\nBut now it looks like things are finally comin' around.
\nI know we've got a long long way to go,
\nAnd where we'll end up I don't know.
\nBut we won't let nothin' hold us back.
\nWe're puttin' our selves together, we're polishin' up our act.
\nWell, if you've ever been held down before
\nI know you'd refuse to be held down anymore.<\/p>\n
\nstand in your way,
\nI want y'all to listen listen
\nto ev'ry word I say, ev'ry word I say.<\/p>\n
\nWe're on the move.(We're on the move)
\nAin't no stoppin' us now,
\nWe got the groove.(We got the groove)<\/p>\n
\nand if you're trying to make it they only push you aside.
\nThey really don't have, no where to go.
\nAsk them where they're going, they don't know.
\nBut we won't let nothin' hold us back,
\nwe're gonna put our selves together,
\nwe're gonna polish up our act!
\nAnd if you've ever been held down before,
\nI know you'll refuse to be held down anymore!<\/p>\n
\nStand in your way!
\nI want ya'll to listen, listen,
\nto every word I say, every word I say!<\/p>\n
\nWe're on the move!
\nAin't No Stoppin Us Now!
\nWe've got the groove!<\/p>\n