Mick Jagger - Just Another Night (Audi5000 remix)

Recorded 2023

LYRICS

Verse 1
I spent years with a hard heart, closed fists and closed doors,
Talkin’ loud but sayin’ nothin’, always wantin’ more.
I let pride be my anchor, I let anger steer my hand,
But somewhere on that broken road, I learned to understand.

Chorus
I’m not what I use to be, I’m finding a better man in me,
Learning how to love, how to bend, how to see.
We stumble, we fall, but the choice is still ours,
To rise from the dirt and reach for the stars.
No, I ain’t perfect, but I’m finally free—
I’m not what I use to be.

Verse 2
Now I sit a little longer, listen more than I speak,
I share the weight of my burdens, and the dreams that I keep.
Compassion’s like a river, it can heal a hardened soul,
Turns the coldest night into fire, makes a broken man whole.

Chorus
I’m not what I use to be, I’m finding a better man in me,
Learning how to love, how to bend, how to see.
We stumble, we fall, but the choice is still ours,
To rise from the dirt and reach for the stars.
No, I ain’t perfect, but I’m finally free—
I’m not what I use to be.

Bridge

Time can change a sinner, time can soften stone,
And the hardest lesson learned is we don’t walk alone.
Every scar tells a story, every tear makes it clear,
The man in the mirror’s someone new standing here.

Final Chorus
I’m not what I use to be, I’m finding a better man in me,
Learning how to love, how to bend, how to see.
We stumble, we fall, but the choice is still ours,
To rise from the dirt and reach for the stars.
No, I ain’t perfect, but I’m finally free—
I’m not what I use to be.

Outro (spoken or sung soft)
No, I ain’t perfect… but I’m finally free.
I’m not what I use to be.

Not What I Use to Be

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Remastered Version of a song which blows my mind. Keep on fighting/preventing HIV.

Genetic research indicates that HIV originated in west-central Africa during the early twentieth century. AIDS was first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1981 and its cause—HIV infection—was identified in the early part of the decade. Since its discovery, AIDS has caused nearly 30 million deaths (as of 2009). As of 2010, approximately 34 million people have contracted HIV globally. AIDS is considered a pandemic—a disease outbreak which is present over a large area and is actively spreading.
Source. Wikipedia USA

Ende 2007 lebten weltweit etwa 33 Millionen HIV-positive Menschen. 2007 kam es zu etwa 2,7 Millionen HIV-Neuinfektionen, und etwa zwei Millionen Menschen starben an den Folgen von HIV/AIDS. Der Anteil der HIV-Infizierten liegt weltweit durchschnittlich bei etwa 1 % der 15- bis 49-Jährigen, erreicht in einzelnen afrikanischen Staaten jedoch Werte um 20 %.
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