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One Tribe

• Black Eyed Peas

Leigh Anne Pastore 4th Bllock
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Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh!Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!Woah-oh-oh-
oh-ooooh!Oh-woah-oh!
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• One Tri...One Tri...One tribe, one time, one
  planet, one raceIts all one blood, don't care
  about your faceThe color of your eye or the tone
  of your skinDon't care where ya areDon't care
  where ya beenCause where we gonna goIs where we
  wanna beThe place where the little language is
  unityAnd the continent is called PangaeaAnd the
  main ideas are connected like a spear

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• No propaganda, They tried to upper hand usCause
  man I'm loving this peaceMan, man, I'm loving
  this peaceMan, man, I'm loving this peaceI
  don't need no leaderThat's gonna force feed
  aConcept that make me think I need toFear my
  brother and fear my sisterAnd shoot my neighbor
  or my big missileIf I had an enemy to enemyIf
  I had an enemy to enemyIf I had an enemy, then
  my enemy is gonna try to come and kill meCause
  I'm his enemyThere's one tribe ya'll

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• One tribe ya'llOne tribe ya'llOne tribe
  ya'llWe are one peopleLet's cast amnesia,
  forget about all that evilForget about all that
  evil, that evil that they feed yaLet's cast
  amnesia, forget about all that evilThat evil
  that they feed yaRemember that we're one
  peopleWe are one peopleOne people, one people
  One PeopleOne people, one people One
  PeopleOne people, one people One People

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One tribe, one tribeOne tribe, one time, one
planet, one raceRace, one love, one people,
one andToo many things that's causing one
toTo forget about the main cause Connecting,
unitingBut the evil is seen and alive in usSo
our hopes are colliding
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• And our peace is sinking like PoseidonBut, we
  know that the one oneThe evil one is
  threatened by the sum sumSo he'll come and try
  and separate the sumBut he dumb, he didn't know
  we had a way to overcomeRejuvenated by the
  beating of the drumCome together by the cycle of
  the humFreedom when all become one oneForever

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One tribe ya'llOne tribe ya'llOne tribe
ya'llWe are one peopleLet's cast amnesia
Forget about all that evil evilForget about
all that evil evilThat evil that they feed
yaLet's cast amnesia Forget about all that evil
evilThat evil, that they feed ya feed
yaRemember that we're one peopleWe are one
peopleOne people, one people One PeopleOne
people, one people One PeopleOne people, one
people One People
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One love, one blood, one peopleOne heart, one
beat, we equalConnected like the internetUnited
that's how we doLets break walls, so we see
throughLet love and peace lead youWe could
overcome the complication cause we need toHelp
each other, make these changesBrother, sister,
rearrange thisThe way I'm thinking that we can
change this bad condition Wait, use you mind and
not your greedLet's connect and then
proceedThis is something I believeWe are one,
we're all just people
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One tribe ya'llOne tribe ya'llOne tribe
ya'llWe are one peopleLet's cast amnesia
Forget about all that evil Forget about all
that evil, that evil that they feed yaLet's cast
amnesiaLet's cast amnesia, forget about all that
evilThat evil, that they feed yaWe're one tribe
ya'llWe people, we peopleOne tribe ya'llOne
people, one people One PeopleOne people, one
people One PeopleOne people, one people One
PeopleOne people, one people One PeopleOne
people, one people One PeopleOne people, one
people One People
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Lets, lets cast amnesiaLord help me outTrying
to figure out what its all about what its all
aboutCause we're one in the same one in the
sameSame joy, same painAnd I hope that you're
there when I need yaCause maybe we need
amnesiaAnd I don't wanna sound like a
preacherBut we need to be one
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One world, one love, one passionOne tribe, one
understandingCause you and me can become one.
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• i. am home. Universal, 2005. Web. 19 May 2010.
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  pios/Poseidon.htmlgt.
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• Burkhardt, Heiko. "Berlin Wall Online." Berlin
  Wall Online. N.p., 2009. Web. 1      June 2010.
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  .htmgt.
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  rcewatch.org/index.php?titlePropagandagt.
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  graphies/black_eyed_peas.aspgt.

