Children's Christmas Songs

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer


I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus


Santa Claus is Coming to Town

More Christmas Carols

Do You Hear What I Hear? - Carrie Underwood



O Holy Night - Josh Groban

Baby It's Cold Outside

From the 1949 film, Neptune's Daughter



Bing Crosby and Doris Day



Lady Gaga and Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - the Carpenters

The original version with Judy Garland from "Meet Me in St. Louis"

I Believe - The Book of Mormon

Defying Gravity - Wicked

Dorothy and the Glinda, the Good Witch, meet the Wicked Witch of the West (Elphaba) in the Wizard of Oz (1939)

Heaven on Their Minds - Jesus Christ Superstar

Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Patti LaBelle



Israel (Iz) Ka'ano'i Kamakawiwo'Ole

Father and Farther - Jim Boyd

How do we forgive our fathers?

Take Me to Church - Hozier

Hozier talks about "Take Me to Church"

Secrets - Mary Lambert

We Are Here - Alicia Keys

Follow Your Arrow - Kacey Musgrave

Roar - Katy Perry

Royals - Lorde

Mama's Broken Heart - Miranda Lambert

Same Love - Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis (featuring Mary Lambert)

She Keeps Me Warm

I Won't Give Up

50 Ways to Say Goodbye - Train

We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift

We Are Young - Fun

2012 - Year in Review

It goes fast. What do you remember in 2012?

Say Hey - Michael Franti and Spearhead

Billboard Top 100 songs of 2011

Turning Tables - Adele

Live

Songs of 2011 for Presentations

Foo Fighters - Walk



Bruno Mars - Marry You



Amy Winehouse - Rehab



Christina Perri - A Thousand Years



Cee Lo Green - Cry Baby

Born This Way - Lady Gaga

Beg, Steal or Borrow - Ray LaMontagne

Little Fly - Esperanza Spalding

Wake Up Everybody

Here is the original by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes

I Need You Now - Lady Antebellum (2010)

I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

Irreplaceable - Beyonce

Waiting on the World to Change - John Mayer

Dixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice

You Gotta Be - Des'ree

Hands - Jewel

Thank You - Alanis Morisette

Women of the 90's

Sinead O'Conner - Nothing Compares 2 U



Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough


Sarah Mclachlan - I Will Remember You


Tracy Chapman - Gimme One Reason


Melissa Etheridge - Come to My Window



Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey - When You Believe

Desert Rose - Sting

Video with lyrics (including the Arabic)

Changes - Tupac Shakur

That's The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby and the Range

Right Here, Right Now - Jesus Jones

Songs of the 1990s

Fight the Power - Public Enemy

This is from the 1988 movie - "Do the Right Thing"



Here's the Public Enemy video for the song



Don't Worry Be Happy (was the number one jam the year before)

Like a Prayer - Madonna

Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen

Songs of the 80s

All Out of Love - Air Supply - 1980



Lady - Kenny Rogers - 1981



American Dream - Hank Williams - 1982



Every Breath You Take - The Police - 1983

Pride (In the Name of Love) - U2 - 1984



Sade - The Sweetest Taboo (1985)



Janet Jackson - Control (1986)



Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer (1987)

Tracy Chapman - Mountains of Things (1988)



Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (1989)

Punk Rock

The Avengers - The American in Me (1979)



Head Cheese - Jungle Jam (1981)
This is a band that went to the same art school I attended in Philadelphia. My roommate was in the band and they asked me to be in their video. Can you find me?



The Ramones - I want to be sedated

Disco

Y.M.C.A. - The Village People (1978)



Scene from Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta - You Should Be Dancing by the Bee Gees (1977)



More Saturday Night Fever - More Than a Woman



Donna Summer - the Queen of Disco - Last Dance (1978)




The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men (it's from 1983, but it's still Disco!)

Fight the Power - the Isley Brothers (1975)

Soul Train Line

Hotel California - The Eagles (1972)

Abraham, John and Martin

Original by Dion (1968)



Moms Mabley (1969)




Jon Bon Jovi (2001)

Songs of the 60s

Ike and Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High (1966)



The Who - My Generation (1965)



Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (1967)



The Impressions - People Get Ready (1967)



Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Dancin' in the Streets (1967)



Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit



Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (1969)



The 5th Dimension - Age of Aquarius (1969)

Get Together

The Kennedy Generation

The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Little Boxes

Movies about the 50's

There were so many movies that were made about the 1950s in later decades. Here are some of them

Hairspray (1988)
This is a comedy by director John Waters, who always has a very different way of looking at things. There is great music, great dancing, and the movie explores the undertones of racial unrest that began to break the surface in the mid-50's leading to the Civil Rights Movement



Dirty Dancing (1987)
Dirty Dancing explores the new dance crazes that came with the music from the 50's. White teenagers looked to black culture for music and dance. Parents couldn't understand what was happening to their children. No one knew what would happen to the kids in the 60's though...



Grease (1979)
Grease originally appeared on Broadway and then became a movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.



American Graffiti (1973)
American Graffiti has some of the most popular music from the 50's and early 60's. It's about cars, rock and roll and being a teenager in post war America.

