quando ouço a irmã rosetta tharpe penso sempre nela como uma força da natureza, impossível, inexorável, invencível. 
o seu meio era o do gospel, cantado e vivido, mas as tournés a espalhar a palavra por toda a américa levaram-na a contactar outros géneros, sobretudo o recém-nascido rock&roll - e elvis presley, little richard, jerry lee lewis citaram o seu nome como influência essencial. 
sabe-se que gostava também de azuis e, apesar de não ter nascido numa plantação de algodão no mississippi, nasceu numa pequena cidade do arkansas, chamada… cotton plant.

I'm gonna tell you the notch of facts

That the man don't understand the good book right and that's all

You know what?

We got to have more love

More understanding everyday of our lives and that's all

When you see folks jump from this or that

They don't know they don't know where the devil's at

That's all

They got to have more love, more understanding

Everyday of their lives I tell ya that's all

Listen, people fighting one another

And think they're doing swell

And all they want is your money

And you can go to hell

That's all

Ya'll got to have religion, yeah, I tell ya that's all

Now you can go to the college

Go to the schools

Have a good religion he use for educated blues

That's all Yeah, that's all

He got to have more love, more understanding

Everyday of our lives and that's all

rosetta nubin veio ao mundo de um modo verdadeiramente icónico: nasceu em cotton plant, no arkansas rural, e os seus pais eram apanhadores de algodão e cantores no coro da igreja local. aprendeu cedo a tocar guitarra, mudou-se para chicago, casou com um pregador da igreja pentecostal e percorreu a américa a cantar e tocar. já em nova-iorque, tornou-se famosa por tocar no cotton club com cab calloway e benny goodman. o seu estilo único, algures entre o gospel e os azuis, não passou despercebido e gravou vários êxitos, um deles este. sempre achei curioso o facto de elvis a ter referido várias vezes como uma grande influência.

I'm gonna tell you the notch of facts

That the man don't understand

the good book right and that's all That's all

You know what?

We got to have more love

More understanding everyday of our lives

And that's all

When you see folks jump from this or that

They don't know they don't know where the devil's at

That's all That's all

They got to have more love, more understanding

Everyday of their lives I tell ya that's all

Listen, people fighting one another

And think they're doing swell

And all they want is your money

And you can go to hell

That's all That's all

Ya'll got to have religion, yeah, I tell ya that's all

Now you can go to the college Go to the schools

Have a good religion he use for educated blues

That's all Yeah, that's all

He got to have more love, more understanding
Everyday of our lives and that's all