YOU COULD BE MY GUY

By Andree Bogle and Joan Cartwright (8A)

(First Girl and Boy)

Hey, Boy, you say that you can dance

You say that you can move

Why don’t you get out on the floor

Let’s see what you can do

               Hey, hey, go on with your bad self

               Yeah, I see ya, I can feel ya

               Go ahead and move that

               You just might be my guy

(Second Girl and Boy)

You say you got the right moves

I’m not with playing games

Go on out there and show us

With your crazy actin’ ways

               Hey, hey, go on with your bad self

               Yeah, I see ya, I can feel ya

               Go ahead and move it

               You just might be my guy

©2007 Andree Bogle and Joan Cartwright

Underground Blues

©2007 Cyndie Felix and Rosina Joseph (8B)

I’M RUNNING, I AM RUNNING (2X)

I am running for my life 

From Mississippi to Carolina 

I’m running far away tonight 

Where my master cannot find me

They made me work against my will

They beat me up ‘til I was still

Running is the only way 

And God knows I cannot stay 

Working hard everyday 

Picking cotton ‘til I was gray

I have the scars to show what they did

Hallelujah, God has set me free

I’M RUNNING, I AM RUNNING (2X)

Mother died when I was three

I was raped at seventeen 

Master tried to sell me off 

And killed my child in front of me

I heard master coming my way

So, I took my things and ran

Now, I’m headed for the North

Where it’s freedom I will find

Where I’m treated with respect

Where I’ll live my life in peace

I’M RUNNING, I AM RUNNING (2X)

THE MUSIC LESSON

©2007 Sandra Pierre, Celina Dillon, Jessica Noel,
Courtney Wilson, Joan Cartwright (8C)

In a teenager’s life 

You got cheaters and abusers

People who just don’t know how to act

We got a world of haters, liars and thieves

When you leave your house

You don’t know what to believe

There’s too much peer pressure. 

Who can you trust?

You can’t get education, no matter what you do

You’re just a castaway in a world that’s going bust

With no hope to find the path that’s right for you

There’s a lesson in the music

To show you what to do

It’s a shining example of

What is good for you

Just listen to the rhythm

And enjoy the beat

Everyday will be much better

Life can be so sweet

GHETTO LOVE CRISIS (CLUBWORK)

©2007 Jacey Jones, Artisha Smiley, Brian Walters,
Danielle Smith, Joan Cartwright (8D)

GHETTO CRISIS, GHETTO LOVE (2X)

It’s ghetto love just me and you

And you know what we’re supposed to do

We got problems everyday

But my love for you won’t go away

GHETTO CRISIS, GHETTO LOVE (2X)

First we dated, then, we married

And all your babies I did carry

You gotta know, if you fall

That I’ll be there, through it all

GHETTO CRISIS, GHETTO LOVE (2X)

If you cheat, your butt I’ll beat

It’ll hurt so, you can’t take a seat

But our love is strong, even if I’m wrong

We can make it through every storm

GHETTO CRISIS, GHETTO LOVE (2X)

I know you’re crazy ‘cause you killed your wife

But I’m gonna love you for the rest of my life

You’re my boo, my honey, my sweetie pie

And I’m gonna love you until you die

GHETTO CRISIS, GHETTO LOVE (2X)

A CHILD’S PLACE

By Greg Liptrot and Joan Cartwright (8E)

Imagine a place you can go everyday

A place where all of us can work and play

All the staff, counselors and teachers

Using reading and math to help reach us

Snack time is one of the best times

To sit back and relax and watch the sunshine

Learn something new and every book you touch

This is the place we love so much

               It’s a child’s place running in the sun

               It’s a child’s place work and having fun

©2007 Greg Liptrot and Joan Cartwright (8E)