Lauryn Hill Shares "I’ve Got Life" Rap From Forthcoming Nina Simone Tribute Album

On July 10, RCA will release a Nina Simone tribute album called Nina Revisited: A Tribute To Nina Simone, which will be released in conjunction with the forthcoming documentary What Happened, Miss Simone?, which is coming to Netflix on June 26. Previously, Ms. Lauryn Hill shared a cover of “Feeling Good” from the release, and now, she’s shared a rap called “I’ve Got Life” that flows over a snippet from the Nina Simon song by the same name. Listen to it above. Correction: This is just the first part of the rap, not the full track.

The tribute album will also feature Mary J. Blige, Common, Usher, Gregory Porter, Jazmine Sullivan, and Lisa Simone (Nina Simone’s daughter). “Because I fed on this music, both hers and lovers like her, like my basic food, I believed I always had a right to have a voice,” Hill said of Simone in a statement. “Her example is clearly a form of sustenance to a generation needing to find theirs. What a gift.”

Listen to Ms. Lauryn Hill’s cover of “Feeling Good”:

Nina Revisited: A Tribute to Nina Simone:

01 Lisa Simone: Nobody’s Fault but Mine (Intro)
02 Ms. Lauryn Hill: Feeling Good
03 Ms. Lauryn Hill: I’ve Got Life 
04 Ms. Lauryn Hill: Ne Me Quitte Pas
05 Jazmine Sullivan: Baltimore
06 Grace: Love Me or Leave Me
07 Usher: My Baby Just Cares For Me
08 Mary J. Blige: Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
09 Gregory Porter: Sinnerman
10 Common & Lalah Hathaway: YG&B
11 Alice Smith: I Put a Spell On You
12 Lisa Simone: I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
13 Ms. Lauryn Hill: Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
14 Ms. Lauryn Hill: Wild Is the Wind
15 Ms. Lauryn Hill: African Mailman
16 Nina Simone: I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free

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