Hound Dog

Big Mama Thornton - the original



Elvis Presley - most famous cover version

The 1950's - birth of Rock and Roll

Willie and the Hand Jive



From the 1979 movie "Grease"



A video about life in a suburb in the 1950s



The 1950s economic boom



Youth of the 1950s

San Francisco - Scott McKenzie

Live at the Monterrey Pop Festival

I Left My Heart in San Francisco

Tony Bennett singing with Judy Garland



Judy Garland singing San Francisco

California

Sittin’ in a park in Paris France readin’ the news and it sure looks bad
They won't give peace a chance, that was just a dream some of us had
Still a lot of lands to see but I wouldn't want to stay here
It's too old and cold and settled in its ways here –aw but California

California I'm coming home
I'm going to see the folks I dig
I'll even kiss a sunset pink
California coming home

I met a man they called the Grecian Owl, who did the goat dance very well
He gave me back my smile but he kept my camera to sell
Oh the rogue the red red rogue, he cooked good omelets and stews
And I might have stayed on with him there but my heart cried out for you California

Aw California I'm coming home
Oh make me feel good rock 'n' roll band
I'm your biggest fan
California I'm coming home

Oh it gets so lonely when you're walking and the streets are full of strangers
All the news of home you read just give you the blues, just give you the blues

So I bought me a ticket, I caught a plane to Spain,
Went to a party down a red dirt road
There were lots of pretty people there, reading Rolling Stone, reading Vogue
They said "How long can you hang around?"
I said a week maybe two just until my skin turns brown
Then I'm going home to California

California coming home
Oh will you take me as I am
Strung out on another man
California coming home

Oh it gets so lonely when you're walking and the streets are full of strangers
All the news of home you read - more about the war and the bloody changes
Oh will you take me as I am? Will you take me as I am? Will you?
Will you take me as I am? Take me as I am? Will you take me as I am?

California Dreamin'

All the leaves are brown
(All the leaves are brown)
And the sky is gray
(And the sky is gray)
I've been for a walk
(I've been for a walk)
On a winter's day
(On a winter's day)

I'd be safe and warm
(I'd be safe and warm)
if I was in L.A.
(If I was in L.A.)
California dreamin'
(California dreamin') on such a winter's day

Stopped in to a church I passed along the way
Well I got down on my knees
(got down on my knees)
And I began to pray
(I pretend to pray)
You know the preacher likes the cold
(preacher likes the coal)
He knows I'm gonna stay
(knows I'm gonna stay)
California dreamin'
(California dreamin') on such a winter's day.

(Bridge)

All the leaves are brown
(All the leaves are brown)
And the sky is gray
(And the sky is gray)
I've been for a walk
(I've been for a walk)
On a winter's day
(On a winter's day)

If I didn't tell her
(If I didn't tell her)
I could leave today
(I could leave today)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')on such a winter's day,
California dreamin' on such a winter's day,
California dreamin' on such a winter's day

America - Neil Diamond

Far,
We've been traveling far
Without a home
But not without a star

Free,
Only want to be free
We huddle close
Hang on to a dream

On the boats and on the planes
They're coming to America
Never looking back again,
They're coming to America

Home
Don't it seem so far away
Oh, we're traveling light today
In the eye of the storm
In the eye of the storm

Home
To a new and a shiny place
Make our bed and we'll say our grace
Freedom's light burning warm
Freedom's light burning warm

Everywhere around the world
They're coming to America
Ev'ry time that flag's unfurled
They're coming to America

Got a dream to take them there
They're coming to America
Got a dream they've come to share
They're coming to America

They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
Today, Today,
Today, Today, Today

My country 'tis of thee (today)
Sweet land of liberty (today)
Of thee I sing (today)
Of thee I sing
Today, Today, Today
Today, today, today......

LIttle Pink Houses

There's a black man with a black cat
Livin' in a black neighborhood
He's got an interstate
Runnin' through his front yard
You know he thinks that he's got it so good
And there's a woman in the kitchen
Cleanin' up the evenin' slop
And he looks at her and says, hey darlin'
I can remember when you could stop a clock

Oh, but ain't that America
For you and me
Ain't that America
Something to see, baby
Ain't that America
Home of the free, yeah
Little pink houses
For you and me
Oooh, yeah
For you and me

Well, there's a young man in a t-shirt
Listenin' to a rockin' rollin' station
He's got greasy hair, greasy smile
He says, Lord this must be my destination
'Cause they told me when I was younger
Said boy, you're gonna be president
But just like everything else
Those old crazy dreams
Just kinda came and went

Oh, but ain't that America
For you and me
Ain't that America
Something to see, baby
Ain't that America
Home of the free, yeah
Little pink houses
For you and me
Oooh, little baby
For you and me

[Instrumental Interlude]

Well, there's people and more people
What do they know, know, know
Go to work in some high rise
And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico
Ooh, yeah
And there's winners and there's losers
But they ain't no big deal
'Cause the simple man, baby
Pays for thrills
The bills the pills that kill

Oh, but ain't that America
For you and me
Ain't that America
Something to see, baby
Ain't that America
Home of the free, yeah
Little pink houses
For you and me
Oooh
Ooooh, yeah...

I Like to be in America

This is from the musical - West Side Story



ANITA
Puerto Rico,
My heart’s devotion--
Let it sink back in the ocean.
Always the hurricanes blowing,
Always the population growing,
And the money owing.
And the sunlight streaming,
And the natives steaming.
I like the island Manhattan,
Smoke on your pipe and put that in.

