A.J. Brock

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A.J. Brock

• The American Dream

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INDEX

• Dedication-3
• War-Edwin Star-4
• OHIO-Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young-5
• Mama I'm Coming Home Ozzy Osbourne-6
• YOU CAN DO MAGICAmerica-7
• WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLDLouis Armstrong-8
• LUCKY STARMadonna-9
• I AM EVERY WOMANChaka Khan-10

CHANGESTupac-11 RESPECTAretha
Franklin-12 S.E.X.Lyfe Jennings-13
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Dedication

• I dedicate this PowerPoint to my English teacher.

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WAREdwin Star

• 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 lives
• I 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 

• I picked this song because this song
  relates to the American dream by fighting for
  freedom.
• He is talking about how war is good for nothing
  and how it is going to kill a lot of people and
  their families will be crying when really no one
  wants to die so why do it. It says that some
  people are fighting for their freedom.

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OHIOCrosby, Stills, Nash, and Young

• Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin,'We're finally on
  our own,This summer I hear the drummin'Four
  dead in Ohio Got to get down to it.Soldiers are
  gunnin' us down.Should have been gone long
  ago.What if you knew herAnd found her dead on
  the ground?How can you run when you know?La, la,
  la, laGot to get down to it.Soldiers are gunnin'
  us down.Should have been gone long ago.What if
  you knew herAnd found her dead on the
  ground?How can you run when you know?Tin
  soldiers and Nixon's comin'We're finally on our
  ownThis summer I hear the drummin'Four dead in
  Ohio, four dead in Ohio,Four dead in Ohio, four
  dead in Ohio,Four dead in Ohio, four dead in
  Ohio,Four dead in Ohio, four dead in Ohio,

• I picked this song because its about the war.
• This song is talking about the soldiers on the
  other side falling down dead.

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Mama I'm Coming Home Ozzy Osbourne

• Times have changed and times are strangeHere I
  come, but I ain't the sameMama, I'm coming
  homeTimes gone by seem to beYou could have been a
  better friend to meMama, I'm coming home You took
  me in and you drove me outYeah, you had me
  hypnotizedLost and found and turned arooundBy the
  fire in your eyes You made me cry, you told me
  liesBut I can't stand to say goodbyeMama, I'm
  coming homeI could be right, I could be
  wrongHurts so bad, it's been so longMama, I'm
  coming home Selfish love yeah we're both aloneThe
  ride before the fallBut I'm gonna take this heart
  of stoneI just got to have it all ChorusI've
  seen your face a hundred timesEveryday we've been
  apartI don't care about the sunshine, yeah'Cause
  Mama, Mama, I'm coming homeI'm coming home You
  took me in and you drove me outYeah, you had me
  hypnotizedLost and found and turned aroundBy the
  fire in your eyes 

• I picked this song because it is talking about
  what is happening after the war.
• This song is talking about when the war is over
  about how they went to war and they are coming
  back home to their mother but they aren't the
  same as when they left.

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YOU CAN DO MAGICAmerica

• You can do magicYou can have anything that you
  desire MagicAnd you know you're the one who can
  put out the fireYou know darned well when you
  cast your spellYou will get your way when you
  hypnotize with your eyesA heart of stone can turn
  to clay And when the rain is beating upon the
  window paneAnd wh
• en the night it gets so cold when I can't
  sleepAgain you come to meI hold you tight and the
  rain disappearsWho would believe itWith a word
  you dry my tears CHORUS And if I wanted to I
  could never be freeI never believed it was true
  but now it's so clear to me 

• I picked this song because it relates to a lot of
  things in the real world about you can do
  anything you put your mind to.
• This song talks about how if you put your mind to
  it you can do anything and get it your way.

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WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLDLouis Armstrong

• I see trees of green, red roses too I see them
  bloom for me and you And I think to myself, what
  a wonderful world  I see skies of blue and clouds
  of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred
  night And I think to myself, what a wonderful
  world  The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in
  the sky Are also on the faces of people going by
  I see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you
  do?" They're really saying "I love you"  I hear
  babies cryin', I watch them grow They'll learn
  much more than I'll ever know And I think to
  myself, what a wonderful world Yes, I think to
  myself, what a wonderful world  Oh yeah  

• I picked this song because Louis Armstrong is a
  good well know singer.
• This song is about how wonderful the world is and
  how pretty the sky is and just everything about
  the world is good.

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LUCKY STARMadonna

• You must be my lucky starcause you shine on me
  wherever you areI just think of you and I start
  to glowAnd I need your lightAnd baby you
  knowStarlight, starbright first star I see
  tonightStarlight, starbright make everything
  all rightStarlight, starbright first star I see
  tonightStarlight, starbright yeahYou must be
  my lucky starcause you make the darkness seem
  so farAnd when Im lost youll be my guideI
  just turn around and youre by my
  sideStarlight, starbright first star I see
  tonightStarlight, starbright make everything
  all rightStarlight, starbright first star I see
  tonightStarlight, starbright yeahCome on
  shine your heavenly body tonightcause I know
  youre gonna make everything all rightYou may
  be my lucky starBut Im the luckiest by far

• I picked this song because it is talking about
  the American Flag.
• This song relates to the American Dream because
  it is talking about the American Flag and how its
  starbright star you can see through the night
  and it must be a lucky star because it makes the
  darkness seem so far away.

