In Search of a Song Volumes 210-215

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RochelWong


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Rochel

Wong

A Waterways ProjectPublication

Richard SpiegelBarbara Fishercodirectors

Thomas Perryadministrative assistant

James Pattonteacher

Bedford Stuyvesant Outreach

Coran James, directorFrank Murray, principal i.a,

Stephen E. Phillips, Superintendent,Alternative High Schools & Programs

1996 Ten Penny Players

with funding support fromthe NY State Council on the Arts


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INCARCERATION

Wishing on a star

Trying to find out where you areHoping that you could be here with me'Cause I know they're tryingTo kill you not so softly

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FEELINGS

Feeling are somethingI have for youEmotional, I getWhen thinking of youFeelings are somethingI'd like to share

My loving and kindnessAll through the years

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THINKING OF YOU

Thinking of youMakes me sad and blueWonderingIf you could come to me withThe truth

MY CHILD

The child I have isTo love and cherish for lifeAnd hopeMy baby's fatherWill never disappear

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LOVE

Love is a feelingEveryone sharesLove is a feeling.Makes you lose your hairHoping and dreamingLove comes your waySad and angryThinking of it everyday

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~STRESSED OUT

If you're feeling down and outLikeYour life is gonna come to an endPick up the phone .

Call a true friend

LIFE

Life is precious

Precious as can beI loveTo fantasize and admire

All the things I want to do and be

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MY MOTHER

A mother is someone dear and sweetAlways there to keep you on your feetSomeone to turn toWhen down and feeling badShe'll never leave youFeeling sad

COLOR BLACK

Black is beautySomething black is kindNever dirty and worthlessAs white can be

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EDUCATION

Education is the key to successEducation is the key to making progress

Education brings out the future

With education you can never be a loser

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ShawnWills


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ShawnWills




James Pattonteacher

Bedford Stuyvesant OutreachCoranJames, director

Frank Murray, principal i.a.


1996 Ten Penny Playerswith funding support from

the NY State Council on the Arts


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SENSES

I hear talkingI touch paperI smell dustI taste toothpasteI feel alone

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MY ROOM

I hear everything from my roomFrom TV to music playingEverything in my room is untouchableTo other peopleEverything is breakableI see a lot of things from my windowThe room is lit up with smokeAs are the pictures on my wail

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BEN

Ben ran out the houseBen slammed the doorBen fell down five flights of stairsBen hurtBen cried

SALLY and SINDY

Sally met SindyThey went to the store togetherSally stole something and didn't tell SindyThey both went to jailSindy cried

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MY BROTHER

,My brother means

. More to me than moneySometimes I may smack himPunch himEven scream on himBut I also give him love when needed

And treat him with respectWe love to go to friends' houses together

WHO AM I?

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Who amI?A black maleTrying to do something with his lifeAttend school everydayLook for a job at night

Trying to stay out of troubleWho am I?

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FEELING DOWN

I feel sick, I feelDown, there's no playingAround. I stay in bed toRest my head. AmI dead?

ME and MY MOTHER

Me and my mother are close

Like a man leaning on a postWe walk down the street likeLovers, little do they know that'sMy motherOne happy family for lifeI hope we see each other inAnother life

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MY FATHER

I want to be like my fatherA man you wouldn't botherHe handled his business likeAnimals do towards their childrenI t takes a father

To be a father andThat's a father

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LOVE

What is love?Is it a sense or emotion?Is it something you think it isn't?Good or badWhat kind of love do you have?

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MoneeWilliarn.s


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MoneeWilliams




James Pattonteacher


Coran James, directorFrank Murray, principal i.a.


I996 Ten Penny Playerswith funding support from



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CLASSROOM

as I walked into the classroomI can hear radiator pipesfeel the wind form the windowscoming into the roomthe students are enjoying

the clean air they're breathingfeeling happy and contentI can see many different facesstaring at the four walls

as if they were going to fall in

as I sit in this room1'm feeling more and more tired andready to go asleep

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GRANDMA

you were always there for mebad or goodwhen I say I love yathat's just not good enoughyou're worth so muchI can't describe

but when I say I love yait's not a lie

MY LIFE

my life is not a bowl of applesit's more like a bowl of grapesgetting sour everydaywith no sense of directioncoming my wayI feel like a stray catthis is not my day

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PEOPLE

why are people just alikejust sitting here without a sightnothing to donothing to sayjust sitting here like everyday

BABIES

babies are kindbabies are sweetbut when they cryit's not completethey must want to eat

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FAMJLY

family is a group of peoplewith the same bloodwho have different feelingsabout different things

FATIIERS

do they stay around to see you grow?do they stay around to hear you cry orwatch the tears fall from your eyes?some stay to wipe your tearsbut some just disappear

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SCHOOL

school is cool

you're not a foolbut to drop out what does that make you?a fool

you're not cool

FRIENDS

friends are there

through truck and thinfriends are therewhen there's time to shareyou know who's your friend

you know who's not

but I'm your friendwithout a doubt

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MOTHER

mother so kindgentle and mineI love you so muchI could die

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GOD

God is great and God is goodGod is the One Who createdyou and me it's becauseof Him that we can see

and that we both can hearHe is the reason we are here

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PUT DOWN THE GUN

put down the guneach and every daysomeone getting doneit's time for violence

to end don'tlet another life cometo an end lifeis short but withguns it just makes

it much shorter

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ROSE ARE RED, etc.

roses are red arid violetsare blue Jesus lovesyou and his love istrue he died for youyou and I with

Jesus you will neverhave to be downand when you needa friend he will be therehe will be around

