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Don't Wait (Interlude)
00:50
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The Nitro
02:12
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Turn On The Lights
03:48
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Rise
03:53
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RISE © School Time Music LLC
Written by Kaitlin McGaw, Tommy Shepherd. Music by Derrick Okoth, Torrance Esmond. Produced by D.O. Speaks & Street Symphony. With excerpts from “America is Black” by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou, and speech by President Barack Obama. Features Genevieve Goings, with Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, Mista Cookie Jar, Aaron Nigel Smith, and youth poets Aissa Negus and Omari Diltz.
INTRO
If you can’t fly ,what can you do? RUN
If you can’t run, what can you do? WALK
If you can’t walk, what can you do? CRAWL
If you can’t crawl, what can you do? ROLL
Whatever it is we got to keep it moving - Rise!
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” President Barack Obama
I have a dream
I have a dream
Yea I float like a butterfly sting like a bee ---
Gonna be the change in the world that we gotta see…
Yes I fall down, time and time again
I fall down time and time again I fall
But still I rise, Rise, rise, rise ---
Still I rise
People say amazing things
People do amazing things
People are amazing beings
You are what amazing is
POEM - Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
America is black
It is native
It wears a hijab
It is a spanish speaking tongue
It is migrant
It is a woman
It is here -- has been here
And it’s not going anywhere
CHORUS
YOU ARE BORN TO TOUCH THE SKY
YOU ARE HERE TO LIVE THAT LIFE
DREAM HIGH - DREAM WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT
CUZ YOU ARE BORN TO TOUCH THE SKY
You may get me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes
You may hurt me with your hatefulness
Nonetheless still I rise
You may get me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes
You may hurt me with your hatefulness
Nonetheless just like air still I rise
If they call us bad names - look them in the eye
If they push us down - be a true ally
If they try to build a wall, we won’t comply
Cuz when they go low --- we go high
They go low - we go high
They go low - we go high
They go low - we go high
If you can’t fly ,what can you do? RUN
If you can’t run, what can you do? WALK
If you can’t walk, what can you do? CRAWL
If you can’t crawl, what can you do? ROLL
People say amazing things
People do amazing things
People are amazing beings
You are what amazing is
If you can’t fly ,what can you do? RUN
If you can’t run, what can you do? WALK
If you can’t walk, what can you do? CRAWL
If you can’t crawl, what can you do? ROLL
People say amazing things
People do amazing things
People are amazing beings
You are what amazing is
CHORUS
YOU ARE BORN TO TOUCH THE SKY
YOU ARE HERE TO LIVE THAT LIFE
DREAM HIGH - DREAM WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT
CUZ YOU ARE BORN TO TOUCH THE SKY
YOU ARE BORN TO TOUCH THE SKY
YOU ARE HERE TO LIVE THAT LIFE
DREAM HIGH - DREAM WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT
CUZ YOU ARE BORN TO TOUCH THE SKY
You may get me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes - I rise
You may get me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes - I rise
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Questions (Interlude)
01:06
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QUESTIONS (Interlude) © School Time Music
Written by Kaitlin McGaw, Tommy Shepherd. Music by D. Okoth, T. Esmond.
Produced by Street Symphony & D.O. Speaks.
Alright. Let’s talk about it.
So much to learn. I wanna know.
What is my color?
What is my skin tone?
What is its history?
What is its culture?
What is my culture?
What is my color?
What is a skin tone?
Why do we label?
What do I stand for?
Who do I stand for?
What does it mean to you?
What does it mean to me?
What is my history?
What is my legacy?
What does it mean to you?
What does it mean to me?
Questions. Ask.
Let's Talk.
My people people
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I'm Proud
03:19
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My Light
02:34
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Power (Interlude)
01:11
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Shine
03:22
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SHINE © School Time Music
Written by: Kaitlin McGaw, Tommy Shepherd, Genevieve Goings.
Music by: Torrance Esmond, Derrick Okoth
Produced by: D.O. Speaks and Street Symphony.
Featuring: Genevieve Goings
CHORUS
Let the sunshine in (SHINE)
in my beautiful skin, I (SHINE)
Cuz its from within
And you can see me glow every time I… (SHINE)
VERSE
When they catch a good glimpse of what I’m really on
I will get some followers
Prolly like a million
Smile so big that it's lookin’ like the ceilings gone
You be like is that the sun?
Nope it's just the bright one
Shades on, take a look (look) at this complexity
Not just a star I’m-a (I’m-a) I’m-a galaxy
I’m the big bang (big bang) written in the black stars
Everything that’s beautiful has me up at the start
My dreams are awakening everybody’s sleepin' in
Follow my light to the life we should be leadin'
My imagination is the fire earth is my knowledge
Wind is my word - Flow like water - (that’s my) that’s my power
CHORUS
Let the sunshine in (SHINE)
in my beautiful skin, I (SHINE)
Cuz its from within
And you can see me glow every time I… (SHINE)
Watch me shine
VERSE
I know rivers
Design pyramids
I mean...I...can fly
Like Pharaoh and Cleopatra did
I sing loud and yes I speak clearly
When it’s about my skin my hair my prayers my family
I’m a bird in the sky - Not like a bird caged
Carving out a true path - right up to center stage
Making my voice a tradition not a holiday
More than a month man my history is everyday
And everyday I pray 5 times and yes I do I pray for you
That you’ll tie it up tight in a pair of my shoes
Or my skin my hair my clothes my rights my life or the light on my skin and we can
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Instrumental
CHORUS
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What Are You?
03:27
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12. |
Walls
03:33
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Different (Interlude)
01:08
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14. |
Stand Up For You
02:54
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Sway
03:18
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16. |
Woke (Interlude)
01:03
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Alphabet Rockers Oakland, California
GRAMMY-winning Alphabet Rockers make music that makes change. Created with young people for all people.
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