*American Dream Project*English

10~05~06By: Danielle

Williams

Chain Of FoolsAretha Franklin  For five long years

I thought you were my manBut I found out, I'm just a link in your chainOh, you got me where you want meI ain't nothin but your foolYa treated me meanOh you treated me cruel Chain, chain, chainChain, chain, chainChain of foolsEvery chain, has got a weak linkI might be weak child, but I'll give you strengthOh, babeWoo, woo, woo, wooYou told me to leave you alone(Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo)My father said 'Come on home‘(Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo)My doctor said 'Take it easy‘ (Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo)Oh but your lovin is just too strong(Ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo)I'm added to yourChain, chain, chain, etc.Chain of foolsOh, one of these morningsThe chain is gonna breakBut up until the dayI'm gonna take all I can take, oh babeChain, chain, chainChain, chain, chainChain of fools...

~Song About~He was running game on

her and she thought he loved her like she did him.

~How does this song reflect your view of the

American Dream ?~It really doesn't but some

people fall for everything and its like a chain that keep pulling them.

~How does this song make you feel ?~

It make me feel like you shouldn’t believe everything.

I Can't Help Myself The Four Tops Oh sugar pie honey bunch you know that I love you

I can't help myself I love you and nobody elseIn and out of my life you come and you goLeavin' just your picture behind and I've kissed it a thousand times

When you snap your finger or wink your eye I come runnin' to youI'm darn near racked by the strain there's nothin' that I can do

Can't help myself no I can't help myself

Oh sugar pie honey bunch I'm weaker than a man should beI can't help myself I'm a fool in love you seeWanna tell ya I don't love ya tell ya that we're through and I triedBut everytime I see your face I get all choked up inside

When I call your name girl it starts the flameBurnin' in my heart tearin' it all apartNo matter how I try my love I cannot hide

Oh sugar pie honey bunch you know that I'll wait for youI can't help myself I love you and nobody elseSugar pie honey bunch do anything you ask me toCan't help myself I want you and nobody elseSugar pie honey bunch you know that I love youCan't help myself no I can't help myself 

~Song About~How he so in love with

this women and he do any & everything for her.~How does this song

reflect your view of the American

Dream ?~It really doesn't.~How does this song

make you feel ?~It really didn’t affected

me.

WarWar Edwin Starr Edwin Starr

War-huh-yeahWhat is it good for?Absolutely NOTHING!Uh huh, Uh huh (repeat)War-I despise'Cos it means destructionOf innocent livesWar means tearsTo thousands of mothers howWhen their sons go off to fightAnd lose their livesI saidWar-huh (etc)War has caused unrestAmong the younger generationInduction then destructionWho wants to die?I saidWar-huh (etc)It's an enemy of all mankindThe thought of warBlows my mindThey say we must fight to keep our freedomBut Lord, there's just got to be a better wayWarIt ain't nothing but a heartbreakerWarFriend only to the undertakerWar

~Song About~ It tells you what war is to

the artist.

~How does this song reflect your view of

the American Dream ?~

It shows me the way some American look at war

~How does this song make

you feel ?~It makes me think and make

me wonder how do I really feel about war.

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone The Temptations

It was the 3rd of September, a day I'll always remember,'Cause that was the day, that my daddy died.I never got a chance to see him, never heard nothin‘but bad things about him.Momma I'm depending on you to tell me the truth,

Momma looked into my eyes and said,son, Papa was a rolling stone, wherever he laid his hat was his home,and when he died, all he left us was alone.

Hey Momma, I heard people say papa wasn't much on thinkin‘spent most of his time chasin' women and drinking

I heard papa call himself a jack of trades, tell me is that what sent papa to an early grave.

Folks said papa would beg, borrow, steal to pay his bills.

~Song About~His daddy was out there

with other women while his wife was at home doing all the work.~How does this song reflect your view of the

American Dream ?~To me it really didn’t. It

shows how people was back then.

~How does this song make

you feel ?~How nothing as change

from then to now.