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Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas formed as a band in 1995. It
was a group of four individuals who had a passion
for music. The band is made up of Fergie, Taboo,
Will.I.Am, and Apl.De.Ap. They formed in Los
Angeles, where they began a journey to fame. The
American band sings hip hop and pop and has eight
plus hits. These hits include Shut Up, My
Humps, Dont Phunk With My Heart, Boom Boom
Pow, I Gotta Feeling, Meet Me Halfway, Imma
Be, and Rock That Body. Their very first hit
however, was Where is the Love? which came out
in 2003. It won many awards and made it to the
top of the charts. At one point, Boom Boom Pow
and I Gotta Feeling took up the number one and
two spots on the Billboard Top 100 list. This
made the Black Eyed Peas one of eleven bands to
have that honor. The group sings mostly about
making change and about the current events going
on around the world. They continue to write
music that people of all ages love, and many
different radio stations with different styles of
music continue to play their hits. (The Black
Eyed Peas Biography)
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Literary Reference Alliteration

• One tribe, one time, one planet, one race
• Alliteration when a word, letter, or sound is
  repeated
• Alliterates on the word one, it is repeated
  four times in one stanza of the song

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Literary Reference Simile

• And the main ideas are connected like a spear

Simile when two unlike nouns are compared
using like or as It is comparing the main
ideas of the world with a spear using the word
like.
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Literary Reference Rhyme Scheme

• The evil one is threatened by the sum sumSo
  he'll come and try and separate the sumBut he
  dumb, he didn't know we had a way to
  overcomeRejuvenated by the beating of the
  drumCome together by the cycle of the hum
• Rhyme Scheme a consistent, regular pattern of
  rhyme

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Literary Device Allegory

• Lets break walls
• -This could be a historical and symbolical
  reference to the Berlin Wall that was taken down
  in 1989. (Berlin Wall Online, Burkhardt)
• Allegory a symbolic reference

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Literary Reference Repetition

• One tribe ya'llOne tribe ya'llOne tribe ya'll
• Repetion when a word or saying is used more then
  once and is used in the same verse of the song

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Literary Reference Simile

• And I don't wanna sound like a preacher
• Simile when two unlike nouns are
• compared using like or as
• Is comparing the way a person sounds to a
  preacher using the word like.

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Historical Reference Pangaea

• It was the supercontinent during the Paleozoic
  and Mesozoic Era. It was the theory that all the
  continents were once joined and over time
  separated into the seven continents there are
  today. The theory came from Alfred Wegeners
  theory of Continental Drift. (Plate Tectonics-
  Pangaea Continent Maps)

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Historical Reference Propaganda

• A specific type of message aimed at a certain
  group of people. It is used for different
  purposes and is used to make people more aware of
  something, and it tries to persuade those to join
  a cause or idea. There are many different forms
  of propaganda, and It is very popular during
  wars. (Propaganda, Source Watch)

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Historical Reference Amnesia

• Amnesia is when your memory Is disturbed or
  lost. There can be both functional and organic
  brain damage that can lead to amnesia. Organic
  brain damage is through physical damage and
  functional brain damage is through psychological
  factors such as a mental disorder.
• (Amnesia, Miller)

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Historical Reference Poseidon

• He is a Greek and Roman mythological god. He is
  best known for being the god of the sea. In
  Roman mythology he is known as Neptune. Poseidon
  is always depicted with a trident in his right
  hand. He is also shown with a beard. (Poseidon,
  Atsma)

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Historical Reference Internet

• The internet was invented in the 1980s. Many
  experts from a common field of practice all got
  together to reach their common goal of inventing
  the internet. In the 1990s email was invented
  and the World Wide Web was further advanced.
  This enabled better and further ways of
  communication.
• (Who Invented the Internet?)

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Historical Reference Lord

• Lord can have many different meanings. Those
  with the title usually have royal superiority.
  Some religions refer to the god they worship to
  as Lord. Royals are called Lord because in
  earlier years people believed that those who were
  royal had a direct relation to their god or gods.
  (Lord)

Most people show a sign of respect to the King by
addressing him as Lord
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