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SUMMER

this is the season whenit is hot when the

number of degrees sometimesgoes pass 93 summer is theseason when you feel free

if you can conceive and believethis is the season when you

can always achieve your dreams

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THE LAND

there is so much confusionin the land the landis sick andneeds healing people aregoing crazy they aredoing anything it

takes for them to havethe upper hand theland is sick and needshealing there are peoplerobbing, killing, and doinganything just to have an

advantage the land issick and it needshealing people can't choosethe right way to livethe land is sickand it needs healingit's about time thatthe land becomes healed

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WHY?

why does a baby have to cry?why do people spread lies?why does the flesh have to die?why does the sun have to shineand why does it set?

and when it rainswhy must we all get wet?why must the wind blowand why do people fretwhen it snows? wellI guess they're the only one who knows

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LIFE

life sometimes ishard there areups and there are downsthere're rights andthere're wrongs butremember to alwaysstay strong you c a nprevail and you mayfail but you have

a chance to prevail

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BORN AGAIN

being born again islike having another lifeso that's whyI give thanks to

the man up inthe sky the oldpasses awayand the newlives allthe days and nightsit's all because ofJesus Christ youare no longer blind

you have sightand you feel highas a kite

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you feel that thingswill be all right andthat's why I thankthe light for bringingme through the daysand the nights now

I can say Inow have sight

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SCHOOL

a place where you go to learna place where you feel safeschool is a place where you goto achieve and if you believe you

can always conceive school isa place you go to excel sometime you may failbut you alwaysgiveit your best school is a place

you will strive for successbecause you want to bea step ahead of the rest

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LOVE I

when you feel emotionswhen your love for them willbe as deep as an oceanwhen your relationship

will be as smooth as a lotion

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NathanielThompson


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NathanielThompson

AWaterways ProjectPublication



James Pattonteacher


CoranJames, directorFrank Murray, principal i.a.





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PAIN

What is pain?Why does pain hurt?Is it in the mind?Why can't everything--

tickle?

WHY IS THE ROOMSPINNING SO FAST?

Why is the room spinning so fast?I t feels like I'm rolling in the grassIs it cause my stomach's emptyOr is it 'cause I was around people smokin'?Is that why the room is spinning?

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THE MAN

Well I'm the "man",Rappin' on the streets of BrooklynGot my pockets fulla moneyAnd I'm fee1in' kinda buzzedWith a chick in my '96

It's time ta rideYou think ya lucky?Yo, who I be?I be, the "man"

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MONEY

Why does money makeThe world go round?Is it 'cause people love money'Cause they need it or thinkThey need it or 'cause they thinkMoney will buy them happiness?

IF I WERE MUSIC

If I were music

I'd be rapI'm so real you'd feel itI'd never say the same thing twiceWhen you hear meYou would close your eyes and bopAnd thinkThat kid has skillz

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STARE

Why do people stare?Is it the way I appearOr is there something wrong?If something is wrong?I'm goingSo don't stareYou're makin' me nervous

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THEY SAY

"WORDS DON'T HURT"

Sometimes their words hurtSmashing my confidencePain like I have knowWhere to go in the rain

If words don't hurtIt wouldn't rain

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TEARS

Some people cryAnd don't know why

, They cry when it's timeTo say good-byeSometimes

I don't know why

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THE PATH TO LIFE

Life isn't easyI don't care who believes meI'm going to close my eyesPray for my problemsWatch them disappear

Sure this is a problem butIt's divisible by faith

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CraigTaylor


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Craig

Taylor

AWaterways ProjectPublication



James Pattonteacher


CoranJames, directorFrank Murray, principal i.a.


1996 Ten Penny Playerswith funding support from



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LOVE

love is nicelove is sweetlove is wantinglove is wild .

love is totally awesome

love is nicelove is sweetlove is when the heart goes wildlove is breezes on hot summer days

love is a winter's chill

love is nicelove is sweetlove makes you do crazy things

love is like a flower in the gardenlove is like happinessyou: feeling winning at football

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FREEDOM

free to go where you want to gofree to speak your mindfree to ride a busfree to ride the train you wantfree to go to any school you'd likefree to do anything in lifeyou know you're able to do

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MY LOVER

my lover's eyes are like starsher lips are soft and tenderlike fresh fruits from the treemy lover's body is softlike cotton and smooth as silk

A WORK POEM

got to work todaywork for the first timenervouswanting to do wellgoing to do wellthinking about doing wellgoing to give it my best

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PRETIY

I like to see my pretty girlrunning in the rainI like to see her black hairblowing in the windI like to look at her night and day

my girl is so sexy and sweetpretty girl

LOVING YOU

loving you is all I seem to doeveryday it's you I think aboutwhen I go to bed it's youI'm thinking aboutyou're the only one I needyou're the only one I love

you're only one I'll be withthat's what loving you isall about, baby

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LOVE

love is nice, love is sweetlove makes the heart go wild

love's totally awesome

love makes my body tremble

love is on mymind all the timelove is great, love is nice

when you care about someonelove is when that someonecares about you too

love is nice, love is sweetloves makes the heart go wildlove is totally awesomeloves makes me feel so good

you're the only one, baby

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GIRLS

I love girlsGirls who have love andunders tandingtreat me with respect and lovecherish our relationship

treat me as a man should be treatedsomeone to take me placesromantic placeslike she is the bee on my blossomlet me feel like my magnificent beauty

capturesher magnificent heartand be the love of her life

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RAIN

the beauty of the rain

I like to watch it hit the window panewhile I play my radio

until it is gone and comes back againthe beauty of the rain

I like it when it rains

ANOTHER DAY

another day, another time of the day

another day, another chanceto get up and play

another day, another time of the day

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