GIRLS (chorus)
I like to be in America,
Okay by me in America,
Everything free in America

BERNARDO
For a small fee in America.

ANITA
Buying on credit is so nice.

BERNARDO
One look at us and they charge twice.

ROSALIA
I’ll have my own washing machine.

JUANO
What will you have, though, to keep clean?

ANITA
Skyscrapers bloom in America.

ANOTHER GIRL
Cadillacs zoom in America.

ANOTHER GIRL
Industry boom in America.

BOYS
Twelve in a room in America.

ANITA
Lots of new housing with more space.

BERNARDO
Lots of doors slamming in our face.

ANITA
I’ll get a terrace apartment.

BERNARDO
Better get rid of your accent.

ANITA AND THREE GIRLS
Life can be bright in America.

BERNARDO
If you can fight in America.

ALL GIRLS
Life is all right in America.

ALL BOYS
If you’re all white in America.

ANITA AND CONSUELO
Here you are free and you have pride.

BERNARDO
Long as you stay on your own side.

ANITA
Free to be anything you choose.

ALL BOYS
Free to wait tables and shine shoes.

BERNARDO
Everywhere grime in America,
Organized crime in America,
Terrible time in America.

ANITA
You forget I’m in America.

(An interlude of MORE DANCING)

BERNARDO
I think I go back to San Juan

ANITA
I know a boat you can get on.

BERNARDO
Everyone there will give big cheer.

ANITA
Everyone there will have moved here.

America - Simon and Garfunkel

Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together.
I've got some real estate here in my bag.

So we bought a pack of cigarettes,and Mrs. Wagner pies,
And walked off to look for America.
"Kathy", I said, as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh,
"Michigan seems like a dream to me now."

"It took me four days to hitch-hike from Saginaw.
I've come to look for America."

Laughing on the bus,
Playing games with the faces,
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy.
I said, "Be careful, his bow tie is really a camera."

"Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat."
"We smoked the last one an hour ago."

So I looked at the scenery,
She read her magazine;
And the moon rose over an open field.

"Kathy, I'm lost", I said,
Though I know she was sleeping.
"I'm empty and aching and I don't know why."

Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
The've all come to look for America,
All come to look for America,
All come to look for America.

Love Her Madly - the Doors

This is Denis' choice for his presentation. The Doors, Love Her Madly.

Englishman in New York - Sting

This is Vicky's choice for her presentation.

Bonus Videos

these are some of my favorite non-English songs

This is Yo Yo Ma performing Libertango, a very famous Argentine tango composed by one of the most famous tango composers - Astor Piazzola



this is an Argentine folk singer, Mercedes Sosa. She was exiled from Argentina during the dictatorship. The song is called "Gracias a la Vida" (thanks to life) and was written by a Chilean woman named Violeta Parra.



and this is Fado, from Portugal. It is a kind of Portuguese soul music.

this is Maritza and the song is called "O Gente de Minha Terra" (people of my land)

Alice Cooper - School's Out

Here's a song for you to celebrate the end of school. (Will you be happy or sad?)

True Colors

This is Lupin's choice for his presentation. True Colors performed by Phil Collins



Here is Cindy Lauper's version

Windmills of Your Mind - Dusty Springfield

This is Yulia's choice for her presentation



Here is a video that is a collaboration between Salvador Dali and Disney. I don't know if it was made for this song or not, but it's fun to watch.

Johnny Cash

This is Alicia's choice for her presentation. Johnny Cash, the Wanderer.



I liked this song that Johnny Cash also sang. Does anyone recognize what type of song this is?

Lilly Drumeva

Rumyanka is going to introduce us to Lilly Drumeva, a Bulgarian singer who sings Bluegrass music. We're going to listen to a different song in class.

America the Beautiful

This is Ivy's choice for her presentation.



Here is Ray Charles singing America the Beautiful.



And here is Beyonce singing at President Obama's inauguration.

Happy - Pharrell Williams

Here is Sara's choice for her presentation.

Tom Waits - Jersey Girl

This is Rick's choice in case we have time.

Selena - Dreaming of You

This is Copelia's choice for her presentation.

Charles Aznavour - Yesterday When I Was Young

This is Artur's choice for his presentation.

Elton John

Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters



Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King



Spanish Harlem - Aretha Franklin




The Making of Elton John - Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Part 4

Mis-heard Lyrics

Everyone has a hard time understanding the lyrics to some songs just by listening. Mis-heard lyrics even have a name - they are called mondegreens. This is a fun video.

Adele

Someone Like You



another live performance



the official video



Here is an interview with Chelsea Handler. Adele talks about her album 21.

David Bowie

"Heroes"



I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can beat them, just for one day
We can be heroes, just for one day

And you, you can be mean
And I, I'll drink all the time
'Cause we're lovers, and that is a fact
Yes we're lovers, and that is that
Though nothing, will keep us together
We could steal time, just for one day
We can be Heroes, for ever and ever
What do you say?

