{"id":769,"date":"2018-06-11T11:17:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T11:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/2020\/12\/23\/nonprofit-playlist-help-get-through-life\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T13:32:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T08:02:25","slug":"nonprofit-playlist-help-get-through-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/nonprofit-playlist-help-get-through-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A nonprofit playlist to help you get through life"},"content":{"rendered":"
1. When you think you’re going to get that big promotion  |  The Lion King – I just can’t wait to be king<\/div>

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I just can’t wait to be king
\nNo one saying, “do this”
\nNo one saying, “be there”
\nNo one saying, “stop that”
\nNo one saying, “see here”
\nNow see here!
\nFree to run around all day
\nFree to do it all my way<\/p>

Oh, I just can’t wait to be king!<\/p>

2. Just after you find out that you didn’t get that promotion after all  |  The Beatles – Yesterday<\/div>

https:\/\/youtu.be\/Vg7NFrwRPWw<\/p>

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Yesterday
\nAll my troubles seemed so far away
\nNow it looks as though they’re here to stay
\nOh, I believe in yesterday<\/p>

Suddenly
\nI’m not half the man I used to be
\nThere’s a shadow hanging over me
\nOh, yesterday came suddenly<\/p>

3. How your funders think you react when they slash your budgets  |  The Jungle Book – Bare Necessities<\/div>

https:\/\/youtu.be\/KhcLfUjiiIQ<\/p>

Look for the bare necessities
\nThe simple bare necessities
\nForget about your worries and your strife
\nI mean the bare necessities
\nOld Mother Nature’s recipes
\nThat brings the bare necessities of life<\/p>

4. How you actually react when they slash your budgets  |  Michael Jackson – They don’t really care about us<\/div>

https:\/\/youtu.be\/cXaJroXK-64?t=50s<\/p>

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All I want to say is that
\nThey don’t really care about us
\nAll I want to say is that
\nThey don’t really care about us<\/p>

Beat me, hate me
\nYou can never break me
\nWill me, thrill me
\nYou can never kill me<\/p>

5. Before you give your first ever TED Talk  |  Eminem – Lose Yourself<\/div>

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
\nYou own it, you better never let it go
\nYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
\nThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime
\nYou better lose yourself in the music, the moment
\nYou own it, you better never let it go
\nYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
\nThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime you better<\/p>

6. Every auditor’s theme song  |  Def Leppard – Two Steps Behind<\/div>

Whatever you do
\nI’ll be two steps behind you
\nWherever you go
\nAnd I’ll be there to remind you
\nThat it only takes a minute of your precious time
\nTo turn around
\nI’ll be two steps behind<\/p>

Related article: 10 things only someone working at a nonprofit will understand<\/a><\/p>

7. The kind of boss we want…  |  Tina Turner & Jimmy Barnes – You’re simply the best<\/div>

https:\/\/youtu.be\/p2G0eaZc6ws<\/p>

You’re simply the best, better than all the rest
\nYou’re better than anyone, anyone I ever met<\/p>

8. The kind of boss we get  |  The Police – Every breath you take<\/div>