CelebrationKool & The Gang

Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate) Celebrate goodtimes, come on (Let's celebrate) There's a party goin' on righthere A celebration to last throughout the years So bring yourgood times And your laughter too We gonna celebrate your party with you Come on now (Celebration) Let's all celebrate and have a good time (Celebration) We gonna celebrate and have a good time It's time to come together It's up to you What's your pleasure Everyone around the world Come on (Yahoo) It's a celebration (Yahoo) Celebrate good times, come on It's a celebration Celebrate good times, come on Let's celebrate We're gonna have a good time tonight Let's celebrate, it's all right We're gonna have a good time tonight Let's celebrate, it's all right Baby We're gonna have a good time tonight (Ce-le-bra-tion) Let's celebrate, it's all right We're gonna have a good time tonight (Ce-le-bra-tion) Let's celebrate, it's all right (Yahoo) (Yahoo) Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate) Celebrate good times, come on It's a celebration Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate) (Ad lib) Come on and celebrate, good times, tonight (Celebrate good times,

come on) 'Cause everything's gonna be all right Let's celebrate (Celebrate good times, come on) (Let's celebrate)...

~Song About~Let’s Celebrate and

have fun~How does this song

reflect your view of the American Dream ?~

. They was celebrating cause the war was over~How does this song

make you feel ?~

It make me want to go dance and have a good time

Candy Girl New Edition

(RAP)my girls like candya candy treatshe knocks me right up off my feetshe's so fine as she can bei know this girl was meant for me

(CHORUS)candy girlyou are my worldlook so sweetyou're a special treat

candy girl all i want to saywhen you're with meyou brighten up my day

(VERSE)all i knowwhen im with youyou make me feel so goodthrough and throughthe way you walkand the way you talkyou always look so goodyou make me forget my thoughts

do you really love me?do you really care?do you really need me?and will you always be there?

(VERSE)every night and every dayim always thinking of youin every wayall i knowis when im with you

candy girlyou are my worldyou're everythingyou're everythingyou're everything to me

(CHORUS)

~Song About~This girl look so sweet.~How does this song reflect your view of the American Dream ?~It doesn't~How does this song make you feel ?~Make me want some candy.

Hero Mariah Carey

There's a heroIf you look inside your heartYou don't have to be afraidOf what you areThere's an answerIf you reach into your soulAnd the sorrow that you know Will melt away

And then a hero comes alongWith the strength to carry onAnd you cast your fears asideAnd you know you can surviveSo when you feel like hope is goneLook inside you and be strongAnd you'll finally see the truthThat a hero lies in you

It's a long roadWhen you face the world aloneNo one reaches out a handFor you to holdYou can find loveIf you search within yourselfAnd the emptiness you feltWill disappear

And then a hero comes alongWith the strength to carry onAnd you cast your fears asideAnd you know you can survive

So when you feel like hope is goneLook inside you and be strongAnd you'll finally see the truthThat a hero lies in you

Lord knowsDreams are hard to followBut don't let anyoneTear them awayHold onThere will be tomorrowIn timeYou'll find the way

And then a hero comes alongWith the strength to carry onAnd you cast your fears asideAnd you know you can surviveSo when you feel like hope is goneLook inside you and be strongAnd you'll finally see the truthThat a hero lies in you

~Song About~Heroes

~How does this song reflect your view of the

American Dream ?~

. It shows that we care about our heroes

~How does this song make

you feel ?~It touch me. I get chills.

I Believe I Can Fly R. Kelly

I used to think that I could not go on And life was nothing but an awful song But now I know the meaning of true love

I'm leaning on the everlasting arms

2-If I can see it, then I can do it If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

1-I believe I can fly I believe I can touch the sky I think about it every night and day Spread my wings and fly away I believe I can soar I see me running through that open door I believe I can fly I believe I can fly (Oh) I believe I can fly

See I was on the verge of breaking down Sometimes the silence can seem so loud There are miracles in life I must achieve But first I know it starts inside of me (repeat 2, 1)

Could I believe in it? (rpt 2, 1...)

~Song About~You can do anything if

you put your mind to it.~How does this song

reflect your view of the American Dream ?~

. The way the years went by so fast with Clinton in office.~How does this song

make you feel ?~

It make me feel like I do anything if I put my mind to it.