I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them, for ever and ever
Oh we can be Heroes, just for one day

I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can be heroes, just for one day
We can be us, just for one day

I, I can remember (I remember)
Standing, by the wall (by the wall)
And the guns shot above our heads (over our heads)
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall)
And the shame was on the other side
Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever
Then we could be heroes, just for one day

We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes
Just for one day
We can be Heroes
We're nothing, and nothing will help us
Maybe we're lying, then you better not stay
But we could be safer, just for one day
Oh-oh-oh-ohh, oh-oh-oh-ohh, just for one day



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Space Oddity



Ziggy Stardust



Changes

The Beatles

The White Album



Abbey Road was the Beatles' second-to-last album.



This is their last album, Let It Be



Here is an NBC News report about the Beatles from 1963.



Clips from the Beatles' first US performance on the Ed Sullivan show.




Let it Be



When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Yeah there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be
Ah let it be, yeah let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music,
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Yeah let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah let it be
Oh there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah let it be
Oh there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Ah let it be, yeah let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

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Across the Universe



Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me
Jai Guru Deva OM

Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe
Jai Guru Deva OM

Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter, shades of life are ringing through my open ears
Inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on, across the universe
Jai Guru Deva OM

Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Jai Guru Deva
Jai Guru Deva
Jai Guru Deva
Jai Guru Deva
Jai Guru Deva [fade out]


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Something



Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me

I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how

Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me

Don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how

You're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around now it may show
I don't know, I don't know

Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me

Don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how

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Octopus' Garden



I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus's garden in the shade

I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus's garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade

We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopus's garden near a cave

We would sing and dance around
Because we know we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade

We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
(Lies beneath the ocean waves)
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they're happy and they're safe
(Happy and they're safe)

We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden with you
In an octopus's garden with you
In an octopus's garden with you

Words of Wonder / Get Up Stand Up - Playing for Change

Won’t you listen to me, sister
I keep it on so low
As I keep it nice and quiet so I
So I can hear you scream

Those words, of wonder
These are the words, babe I gotta hear
Those words, those words of wonder
Are the words I gotta hear

I'm sticking with you, baby, ‘till I arrive
I'm half dead, a quarter alive
A little bit is missing
I wonder where it's gone

Words, are the words of wonder
These are the words I got to hear
These words, are the words of wonder
These are the words I got to hear

Did you hear me coming baby
I (not sure what he sings here…)
Take no notice of me, baby
It’s just another song
I keep it nice and quiet
So I can hear you scream

Those words of wonder
They are the words I wanna hear
Those words, these words of wonder
They’re the ones I wanna hear

Get up, stand up, stand up for your right (2 times)
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight

Preacher man don't tell me heaven is under the earth
I know you don't know what life is really worth
Is not all that glitters is gold and
Half the story has never been told
So now you see the light,
Stand up for your right. Come on ya’ll

Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights (repeat 2 times)
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight

Most people think that great God will come from the sky
Take away everything, and make everybody feel high
But if you know what life is worth
You would look for yours on earth
So now you see the light
I’m begging you to stand up for your right, yeah!

Get up, stand up, stand up for your right (repeat 2 times)
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight

We're sick and tired of your ism and skism game
Die and go to heaven in Jesus' name, Lord
We know when we understand
Almighty God is a living man
You can fool some people sometimes
But you can't fool all the people all the time
So now we see the light
Stand up for your right

Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight

Never give up the fight (repeat)

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Words of Wonder - Keith Richards


Get Up Stand Up - Bob Marley

Everybody Hurts - Haiti

Official Video




Here is a video about the making of the video and song. The artists who participated talk about why they got involved.

Artists Against Apartheid - Sun City

Sun City, na na na na na, Sun City
Na na na na na...

We're rockers and rappers
United and strong
We're here to talk about South Africa
We don't like what's going on

It's time for some justice
It's time for the truth
We've realized there's
Only one thing we can do

You got to say I, I, I
Ain't gonna play Sun City
I, I, I ain't gonna play Sun City
Everybody say I, I, I
Ain't gonna play Sun City
I, I, I, I, I ain't gonna play Sun City

Relocation to phony homelands
Separation of families
I can't understand

23 million can't vote
Because they're black
We're stabbing our brothers
And sisters in the back

I wanna say I, I, I
Ain't gonna play Sun City
I, I, I ain't gonna play Sun City

Our government tells us
We're doing all we can
Constructive engagement is
Ronald Reagan's plan
Meanwhile people are dying
And giving up hope
This quiet diplomacy
Ain't nothing but a joke

I, I, I ain't gonna play Sun City
I, I, I ain't gonna play Sun City
Na na na na na...

It's time to accept our responsibility
Freedom is a privilege
Nobody rides for free
Look around the world, baby
It cannot be denied
Somebody tell me why
We're always on the wrong side

I, I, I ain't gonna play Sun City
I, I, I ain't gonna play Sun City

Boputhuswana is far away
But we know it's in South Africa
No matter what they say
You can't buy me
I don't care what you pay
Don't ask me Sun City
Because I ain't gonna play

I, I, I ain't gonna play Sun City
Lemme hear you say
I, I, I, I, I, I
Ain't gonna play Sun City
I don't wanna play Sun City

Relocation to phony homelands
Separation of families
I can't understand

23 million can't vote
'Cause they're black
We're stabbing our brothers
And sisters in the back

I, I, I ain't gonna play Sun City
I, I, I ain't gonna play Sun City...

