I think the original original song that was sampled here was a really old soul/blues track 'who knows' by marion black.
That was sampled into a song by RJ-D2 called "smoke & mirrors" (and apart from the vocals themselves, it's almost unrecognisable as the Marion Black song.
I'm not an expert, but I actually think that the version at the end of this film is sampled from the rjd2 song (the melody, somewhat, and the vocals sound new-ish) rather than from the rjd2 song.
I'm far from a music guru - the only reason I can provide this 'suggestion' is that the rjd2 song featured at the end of an episode of 'robbery homicide division' and I spent ages finding out who did that version so I could acquire the track, and then finding out where the original vocals were from.
I might be wrong, but it sounds close enough melodically, harmonically, and lyrically that there ought be a link between all 3 tracks. Unless it's a huge coincidence.
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