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Artist: Aretha Franklin
Canonical path: /aretha-franklin/hard-times-no-one-knows-better-than-i
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Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
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Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
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They call it hard times, yeah, yeah
Oooh, oh, yeah, yeah, hmm
Oh, one more time, yeah
One more, one more, one more time, yeah
Oooh, hmm, yeah
Ray Charles said it was hard time but I feel alright
You know, yeah, yeah
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