We Are the World - USA for Africa (and Haiti)

The Original - We are the World (USA for Africa)



Here are the artists who performed on the original version:

Dan Akroyd
Harry Belafonte
Lindsey Buckingham
Kim Carnes
Ray Charles
Bob Dylan
Sheila E.
Bob Geldof
Daryl Hall & John Oates
James Ingram
Jackie Jackson
LaToya Jackson
Marlon Jackson
Michael Jackson
Randy Jackson
Tito Jackson
Al Jarreau
Waylon Jennings
Billy Joel
Cyndi Lauper
Huey Lewis & The News
Kenny Loggins
Bette Midler
Willie Nelson
Jeffrey Osborne
Steve Perry
The Pointer Sisters
Lionel Richie
Smokey Robinson
Kenny Rogers
Diana Ross
Paul Simon
Bruce Springsteen
Tina Turner
Dionne Warwick
Stevie Wonder


The remake - We are the World 25 for Haiti




SNL (Saturday Night Live) did a parody of the remake of We Are the World, called We Are the World 3 - to raise awareness of the disaster of We are the World 2. What do you think?

Tracy Chapman

Heaven's Here on Earth


You can look to the stars in search of the answers
Look for God and life on distant planets
Have your faith in the ever after
While each of us holds inside the map to the labyrinth
And heaven's here on earth

We are the spirit the collective conscience
We create the pain and the suffering and the beauty in this world
Heaven's here on earth

In our faith in humankind
In our respect for what is earthly
In our unfaltering belief in peace and love and understanding

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise
Of ordinary people leading ordinary lives
Filled with love, compassion, forgiveness and sacrifice
Heaven's in our hearts

In our faith in humankind
In our respect for what is earthly
In our unfaltering belief in peace and love and understanding

Look around
Believe in what you see
The kingdom is at hand
The promised land is at your feet
We can and will become what we aspire to be
If Heaven's here on earth

If we have faith in humankind
And respect for what is earthly
And an unfaltering belief that truth is divinity
And heaven's here on earth

I've seen spirits
I've met angels
I've touched creations beautiful and wondrous
I've been places where I question all I think I know
But I believe, I believe, I believe this could be heaven

We are born inside the gates with the power to create life
And to take it away
The world is our temple
The world is our church
Heaven's here on earth

If we have faith in humankind
And respect for what is earthly
And an unfaltering belief
In peace and love and understanding
This could be heaven here on earth

Heaven's in our heart




New Beginning

The whole world's broke and it ain't worth fixing
It's time to start all over, make a new beginning
There's too much pain, too much suffering
Let's resolve to start all over make a new beginning

Now don't get me wrong I love life and living
But when you wake up and look around at everything that's going down
All wrong
You see we need to change it now, this world with too few happy endings
We can resolve to start all over make a new beginning

Start all over
Start all over
Start all over
Start all over

The world is broken into fragments and pieces
That once were joined together in a unified whole
But now too many stand alone There's too much separation
We can resolve to come together in the new beginning

Start all over
Start all over
Start all over
Start all over

We can break the cycle - We can break the chain
We can start all over - In the new beginning
We can learn, we can teach
We can share the myths the dream the prayer
The notion that we can do better
Change our lives and paths
Create a new world

And Start all over
Start all over
Start all over
Start all over

The whole world's broke and it ain't worth fixing
It's time to start all over, make a new beginning
There's too much fighting, too little understanding
It's time to stop and start all over
Make a new beginning

Start all over
Start all over
Start all over
Start all over

We need to make new symbols
Make new signs
Make a new language
With these we'll define the world

And start all over




Rape of the World

Mother of us all
Place of our birth
How can we stand aside
And watch the rape of the wold

This the beginning of the end
This the most heinous of crimes
This the deadliest of sins
The greatest violation of all time

Mother of us all
Place of our birth
We all are witness
To the rape of the world

You've seen her stripped mined
You've heard of bombs exploded underground
You know the sun shines
Hotter than ever before

Mother of us all
Place of our birth
We all are witness
To the rape of the world

Some claim to have crowned her
A queen
With cities of concrete and steel
But there is no glory no honor
In what results
From the rape of the world

Mother of us all
Place of our birth
We all are witness
To the rape of the world

She has been clear-cut
She has been dumped on
She has been poisoned and beaten up
And we have been witness
To the rape of the world

Mother of us all
Place of our birth
How can we stand aside
And watch the rape of the world

If you look you'll see it with your own eyes
If you listen you will hear her cries
If you care you will stand and testify
And stop the rape of the world

Stop the rape of the world
Mother of us all
Mother of us all
Mother of us all
Mother of us all

Michael Jackson - Earth Song and Heal the World

Heal the World



Earth Song

Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell (original version)



"Big Yellow Taxi"

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

They took all the trees
And put them in a tree museum
Then they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em
Don't it always seem to go,
That you don't know what you've got
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

Hey farmer, farmer
Put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But LEAVE me the birds and the bees
Please!
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
‘Til its gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

Late last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Come and took away my old man
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

I said
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
‘Til it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

(to read more about the song (and see a picture of the pink hotel) click here.
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Funky Radio Re-Mix



A Funny Little Cartoon



Counting Crows



Sarah Maclaughlin, Shawn Colvin, Jewel, the Indigo Girls and other rockin' women at Lilith Fair live



Keb'Mo'

Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye

Woo ah, mercy mercy me
Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no
Where did all the blue skies go?
Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east
Woo mercy, mercy me, mercy father
Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no
Oil wasted on the ocean and upon our seas, fish full of mercury
Ah oh mercy, mercy me
Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no
Radiation under ground and in the sky
Animals and birds who live nearby are dying
Oh mercy, mercy me
Ah things ain't what they used to be
What about this overcrowded land
How much more abuse from man can she stand?
Oh, na na...
My sweet Lord... No
My Lord... My sweet Lord

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Here is the full album, "What's Goin' On?"

