Stevie Wonder, né Stevland Hardaway Judkins le 13 mai 1950 à Saginaw, Michigan, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète afro-américain. Aveugle depuis sa petite enfance, il compte sur l'une des carrières les plus prolifiques de la pop américaine, sa discographie (en) comptant en 2013 pas moins de 23 albums studio, trois albums de musique de film, quatre albums live et 98 singles. 49 de ses chansons ont figuré aux États-Unis dans le top 40 et 32 singles ont été numéro 1 des ventes de disques. Il a vendu plus de 100 millions d'albums2, a reçu 22 Grammy Awards et remporté un Oscar de la meilleure chanson originale au cours d'une carrière qui s'étend sur plus d'un demi-siècle.
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"Free" Free like the river Flowin' freely through infinity Free to be sure of What I am and who I need not be Free from all worries Worries prey on oneself's troubled mind Freer than the clock's hands Tickin' way the times Freer than the meaning of free that man defines Life running through me Till I feel my father God has called
Me having nothin' But possessing riches more than all And I'm free To be nowhere But in every place I need to be Freer than a sunbeam Shinning through my soul Free from feelin' heat or knowing bitter cold Free from conceiving the beginning For that's the infinite start
I'm gone - gone but still living Life goes on without a beating heart
Free like a vision That the mind of only you can see
Freer than a raindrop Falling from the sky Freer than a smile in a baby's sleepin' eyes
I'm free like a river Flowin' freely to infinity I'm free to be sure of what I am and who I need not be I'm much freer - like the meaning of the word free that crazy man defines Free - free like the vision that The mind of only you are ever gonna see Free like the river my life Goes on and on through infinity
