{"id":83,"date":"2011-09-08T19:17:52","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T19:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationalsongoftheweek\/?p=83"},"modified":"2011-09-08T19:21:19","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T19:21:19","slug":"wearethechampionsqueen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationalsongoftheweek\/2011\/09\/wearethechampionsqueen.html","title":{"rendered":"We Are the Champions – Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Follow Beliefnet Music on Twitter<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vofSgnnnIrI<\/a>\n

This week many people are honoring what would have been Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday<\/a>. \u00a0It seemed appropriate then, to pick one of the greatest inspirational rock anthems of all time. \u00a0This song exhibits all of the emotion and character of Queen’s music, and I hope it picks you up because we ARE the champions!!<\/p>\n

I’ve paid my dues<\/em>
\nTime after time<\/em>
\nI’ve done my sentence<\/em>
\nBut committed no crime<\/em>
\nAnd bad mistakes<\/em>
\nI’ve made a few<\/em>
\nand I’ve had my share of sand<\/em>
\nKicked in my face<\/em>
\nBut I’ve come through<\/em>
\nAnd I need to go on and on and on and on<\/em><\/p>\n

We are the champions – my friends<\/em>
\nAnd we’ll keep on fightin’ till the end<\/em>
\nWe are the champions<\/em>
\nWe are the champions<\/em>
\nNo time for losers<\/em>
\n‘Cause we are the champions of the world<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve taken my bows<\/em>
\nAnd my curtain calls<\/em>
\nYou’ve brought me fame and fortune<\/em>
\nAnd everything that goes with it<\/em>
\nI thank you all<\/em>
\nBut it’s been no bed of roses no pleasure cruise<\/em>
\nand I consider it a challenge before the whole human race<\/em>
\nThat I ain’t gonna lose<\/em>
\nAnd I need to go on and on and on and on<\/em><\/p>\n

We are the champions – my friends<\/em>
\nAnd we’ll keep on fightin’ till the end<\/em>
\nWe are the champions<\/em>
\nWe are the champions<\/em>
\nNo time for losers<\/em>
\n‘Cause we are the champions of the world<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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