Rumyanka's Request: Frank Sinatra - My Way

And now, the end is here
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
I've lived a life that's full
I traveled each and ev'ry highway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way

Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way

I've loved, I've laughed and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing
And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing
To think I did all that
And may I say, not in a shy way,
"Oh, no, oh, no, not me, I did it my way"

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught
To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows and did it my way!

[instrumental]

Yes, it was my way

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Here is a punk version with Sid Vicious



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A soul version with Aretha Franklin



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Salsa anyone? Here is the Remix Orchestra



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And of course Elvis

Cristina's Request - Scavenger Type - No FX

Gigin alone at the bottom of the hill
Our protagonist named Bill
Sets his sights on an anchor steam pint
All he, needs is thirteen quarters
Congregated in his hat

A crow, a scavenger type
California redemption, provides him with his rent
Room and board inside of, a fifth, of comfort
As the wind penetrates his bones
His mind keep focused
Tidal waves of sound catapulted
From his horn, wail like lovers

The coins don't drop consistent as does the mercury
His meter slows realizing a zenith
He's reached perfection
No one did see him die

Here is another punk rock band from the 1980's called Head Cheese. They were my friends when I went to art school in Philadelphia. Can you find me in the video?

Lupin's Request - Michael Buble

It's a Beautiful Day



with lyrics




Home



Blake Shelton's version of Home

Irina's Request: Say Something - A Great Big World Featuring Christina Aguilera

Performed live on "The Voice"



The sad video

Nick's Request - Tupac - Keep Ya' Head Up

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Oooh Child - the Five Stairsteps



Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get brighter
Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get brighter

Some day, yeah
We'll get it together and we'll get it all done
Some day
When your head is much lighter
Some day, yeah
We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun
Some day
When the world is much brighter

Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna be easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get be brighter
Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna be easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get be brighter

Some day, yeah
We'll get it together and we'll get it all done
Some day
When your head is much lighter
Some day, yeah
We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun
Some day
When the world is much brighter

Some day, yeah
We'll get it together and we'll get it all done
Some day
When your head is much lighter
Some day, yeah
We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun
Some day
When the world is much brighter

Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get brighter
Ooh-oo child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh-oo child
Things'll get brighter
Right now, right now

Igor's Request - Bill Withers - Lean on Me

Lean on Me - live



Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow

Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on

Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill those of your needs
That you won't let show

You just call on me brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'd understand
We all need somebody to lean on

Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on

You just call on me brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'd understand
We all need somebody to lean on

If there is a load you have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me


Call me (if you need a friend)
Call me (call me)
Call me (if you need a friend)
Call me (if you ever need a friend)
Call me (call me)
Call me
Call me (if you need A friend)

Vicky's Request - Breathe - Anna Nalick

2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,
"Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?,
I don't love him. Winter just wasn't my season"
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to criticize,
Hypocrites. You're all here for the very same reason

'Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, girl.
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

May he turn 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
"Just a day" he said down to the flask in his fist,
"Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year."
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button, boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

There's a light at each end of this tunnel,
You shout 'cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you'd only try turning around.

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me,
Threatening the life it belongs to
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to

But you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
and breathe, just breathe
woah breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe.

Where is the Love? - The Black Eyed Peas

What's wrong with the world, mama
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma

Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin'
In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK

But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah

Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all

People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practise what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)

Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love, the love, the love

It just ain't the same, old ways have changed
New days are strange, is the world insane?
If love and peace are so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong?

Nations droppin' bombs
Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones
With ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone

So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong
In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin' in
Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover

The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the love, y'all

People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practise what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)

Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love, the love, the love?

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder
Most of us only care about money makin'
Selfishness got us followin' the wrong direction

Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema

Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness and equality
Instead of spreading love we're spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading us away from unity

That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under
Gotta keep my faith alive 'til love is found
Now ask yourself

Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?

Father, Father, Father, help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love?

