I'm so in love with you.
Before I Let Go You're the only one I love, I want you to know that it's for real
1981 
2019 Before I Let Go 0:30 draws a line in the sand. He has made up his mind to walk but first she needs to hear what she is losing. Not out of spite. Out of needing to be truthful before the door closes.
But there comes a moment when holding on costs more than letting go. He is not bitter. He is final. Before he walks out, she needs to hear the weight of what she let slip.
Why can't we be friends?
A plea for harmony between people divided by superficial differences. The question is simple yet deeply profound. Prejudice and conflict seem utterly senseless when friendship remains a real possibility. The song highlights the fundamental shared humanity binding everyone together despite surface divisions.
Michael Mann's Ali is a portrait of Muhammad Ali as a man who refused to be called by any name but his own. Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come' -- written after Cooke was turned away from a whites-only motel -- plays over the closing credits. The song and the subject share the same arc: born in struggle, forged in resistance.
A change is gonna come. The fight made sure of it.
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1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).
