El Dorado Black History Celebration
Friday, March 6
Songs Featured
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​All: "Lift Every Voice and Sing" James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson​
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1 "Wake Up, Everybody!" Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
2 "We Are the World" USA for AFRICA
​3/4 "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'round" Civil Rights Anthem
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5 "The Greatest Love of All" Recorded by George Benson
and Whitney Houston
by Linda Creed and Michael Masser
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TK/K "I"m Proud" Alphabet Rockers
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” Black National Anthem
Words by James Weldon Johnson
Music by John Rosamond Johnson
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Lift every voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise,
High as the list'ning skies, let it resound loud as the rolling sea
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.
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“Wake Up, Everybody” HAROLD MELVIN AND HTE BLUE NOTES
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Wake up everybody
No more sleepin' in bed
No more backward thinkin'
Time for thinkin' ahead
The world has changed so very much
From what it used to be
There is so much anger,
War and poverty, whoa, oh
Wake up, all the teachers
Time to teach a new way
Maybe then they'll listen
To what'cha have to say
'Cause they're the ones who's coming up
And the world is in their hands
When you teach the children
Teach 'em the very best you can, whoa
(Chorus) The world won't get no better
If we just let it be,
The world won't get no better
We’ve got to change it, yeah
Just you and me.
[Verse 2]
Wake up, all the builders
Time to build a new land
I know we can do it
If we all lend a hand
The only thing we have to do
Is put it in our mind
Surely things will work out
They always do in time, whoa
[Chorus]
The world won't get no better
If we just let it be,
The world won't get no better
We’ve got to change it, yeah
Just you and me.
Just you and me,
Just you and me,
We’ve got to change it, yeah!
We’ve got to change it, yeah!
Wake up, everybody!
Wake up, everybody!
Wake up everybody!
Wake up!
"We Are the World" (U.S.A. for Africa)
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There comes a time
When we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
Oh, and it's time to lend a hand
to life, the greatest gift of all
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We can't go on
Pretending day-by-day
That someone, somewhere soon make a change
We're all a part of a great big family
And the truth, you know, love is all we need
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We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me
When you’re down and out,
There seems no hope at all,
But if you just believe,
There’s no way we can fall.
Well, well, let’s realize, change can only come,
When we stand together as one.
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me
Songwriters: Michael Jackson / Lionel Richie
"Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'round"
Traditional Spiritual used as a Civil Rights Anthem
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Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round
Turn me around, turn me 'round
Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin'
Marchin' down to freedom land
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Ain't gonna let segregation turn me 'round
Turn me around, turn me 'round
Ain't gonna let segregation turn me 'round
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin'
Marchin' up to freedom's land​
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Ain't gonna let racism turn me 'round
Turn me around, turn me 'round
Ain't gonna let racism turn me 'round
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin'
Marchin' up to freedom's land
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Ain't gonna let no hatred turn me 'round
Turn me around, turn me 'round
Ain't gonna let no hatred turn me 'round
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin'
Marchin' up to freedom's land
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Ain't gonna let injustice turn me 'round
Turn me around, turn me 'round
Ain't gonna let injustice turn me 'round
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin'
Marchin' up to freedom's land
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Ain't gonna let ICE agents turn me 'round.
Turn me around, turn me 'round
Ain't gonna let ICE agents turn me 'round
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin'
Marchin' up to freedom's land
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Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round
Turn me around, turn me 'round
Ain't gonna let nobody turn me 'round
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin'
Marchin' down to freedom land
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"Greatest Love of All"
Music by Michael Masser, Lyrics by Linda Creed, performed by George Benson and Whitney Houston
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I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be
Everybody searching for a hero
People need someone to look up to
I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs
A lonely place to be
And so I learned to depend on me
I decided long ago
Never to walk in anyone's shadows
If I fail, if I succeed
At least I'll live as I believe
No matter what they take from me
They can't take away my dignity
Because the greatest
Love of all is happening to me
I found the greatest
Love of all inside of me
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The greatest love of all
Is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all
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I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be
I decided long ago
Never to walk in anyone's shadows
If I fail, if I succeed
At least I'll live as I believe
No matter what they take from me
They can't take away my dignity
Because the greatest
Love of all is happening to me
I found the greatest
Love of all inside of me
The greatest love of all
Is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all
And if, by chance, that special place
That you've been dreaming of
Leads you to a lonely place
Find your strength in love
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“I’m Proud” by The Alphabet Rockers (C, G, Am, F)
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Spoken: Yeah, You know it's time to stand up! Be you, Get loud!
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Proud to be who I am
And to be a good friend
Gotta know that you're you
And I'm me
And together we can understand
That there's more to us
Than what you see
Listen up
Right here right now you'll see
I got the power
I got the strength
I got the love of those who come before me
Who made me who I am
I got the courage
I got the drive (you know that's right)
I got the magic forming inside me
It makes me who I am
KINDER TK
Look to the left say it loud HEY I'M PROUD
Look to the right say it loud HEY I'M PROUD
Look to the crowd say it loud HEY I'M PROUD
ALL: Never look down cuz we livin' UP
KINDER TK
Look to the left say it loud HEY I'M PROUD
Look to the right say it loud HEY I'M PROUD
Look to the crowd say it loud HEY I'M PROUD
ALL: Never look down cuz we livin' UP
Repeat from “I”m proud to be who I am”
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