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I AM EVERY WOMANChaka Khan

• I'm every womanit's all in meanything you want
  donebabyI'll do it naturally.I can read your
  thoughts right noweveryone from A to Z.I can
  cast a spell of secrets you can tellmix a
  special brewput fire inside of you.Any time you
  feel danger or fearinstantly I will
  appear'cause
• anything you want donebabyI'll do it
  naturally.I can sense your needs like rain unto
  the seedsI can make a rhyme of confusion in
  your mind.And when it comes down to some good
  old-fashioned love

• I picked this song because Chaka Khan is a well
  known woman.
• This song is about how every womans right to be
  equal.

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CHANGESTupac

• Come on come onI see no changes wake up in the
  morning and I ask myselfis life worth living
  should I blast myself?I'm tired of bein' poor
  even worse I'm blackmy stomach hurts so I'm
  lookin' for a purse to snatchCops give a damn
  about a negropull the trigger kill a nigga he's
  a heroGive the crack to the kids who the hell
  caresone less hungry mouth on the welfareFirst
  ship 'em dope let 'em deal the brothersgive
  'em guns step back watch 'em kill each otherIt's
  time to fight back that's what Huey said2 shots
  in the dark now Huey's deadI got love for my
  brother but we can never go nowhereunless we
  share with each otherWe gotta start makin'
  changes learn to see me as a brother instead of
  2 distant strangersand that's how it's supposed
  to beHow can the Devil take a brother if he's
  close to me?I'd love to go back to when we
  played as kidsbut things changed, and that's the
  way it is 3And still I see no changes can't
  a brother get a little peaceIt's war on the
  streets the war in the Middle EastInstead of
  war on poverty they got a war on drugsso the
  police can bother meAnd I ain't never did a
  crime I ain't have to doBut now I'm back with
  the blacks givin' it back to youDon't let 'em
  jack you up, back you up,crack you up and pimp
  slap you upYou gotta learn to hold ya ownthey
  get jealous when they see ya with ya mobile
  phoneBut tell the cops they can't touch thisI
  don't trust this when they try to rush I bust
  thisThat's the sound of my tool you say it ain't
  coolmy mama didn't raise no foolAnd as long as
  I stay black I gotta stay strapped I never get
  to lay back'Cause I always got to worry 'bout
  the pay backssome buck that I roughed up way
  backcomin' back after all these
  yearsrat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat that's the way it is
  uhh

• I picked this song because I like to listen to
  it.
• This song is talking about how the world is never
  changing and it is not going to ever change
  unless we do something about it.

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RESPECTAretha Franklin

• (oo) What you want (oo) Baby, I got (oo) What
  you need (oo) Do you know I got it? (oo) All
  I'm askin' (oo) Is for a little respect when you
  come home (just a little bit) Hey baby (just a
  little bit) when you get home (just a little
  bit) mister (just a little bit) I ain't gonna
  do you wrong while you're gone Ain't gonna do
  you wrong (oo) 'cause I don't wanna (oo) All I'm
  askin' (oo) Is for a little respect when you
  come home (just a little bit) Baby (just a
  little bit) when you get home (just a little bit)
  Yeah (just a little bit) I'm about to give you
  all of my money And all I'm askin' in return,
  honey Is to give me my profits When you get
  home (just a, just a, just a, just a) Yeah baby
  (just a, just a, just a, just a) When you get
  home (just a little bit) Yeah (just a little
  bit) R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find out what it means to
  me R-E-S-P-E-C-T Take care, TCB Oh (sock it
  to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to
  me) A little respect (sock it to me, sock it to
  me, sock it to me, sock it to me) Whoa, babe
  (just a little bit) A little respect (just a
  little bit) I get tired (just a little bit)
  Keep on tryin' (just a little bit) You're
  runnin' out of foolin' (just a little bit) And I
  ain't lyin' (just a little bit) (re, re, re, re)
  'spect When you come home (re, re, re ,re) Or
  you might walk in (respect, just a little bit)
  And find out I'm gone (just a little bit) I got
  to have (just a little bit) A little respect
  (just a little bit)

• I picked this song because I like to listen to
  Aretha Franklin.
• This song it talking about getting just a little
  bit of RESPECT

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S.E.X.Lyfe Jennings

• Hey yo you, You see most cats would take
  adavantage of you right now But I aint gon do
  that, you heard Imma give you the game, right
  Imma give it to you because I dont want
  somebody to give my little girl the game So she
  could find her s.e.x. Verse 1 Life's a trip
  Heard you just turn 17 and finally got some hips
  Hustlers on the block go crazy when you lick
  your lips But they just want relations, they
  dont want relationships (Welcome to the real
  world) It aint the same Fellas old enough to be
  your daddy know your name Everybody's talkin
  bout how much that girl dun changed Cant quite
  put your finger on it but you feel it's strange
  Like's it's fire in your vains Verse 2 The
  block is packed Baby got an additude and proud
  to holla back Momma's giving advice but she aint
  tryna hear that Not because its wrong, just her
  delivery is wack (Shay, get your butt in this
  house, if I see you with another boy, I swear..)
  Life is rough You say that your not ready for
  sex but you're in love He says if you really
  loved him, you would give it up Momma says thats
  just a line guys use to get you're stuff Which
  one will you trust? Verse 3 Hey yo Lyfe,
  She might take it better coming from a woman
  (get 'em girl) See, he'll tell you all kind of
  things to get in your pants, yeah Baby, it's a
  fact that once it's gone, you'll never get it
  back (never get it back) Hold on to your
  innocence Use your common sense (your worth
  waiting for) Be strong Honey, dont give in,
  blessings come with patience Till we meet again,
  im praying for you

• I picked this song because I like it.
• This song is about a girl that thinks shes in
  love with this boy and he wants to give it up to
  her but just because you think you in love you
  dont have to have sex.