6th Grade

Title: "A Change is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke

Topic: Racial Equality/Civil Rights Movement

Verse 1

I was born by the river, in a little tent

Oh, and just like the river

I've been running ever since

Refrain

It's been a long

A long time coming

But I know a change gonna come

Oh, yes it will

Verse 2

It's been too hard living

But I'm afraid to die

'Cause I don't know what's up there

Beyond the sky

Refrain

It's been a long

A long time coming

But I know a change gonna come

Oh, yes it will

Verse 3

I go to the movie

And I go downtown

Somebody keep telling me

Don't hang around

Refrain

It's been a long

A long time coming

But I know, a change gonna come

Oh, yes it will

Verse 4

Then I go to my brother

And I say, brother, help me please

But he winds up, knockin' me

Back down on my knees

Oh, there been times that I thought

I couldn't last for long

But now I think I'm able, to carry on

Refrain

It's been a long

A long time coming

But I know a change gonna come

Oh, yes it will

Title: "Superwoman" by Alicia Keys

Topic: Women's Empowerment

Verse 1

Everywhere I'm turning

Nothing seems complete

I stand up and I'm searching

For the better part of me

I hang my head from sorrow

State of humanity

I wear it on my shoulders

Gotta find the strength in me

Refrain

Cause I am a Superwoman

Yes I am

Yes she is

Even when I'm a mess

I still put on a vest

With an S on my chest

Oh yes

I'm a Superwoman

Verse 2

For all the mothers fighting

For better days to come

And all my women, all my women sitting here trying

To come home before the sun

And all my sisters

Coming together

Say yes I will

Yes I can

Refrain

'Cause I am a Superwoman

Yes I am

Yes she is

Even when I'm a mess

I still put on a vest

With an S on my chest

Oh yes

I'm a Superwoman

Verse 3

When I'm breaking down

And I can't be found

And I start to get weak

Cause no one knows

Me underneath these clothes

But I can fly

We can fly, Oooohh

Refrain

'Cause I am a Superwoman

Yes I am

Yes she is

Even when I'm a mess

I still put on a vest

With an S on my chest

Oh yes

I'm a Superwoman

(repeats)

Title: "Glory" by John Legend and Common

Topic: Racial Equality/Justice

One day when the glory comes

Refrain

It will be ours, it will be ours

Oh one day when the war is won

We will be sure, we will be sure

Oh glory (Glory, glory)

Oh (Glory, glory)

Verse 1

Hands to the Heavens, no man, no weapon

Formed against, yes glory is destined

Every day women and men become legends

Sins that go against our skin become blessings

The movement is a rhythm to us

Freedom is like religion to us

Justice is juxtapositionin' us

Justice for all just ain't specific enough

One son died, his spirit is revisitin' us

Truant livin' livin' in us, resistance is us

That's why Rosa sat on the bus

That's why we walk through Ferguson with our hands up

When it go down we woman and man up

They say, "Stay down", and we stand up

Shots, we on the ground, the camera panned up

King pointed to the mountain top and we ran up

Refrain

One day when the glory comes

It will be ours, it will be ours

Oh one day when the war is won

We will be sure, we will be sure

Oh glory (Glory, glory)

Oh (Glory, glory)

Now the war is not over, victory isn't won

And we'll fight on to the finish, then when it's all done

We'll cry glory, oh glory (Glory, glory)

Oh (Glory, glory)

We'll cry glory, oh glory (Glory, glory)

Oh (Glory, glory)

Verse 2

Selma's now for every man, woman and child

Even Jesus got his crown in front of a crowd

They marched with the torch, we gon' run with it now

Never look back, we done gone hundreds of miles

From dark roads he rose, to become a hero

Facin' the league of justice, his power was the people

Enemy is lethal, a king became regal

Saw the face of Jim Crow under a bald eagle

The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful

We sing, our music is the cuts that we bleed through

Somewhere in the dream we had an epiphany

Now we right the wrongs in history

No one can win the war individually

It takes the wisdom of the elders and young people's energy

Welcome to the story we call victory

The comin' of the Lord, my eyes have seen the glory

Refrain

One day when the glory comes

It will be ours, it will be ours

Oh one day when the war is won

We will be sure, we will be sure

Oh glory (Glory, glory)

Oh (Glory, glory)

Oh glory (Glory, glory)

Hey (Glory, glory)

When the war is won, when it's all said and done

We'll cry glory (Glory, glory)

Oh (Glory, glory)

Title: "Imagine" by John Lennon

Topic: Acceptance and Peace

Verse 1

Imagine there's no heaven

It's easy if you try

No hell below us

Above us, only sky

Imagine all the people

Livin' for today

Ah

Verse 2

Imagine there's no countries

It isn't hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion, too

Imagine all the people

Livin' life in peace

Refrain

You

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will be as one

Verse 3

Imagine no possessions

I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world

Refrain

You

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will live as one