Nina simone, daughter
Nina simone death cause!
Nina simone children
Ain't Got No, I Got Life
single by Nina Simone
"Ain't Got No, I Got Life" is a single by American singer-songwriter Nina Simone, from her album 'Nuff Said. It is a medley of two songs, "Ain't Got No" and "I Got Life", from the musical Hair, with lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot.
The combination of the two songs was rewritten by Simone to suit her purpose.
The song peaked at number 2 in the UK and at number 1 in the Netherlands.[1] It also charted on the Billboard Hot , where it reached number [2] The song helped Simone gain popularity under a new, younger audience, and became a standard in her repertoire.[3]
Assessment and performance
Yale musicologist Daphne Brooks described the song as "a new black anthem"– a "wholly original" reimagining of the material to create a "trademark" racial protest song as powerful as Simone's earlier "Mississippi Goddam" and "Four Women".[4] A live performanc