Sing with me y'all:
One world, one world (We only got)
One world, one world (That's all we got)
One world, one world
And something's wrong with it (Yeah)
Something's wrong with it (Yeah)
Something's wrong with the wo-wo-world, yeah
We only got
(One world, one world)
That's all we got
(One world, one world)

Lives in the Balance - Jackson Browne

I've been waiting for something to happen
For a week or a month or a year
With the blood in the ink of the headlines
And the sound of the crowd in my ear
You might ask what it takes to remember
When you know that you've seen it before
Where a government lies to a people
And a country is drifting to war

And there's a shadow on the faces
Of the men who send the guns
To the wars that are fought in places
Where their business interest runs

On the radio talk shows and the t.v.
You hear one thing again and again
How the u.s.a. stands for freedom
And we come to the aid of a friend
But who are the ones that we call our friends--
These governments killing their own?
Or the people who finally can't take any more
And they pick up a gun or a brick or a stone
There are lives in the balance
There are people under fire
There are children at the cannons
And there is blood on the wire

There's a shadow on the faces
Of the men who fan the flames
Of the wars that are fought in places
Where we can't even say the names

They sell us the president the same way
They sell us our clothes and our cars
They sell us every thing from youth to religion
The same time they sell us our wars
I want to know who the men in the shadows are
I want to hear somebody asking them why
They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
But they're never the ones to fight or to die
And there are lives in the balance
There are people under fire
There are children at the cannons
And there is blood on the wire

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I am a Patriot



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Bob Marley

Bob Marley has several songs that have been used as anthems for different protest movements. One of the most popular is "Get Up Stand Up"



Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!

Preacher man, don't tell me,
Heaven is under the earth.
I know you don't know
What life is really worth.
It's not all that glitters is gold;
'Alf the story has never been told:
So now you see the light, eh!
Stand up for your rights. come on!

Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!

Most people think,
Great god will come from the skies,
Take away everything
And make everybody feel high.
But if you know what life is worth,
You will look for yours on earth:
And now you see the light,
You stand up for your rights. jah!

Get up, stand up! (jah, jah! )
Stand up for your rights! (oh-hoo! )
Get up, stand up! (get up, stand up! )
Don't give up the fight! (life is your right! )
Get up, stand up! (so we can't give up the fight! )
Stand up for your rights! (lord, lord! )
Get up, stand up! (keep on struggling on! )
Don't give up the fight! (yeah! )

We sick an' tired of-a your ism-skism game -
Dyin' 'n' goin' to heaven in-a Jesus' name, lord.
We know when we understand:
Almighty god is a living man.
You can fool some people sometimes,
But you can't fool all the people all the time.
So now we see the light (what you gonna do?),
We gonna stand up for our rights! (yeah, yeah, yeah! )

So you better:
Get up, stand up! (in the morning! git it up! )
Stand up for your rights! (stand up for our rights! )
Get up, stand up!
Don't give up the fight! (don't give it up, don't give it up! )
Get up, stand up! (get up, stand up! )
Stand up for your rights! (get up, stand up! )
Get up, stand up! (... )
Don't give up the fight! (get up, stand up! )
Get up, stand up! (... )
Stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up!
Don't give up the fight!

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WAR

The lyrics of this song come from a speech by the Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie, which he gave to the United Nations in 1963.



Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior
Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned -
Everywhere is war -
Me say war.

That until there no longer first class and second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man's skin is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes -
Me say war.

That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all,
Without regard to race -
Dis a war.

That until that day the dream of lasting peace,
World citizenship, rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained -
Now everywhere is war - war.

And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola,
In Mozambique, South Africa, sub-human bondage
Have been toppled, utterly destroyed -
Well, everywhere is war -
Me say war.

War in the east, war in the west,
War up north, war down south -
War - war -
Rumours of war.
And until that day,
The African continent will not know peace,
We Africans will fight - we find it necessary -
And we know we shall win
As we are confident
In the victory

Of good over evil -
Good over evil, yeah!
Good over evil -
Good over evil, yeah!
Good over evil -
Good over evil, yeah!

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War performed live.



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Here is a new version from Playing for Change featuring Bono

Protest Songs

These are some songs that have been used as anthems for different causes.

Ohio - by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young is a song about an anti-war protest at Kent State University in Ohio. The National Guard opened fired and shot into the crowd of peaceful protesters. 4 students were killed. It was an event that shocked the nation.



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For What It's Worth always reminds me of the 1960s and the turbulance that was about to happen. The 60s were a time of hope and massive change, but it was also very messy. There were protests and riots, people were killed, beaten and arrested. The world was changing and the United States was experiencing massive changes.

This song is by Buffalo Springfield, "For What It's Worth"



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The changes that started in the 1960s continued for many decades. In the 1980s however, Ronald Regan was elected president, and the mood in the country became more conservative. The gap between the rich and poor began to grow again. Mental hospitals were closed and people with mental illness began living on the streets as homeless people. Arrests for drug possession increased and more people were in prison. The government engaged in secret wars in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala, and sold guns to Iran (also in secret). It was a dark time for many, but there was still hope for change. Tracy Chapman captures the spirit of these times in her song, "Talkin' Bout a Revolution".

