the gospel of mavis staples.0 years ago, a family ensemble called the staples singers. ♪ if you're ready, go with me ♪ if you're ready now, come go with me ♪ ♪ no hate red, come go with me ♪ we'll be tolerated ♪ come go with me >> when i sing, i sing from my heart. mavis, sing from your heart and you'll reach from the heart. what comes from the heart reaches the heart. ♪ i have found a wonderful savior ♪ ♪ i am his and he is mine >> i'm just -- i feel like i'm the luckiest old girl in the world, to be able to stand there and pour it out, you know, to give of myself, to deliver, and my message, i just feel that i'm doing what i'm supposed to be doing. you know, singing and making people happy, up lifting. i want you to be up lifted. ♪ >> my background with my family, the staples singers, we started singing in 1950. ♪ wrote a song for everyone ♪ wrote a song for truth ♪ wrote a song for everyone, yeah, and i couldn't leave it up to you ♪ >> the disk jockey would say this is little 13-year-old mavis staples singing