S.e.x. Eh yo you

Now see most cats, would take advantage of you right nowBut I ain't gone do that yoImma give you the game, rightImma give it to you becauseI would want somebody to give my little girl the gameWhen she done found her S.E.X

Life’s a tripVirgin just turned 17 and finally got some hipsHustlers on the block go crazy when you lick ya lipsBut they just want relationThey don’t want relationship(welcome to the real world)It ain’t the sameFellas old enough to be ya daddy know ya nameEverybody's talking’ ‘bout how much that girl done changedCan’t quite put ya finger on itBut you feelin’ strangeLike it's fire in your veins

[Chorus:]Girl it’s just yourS.E.X.Mama's secretAnd daddy gone go crazy when he finds out that his baby’s found herS.E.X.Take a deep breathAnd think before you let it go (let it go)

The block is packedBaby gotta attitude and proud to holla backMomma’s givin’ advice but she ain’t tryna hear thatNot because it's wrong, just her delivery is wack(Shay get ya behind in this house, if I see you with another boy, I swear)Life is rough,You say that you’re not ready for sex, but you’re in loveHe says if you’d really loved him, you would give it upMama says that’s just a line guys use to get ya stuffWhich one will you trust?

[Chorus:]Girl it’s just yourS.E.X.Mama's secretAnd daddy gone go crazy when he finds out that his baby’s found herS.E.X.Take a deep breathAnd think before you let it go (let it go)

Eh yo Lyfe, she may take it better coming from a woman (Give it to her)See he’ll tell you all kind of things to get in your pants, yeahBaby it’s a fact, that once it’s gone (it's gone) you’ll never get it back (never get it back)Hold on, to your innocenceUse your common senseYou’re worth waiting for (you’re worth waiting for)Be strongHoney don’t give inBlessing come with patienceUntil we meet again, I’m praying, for you

[Chorus:]Girl it’s just yourS.E.X.Mama's secretAnd daddy gone go crazy when he finds out that his baby’s found herS.E.X.Take a deep breathAnd think before you let it go (let it go)[Repeat 2x]

911Dedicated to the Victims and Survivors

of the Attack on America HERE IN AMERICA OUR HISTORY BEGAN WITH A

WARHERE IN AMERICA WE UNITED LIKE NO ONE BEFOREHERE IN AMERICA WE FOUGHT BUT THIS TIME WITH FAMILYHERE IN AMERICA WE STRUGGLED TO OVERCOME SLAVERY

THOUGH OUR HISTORY IS FILLED WITH ADVERSITYAND IT SEEMS THERE’S ALWAYS A TRAGEDYWE ALWAYS MEET IT WITH UNITYFROM SEA TO SHINING SEA

HERE IN AMERICA OUR FREEDOM HAS COME WITH A PRICEHERE IN AMERICA WORLD WARS YES WE DID FIGHT TWICEHERE IN AMERICA WE REALLY VALUE OUR FREEDOMHERE IN AMERICA WE MARVEL AT WHAT WE’VE BECOME

2002THOUGH OUR HISTORY IS FILLED WITH ADVERSITYAND IT SEEMS THERE’S ALWAYS A TRAGEDYWE ALWAYS MEET IT WITH UNITYFROM SEA TO SHINING SEA

HERE IN AMERICA WE’VE NEVER FACED AN INVASIONHERE IN AMERICA WE HAVE FOLKS FROM EVERY PERSUASIONHERE IN AMERICA NOW WE HAVE TO FACE THE WORSTHERE IN AMERICA OUR LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED WITH A BURST

THOUGH OUR HISTORY IS FILLED WITH ADVERSITYAND IT SEEMS THERE’S ALWAYS A TRAGEDYWE ALWAYS MEET IT WITH UNITYFROM SEA TO SHINING SEA

(CHORUS REPEATS)

Slide 10

~Song About~Think before you have sex.~How does this song reflect your view

of the American Dream ?~The world is dying of AIDS.~How does this song make you feel ?~Make me think before I have sex.

Slide 11

~Song About~ The people we lost on 911 ~How does this song reflect your view of the

American Dream ?~ Its going to be times when we have to stand

up for what believe and that comes with losing people

~How does this song make you feel ?~ It make me feel sad. Like why they had to die

when they didn’t even ask for that to happen.