

People get ready, there's a train a-comin' You don't need no baggage, you just get on board All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin' Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord So people get ready for the train to Jordan Pickin' up passengers coast to coast Faith is the key, open the doors and board 'em There's hope for all among those loved the most There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner Who would hurt all mankind just to save his own Believe me now Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner For there's no hidin' place against the kingdom's throne So people get ready, there's a train a-comin' You don't need no baggage, you just get on board All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin' Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord
People get ready, there's a train a-comin' You don't need no baggage, you just get on board All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin' Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord So people get ready for the train to Jordan Pickin' up passengers coast to coast Faith is the key, open the doors and board 'em There's hope for all among those loved the most There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner Who would hurt all mankind just to save his own Believe me now Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner For there's no hidin' place against the kingdom's throne So people get ready, there's a train a-comin' You don't need no baggage, you just get on board All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin' Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord
“People Get Ready” foi lançado em 1965 como single e também como faixa-título do álbum *People Get Ready*, alcançando o número 3 na Billboard R&B e o 14 na Hot 100.
Curtis Mayfield escreveu a música, incorporando elementos gospel e refletindo sua crescente consciência social e política.
Em 2021 a Rolling Stone a colocou como a 122ª melhor música de todos os tempos e, em 1998, ela foi inserida na Grammy Hall of Fame.
A canção foi selecionada em 2015 para preservação no National Recording Registry pelos EUA por sua “significância cultural, histórica ou artística”.
Martin Luther King Jr. a adotou como o hino não oficial dos Direitos Civis, usando-a para motivar e confortar manifestantes.
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