Blowin' in the Wind

Peter, Paul and Mary made the song popular



Bob Dylan wrote the song

She Keeps Me Warm - Mary Lambert

Here is one video of Mary Lambert singing "She Keeps Me Warm"

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She says I smell like safety and home
I named both of her eyes “Forever” and “Please don’t go”
I could be a morning sunrise all the time, all the time yeah
This could be good, this could be good

And I can’t change, even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can’t change, even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love, my love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm, she keeps me warm

What’s your middle name?
Do you hate your job?
Do you fall in love too easily?
What’s your favorite word?
You like kissing girls?
Can I call you baby?
Yeah, yeah

She says that people stare ‘cuz we look so good together
Yeah, yeah, yeah

And I can’t change, even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can’t change, even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love, my love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm, she keeps me warm [x2]

I’m not crying on Sundays, I’m not crying on Sundays [x2]
Love is patient, love is kind [x4]
My love, my love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm, she keeps me warm

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Here is the 2013 video

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Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Mary Lambert

Same Love

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When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay,
'Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight.
I told my mom, tears rushing down my face
She's like "Ben you've loved girls since before pre-k, trippin'."
Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she?
Bunch of stereotypes all in my head.
I remember doing the math like, "Yeah, I'm good at little league."
A preconceived idea of what it all meant
For those that liked the same sex
Had the characteristics
The right wing conservatives think it's a decision
And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
Man-made rewiring of a predisposition
Playing God, aw nah here we go
America the brave still fears what we don't know
And God loves all his children, is somehow forgotten
But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago
I don't know

And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love
My love
My love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm

If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me
Have you read the YouTube comments lately?
"Man, that's gay" gets dropped on the daily
We become so numb to what we're saying
A culture founded from oppression
Yet we don't have acceptance for 'em
Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it
Gay is synonymous with the lesser
It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion
Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit ins
It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference!
Live on and be yourself
When I was at church they taught me something else
If you preach hate at the service those words aren't anointed
That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen
I might not be the same, but that's not important
No freedom 'til we're equal, damn right I support it

(I don't know)

And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love
My love
My love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm

We press play, don't press pause
Progress, march on
With the veil over our eyes
We turn our back on the cause
'Til the day that my uncles can be united by law
When kids are walking 'round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart
A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are
And a certificate on paper isn't gonna solve it all
But it's a damn good place to start
No law is gonna change us
We have to change us
Whatever God you believe in
We come from the same one
Strip away the fear
Underneath it's all the same love
About time that we raised up... sex

And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love
My love
My love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm

Love is patient
Love is kind
Love is patient
Love is kind
(not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient
(not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind
(I'm not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient
(not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind
(I'm not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient
(not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind
(I'm not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient
Love is kind

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Madonna, Mackelmore and Ryan Lewis, and Mary Lambert at the Grammy Awards performing "Same Love"
Queen Latifah performed a marriage ceremony with 33 couples. A few of them were same sex couples.

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Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doing It

Now there was a time when we used to say that behind every great man there had to be a great woman
But in these times of change you know that it's no longer true
So we're comin' out of the kitchen 'cause there's something we forgot to say to you
We say, "Sisters are doin' it for themselves"
Standin' on their own two feet and ringin' on their own bells
We say, "Sisters are doin' it for themselves"

Now this is a song to celebrate the conscious liberation of the female state
Mothers, daughters and their daughters too
Woman to woman we're singing with you
The inferior sex has got a new exterior
We got doctors, lawyers (Yes we do), politicians too
Everybody take a look around
Can you see, can you see, can you see there's a woman right next to you
We say, "Sisters are doin' it for themselves" (Oh yes we are)
Standin' on their own two feet an ringin' on their own bells
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Now we ain't makin' stories and we ain't layin' plans
Don't you know that a man still loves a woman and a woman still loves a man just the same way

Sisters are doin' it for themselves
There was a time (There was a time), when they used to say (When they used to say)
That behind every great man there had to be a great woman
In these times of change you know that it's no longer true
So we're comin' out of the kitchen 'cause there's something we forgot to say to you
We say, "Sisters are doin' it for themselves"
Standin' on their own two feet and ringin' on their own bells
Sisters are doin' it for themselves (C'mon yeah, go for it, go for it)
Sisters (Sisters) are doin' it for themselves (Step on, c'mon do it girl)
Sisters are doin' it for themselves (Doin' it, doin' it, doin' it, doin' it, doin' it)
Sisters are doin' it for themselves (Doin' it, do it, doin' it, doin' it)
Sisters are doin' it for themselves (Doin' it for themselves) (Doin' it, doin' it, doin' it, doin' it)
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
I said, "Sisters are doin' it for themselves" (People pay, hear what we say)
Standin' on their own two feet an ringin' on their own bells (Sisters are doin' it for themselves)
Here we come now, doin' it, doin' it, we're doin' it, doin' it (Sisters are doin' it for themselves)

Aretha Franklin - RESPECT

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What you want, baby, I got it
What's you need? You know I got it
All I'm askin' is for a little respect when you get home
Hey baby, when you get home, mister

I ain't gonna do you wrong while you're gone
I ain't gonna do you wrong because I don't wanna
All I'm askin' is for a little respect when you get home
Hey baby, when you get home, listen

I'm about to give all of my money
And all I'm askin' in return, honey
You give me my profits when you get there
Yeah baby, when you get home, oh, yeah, ooh

Your kiss is sweeter than honey
Guess what? So is my money
All I need is just a little respect when you get home
Baby, when you get home
[Incomprehensible] on me

R E S P E C T
Find out what it means to me
R E S P E C T
Take care, T C B

Oh, a little respect
Yeah, baby, I want a little respect
Now, I get tired, but I keep on tryin'
Runnin' out of foolin', I ain't lyin'
Yes, respect, all I need is respect

All I want, ooh yeah, I want little respect
Yeah, baby, a little respect
Oh honey, sock it to me
[Incomprehensible]
Ooh, I want a little respect