Herbie Hancock

Released: June 22, 2010

Featuring: P!nk John Legend

Songwriter: Peter Gabriel

Producer: Larry Klein Herbie Hancock

J.L.:
In this proud land, we grew up strong
We were wanted all along
I was taught to fight, taught to win
I never thought I could fail
No fight left or so it seems
I am a man whose dreams have all deserted
I've changed my face, I've changed my name
But no one wants you when you lose

P.:
Don't give up
'Cause you have friends
Don't give up
You're not beaten, yet
Don't give up
I know you can make it good

J.L.:
Though I saw it all around
Never thought I could be affected
Thought that we'd be the last to go
It is so strange the way things turn
Drove the night toward my home
The place that I was born, on the lakeside
As daylight broke, I saw the earth
The trees had burned down to the ground

P.:
Don't give up
You still have us
Don't give up
We don't need much of anything, no
Don't give up
'Cause somewhere there's a place where we belong

Rest your head
You worry too much
It's gonna be alright

Both:
When times get rough
You can fall back on us

P.:
Don't give up
Oh, please, please, don't give up

J.L.:
Got to walk out of here
I can't take anymore
Gonna stand on that bridge
Keep my eyes down below

Both:
Whatever may come
And whatever may go
That river's flowing
Ooh, that river's flowing

J.L.:
Moved on to another town
Tried hard to settle down
For every job, so many men
So many men no one needs

P.:
Don't give up
'Cause you have friends
Don't give up
You're not the only one
Don't give up
No reason to be ashamed
Don't give up
You still have us

J.L.:
Mm, don't give up

P.:
Don't give up now
We're proud of who you are
Don't give up
You know it's never been easy
Don't give up
No matter what you do
Don't give up
'Cause I believe there's a place
There's a place where we belong

Don't give up

Herbert Jeffrey “Herbie” Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor from Chicago, Illinois.

In 1960 he began working with Donald Byrd and Coleman Hawkins. He recorded his first solo album “Takin' Off” for Blue Note Records in 1962. “Watermelon Man”. Thanks to the album he caught the attention of Miles Davis, who asks, in May 1963, Hancock to join his Second Great Quintet.

In the sixties he records two important albums in jazz “Empyrean Isles” (1964) and “Maiden Voyage” (1965), both for Blue Note. During this period, Hancock also composed the score to Michelangelo Antonioni’s film Blowup (1966), the first of many film soundtracks he recorded in his career.

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