School house Rock - Mother Necessity

This is the popular SchoolHouse Rock video, with vocals by Essra Mowhawk. Essra Mohawk is legendary in the music industry which is why Bob Dorough, the Creator of Schoolhouse Rock choose her to sing "Interjections" & "Sufferin Till Sufferage." Her vocals begins on "Mother Necessity" (Wilbur & the Wright brothers) at 2:06. FYI - Essra Mohawk wrote Cyndi Lauper's "Change of Heart" & Tina Turner's "Stronger Than the Wind," etc. She also wrote Peabo Bryson's single "Dream" from the "Barney" movie & was offered a publishing deal at 17 by Mo Ostin. At 19, Frank Zappa invited her to join his band. Essra is fondly referred to as "The Secret Diva" & her 1970 lbum "Primordial Lovers" was rated "1 of the 25 best albums of all time" by Rolling Stone magazine. Her accomplishments go on & on & fans have said they would "lay on railroad tracks for her" & 3 have even named their daughter's Essra... Originally from Philadelphia, Essra now resides in Nashville and still makes her living off of music.