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"People Get Ready"

You don't need no baggage, you just get on board

All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin'

The above video and lyric snippet are from the song by the immortal Curtis Mayfield from an album; "Curtis Live," released in 1971, not coincidently, the second year that Tom Heinsohn coached the Celtics, who finished third in the Atlantic Division with a 44-38 record. The next season; 1971-72, they finished 1st in the conference with a 56-26 record and although they lost in the Eastern Conference final, they were on their way to one of the all time great records of 68-14 the next season and a couple of championships, before their run was over.