American Dream Project English 100506 By: Danielle Williams

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American Dream ProjectEnglish100506By
Danielle Williams
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Chain Of FoolsAretha Franklin 

• 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 shouldnt believe
  everything.

• For five long years
• I thought you were my man
• But I found out, I'm just a link in your chain
• Oh, you got me where you want me
• I ain't nothin but your fool
• Ya treated me mean
• Oh you treated me cruel Chain, chain, chain
• Chain, chain, chain
• Chain of fools
• Every chain, has got a weak link
• I might be weak child, but I'll give you strength
• Oh, babe
• Woo, woo, woo, woo
• You 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

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I Can't Help Myself The Four Tops

• Oh sugar pie honey bunch you know that I love
  youI 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 timesWhen 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 doCan't help myself no I can't help
  myselfOh 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 insideWhen I
  call your name girl it starts the flameBurnin'
  in my heart tearin' it all apartNo matter how I
  try my love I cannot hideOh 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 didnt affected me.

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War Edwin Starr

• War-huh-yeah
• What is it good for?
• Absolutely NOTHING!
• Uh huh, Uh huh (repeat)
• War-I despise
• 'Cos it means destruction
• Of innocent lives
• War means tears
• To thousands of mothers how
• When their sons go off to fight
• And lose their lives
• I said
• War-huh (etc)
• War has caused unrest
• Among the younger generation
• Induction then destruction
• Who wants to die?
• I said
• War-huh (etc)

• 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.

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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 didnt. It shows how people was
  back then.
• How does this song make
• you feel ?
• How nothing as change from then to now.

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CelebrationKool The Gang

• Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)
  Celebrate good
• times, come on (Let's celebrate) There's a party
  goin' on right
• here A celebration to last throughout the years
  So bring your
• good 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

• Song About
• Lets 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

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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 treatcandy 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 thoughtsdo 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 youcandy 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.
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Hero Mariah Carey

• 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.

• And then a hero comes along
• With the strength to carry on
• And you cast your fears aside
• And you know you can survive
• So when you feel like hope is gone
• Look inside you and be strong
• And you'll finally see the truth
• That a hero lies in you
• Lord knows
• Dreams are hard to follow
• But don't let anyone
• Tear them away
• Hold on
• There will be tomorrow
• In time
• You'll find the way
• And then a hero comes along
• With the strength to carry on

• There's a hero
• If you look inside your heart
• You don't have to be afraid
• Of what you are
• There's an answer
• If you reach into your soul
• And the sorrow that you know
• Will melt away
• And then a hero comes along
• With the strength to carry on
• And you cast your fears aside
• And you know you can survive
• So when you feel like hope is gone
• Look inside you and be strong
• And you'll finally see the truth
• That a hero lies in you
• It's a long road
• When you face the world alone
• No one reaches out a hand

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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.

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S.e.x.

• Eh yo youNow 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.XLifes a tripVirgin just turned 17 and
  finally got some hipsHustlers on the block go
  crazy when you lick ya lipsBut they just want
  relationThey dont want relationship(welcome to
  the real world)It aint the sameFellas old
  enough to be ya daddy know ya nameEverybody's
  talking bout how much that girl done
  changedCant quite put ya finger on itBut you
  feelin strangeLike it's fire in your
  veinsChorusGirl its just
  yourS.E.X.Mama's secretAnd daddy gone go crazy
  when he finds out that his babys 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
  backMommas givin advice but she aint 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 youre not
  ready for sex, but youre in loveHe says if
  youd really loved him, you would give it upMama
  says thats just a line guys use to get ya
  stuffWhich one will you trust?

• ChorusGirl its just yourS.E.X.Mama's
  secretAnd daddy gone go crazy when he finds out
  that his babys 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 hell tell you
  all kind of things to get in your pants,
  yeahBaby its a fact, that once its gone (it's
  gone) youll never get it back (never get it
  back)Hold on, to your innocenceUse your common
  senseYoure worth waiting for (youre worth
  waiting for)Be strongHoney dont give
  inBlessing come with patienceUntil we meet
  again, Im praying, for youChorusGirl its
  just yourS.E.X.Mama's secretAnd daddy gone go
  crazy when he finds out that his babys found
  herS.E.X.Take a deep breathAnd think before
  you let it go (let it go)Repeat 2x

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911Dedicated to the Victims and Survivorsof 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 THERES 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 WEVE
  BECOME

• 2002

THOUGH OUR HISTORY IS FILLED WITH ADVERSITYAND
IT SEEMS THERES ALWAYS A TRAGEDYWE ALWAYS MEET
IT WITH UNITYFROM SEA TO SHINING SEA HERE IN
AMERICA WEVE 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 THERES ALWAYS A
TRAGEDYWE ALWAYS MEET IT WITH UNITYFROM SEA TO
SHINING SEA (CHORUS REPEATS)
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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.

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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 didnt even ask for that to happen.