The Roots and John Legend offer some education on lesser known soul jams from the 60s and 70s. Wake Up! is a collection of vintage soul songs released September 21, and in this video of "I Can't Write Left-Handed" you even feel the emotion bursting in your chest during the smooth and classy guitar solos. Directed by Spike Lee, keep the tissues near by because I have never felt so bad for a right-hander in my whole life.
Watch the video below featuring "I Can't Write Left-Handed," originally sung by Bill Withers and reworked to move you:
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Also check out their performance of "Wake Up Everybody" on Oprah:
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