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The song I picked up for discuss about the problems racism concerns is called "Io non sono razzista, ma..." (I'm not racist, but...) by Willie Peyote, an italian artist.
Here's the lyrics translated into English:
I like to drive on rainy days
When as if by magic
The wiper runs in time with the piece
Do you want to go away? Yup
Do you want to go anywhere
Millions of kilometers, myriads
Of places like this, come on, trust me
There is a Chinese proverb that says "take good care"
Employee of the month smiles at the boss in chains
The immigrant struggling with reception
Stop at our borders, maybe shooting is better
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Make way for your broad understandings
Budget income and expenses
All with too many claims like at the end of the month
Don't worry it's not a race
You freak out if you count the expectations
Like that Sinhalese with roses under the snow
I see you at ease like a cop in plain clothes
You have a crap job and your boss is Chinese
Or you have a crap job and your boss is Italian
But by now we know it is clear, the whole world is a country
Talk about fairness, there was half of it
We will already be on the run on the open sea for a while, eh
You would have been close to arrest for some time, huh
(Refrain x4)
Who says "I'm not a racist but"
He's a racist but he doesn't know it
According to someone's speeches
Lampedusa is a tourist village
The Chinese are colonizing us
And every Imam is organizing a terrorist attack
According to someone's speeches
Immigrants all come to Italy
There is no future here with us
Look at the graduates who emigrated to Australia
It's too easy to say "these steal our jobs
They must stay at home "
What then if you look in the streets of my city
There are only kebab shops and I buy gold
But think that if someone who does not know the language
And he has no knowledge
He can fool your job with this ease
You would need an examination of conscience
Let's talk about welcome, about integration
Immigration is the first emergency on television
That's not all this news
Think of your grandfather who arrived in Argentina with the boat
Instead we don't make mosques here cause
They don't make churches
"Italy to the Italians" I heard at the bar
And if I'm not mistaken, the bar was Chinese
(refrain x4)
The song talks about the phrases that are most often said by Italians when it comes to racism. They are sentences full of ignorance and prejudice but at the same time they are repeated every day. The song negatively criticizes these phrases and condemns them in a way that makes them senseless, as they are without foundation.
I choose this song because of it's very strong message. That there is no difference between human and human. "Mensch ist Mensch" (Moe Phoenix)
Here are the lyrics in englisch:
Tell me a difference between you and me
Who are the guilty ones? Is it you or us?
Everybody wants to be powerful but not human
Those who join hands
They have nothing to lose
Never oppress the weaker
Because that is crime
For karma returns to the one who sends it
To the world that turns
You reap what you sow
And I hope you understand
A human being is a human being
No matter what colour hair or skin
Think well of what you say
For the Creator makes no exception
Human is human
Love is something we can use
You don't have to have anger in your belly
No one is right when it degenerates
Human is human
Don't see no difference between you and me
Cause your prejudices don't interest me
Everyone who cries tears has a resemblance
And in the hard times you'll get it too
Never suppress a little child
Because they are the future
Hate makes us blind
But love makes us see
Rebel, tolerate
Together on the way
And I hope you understand
A human being is a human being
No matter what colour hair or skin
Think carefully about what you say
For the Creator makes no exception
Human is human
Love is something we can use
You don't have to have anger in your belly
No one is right when it degenerates
No matter if black or white, human is human
Whether rich or poor, a human being is a human being
No matter if hard or soft, human is human
Human is human
Human is human
Love is something useful for us
You don't have to have anger in your belly
No one is right when it degenerates
A human being is a human being
No matter what colour hair or skin
Think twice about what you say
For the Creator makes no exception
Human is human
The song tells us about how racism works and that we can use love and respect to prevent the world being a racist one. With influences of his religion Moe Phoenix presents the simple human rights with this song. Some significant quotes are "no matter what colour hair or skin", "no matter if black or white", "whether rich or poor" and many more.
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The song I've chosen to discuss about racism is "Vengo dalla luna" (I come from the moon) by Caparezza, an Italian artist
Here's the English lyrics:
I come from the moon that sky crosses you
And I find inopportune
The fear of a different culture
Someone pours out on me his perverse craziness
And when he sees me, he steers away
He wants to run me over
And is proud of his Saint attacked on the dashboard
He didn’t understand I’m willing
To stay under, only when I’m fucking
“Go back to your country, you’re different!”
It’s impossible, I come from the universe
I lost the route, what do you want me to say to you?
You’re born here because here a pussy gave birth to you
“In what would you be better than me? Here there isn’t a business you deserve”
You’re bordered, but in your mental status
I’m moody and I stay wherever the fuck I want
I’m not black, I’m not white
I’m not active, I’m not tired
I don’t come from a nation
I, yes, I come from the moon
I’m not healthy, I’m not crazy
I’m not true, I’m not false
I don’t take you misfortune nor fortune
I, yes, I take you to the moon
I come from the moon (x3)
I come, come
You’re angry with me because I steal your job, I steal your car
Or because I fuck your girlfriend under the moon
What do you think it is then? It’s not my fault
If your girl’s surname is “Pompilio” like Numa
You say I’m ugly and I stink like a rat
But you’re marginalized and above all you aren’t Paul Newman
Your fiction doesn’t matter to me
I pee on your show that goes smoothly like Truman’s one
I have nostalgy of my light moon
I remember, one evening, the stars of a flag
But that was hope, that was a border
That was the spring of a new era
“Stupid one, we fill you with trinkets right away
In exchange for your status of free subject”
No, it’s an inappropriate proposal
Keep the Earth, man, I want the moon
I’m not black, I’m not white
I’m not active, I’m not tired
I don’t come from a nation
I, yes, I come from the moon
I’m not healthy, I’m not crazy
I’m not true, I’m not false
I don’t take you misfortune nor fortune
I, yes, I take you to the moon
I come from the moon (x3)
I come, come
Being here wasn’t easy to me
(I’m an) Unexpected guest, undesired weight
The satellites (were) accomplices because they
Reflect an artificial welfare
Moon, under which (you’ve) to talk about love
Get angry in your house in front of your TV
In your mentality the truth is
Fiction is better than real life
Which is instead unpredictable
And not the result of something already written
In a book that you’ve already read all
But I, I, I no
I, I, I
I come from the moon (x3)
I come, come
I chose this song because Caparezza talks about the fear of the different, defining it a perverse craziness, and he says a phrase widely used by racists: "Go back to your country, you're different!". Then, saying "You're angry with me because I steal your job, I steal your car", he highlights a prejudice that is still too widespread: considering every stranger a thief.
I think it's a shame that, nowadays, there are people who discriminate other people only for their skin's color or for the nation they come from; racism is a serious issue of our society, and it's our duty to eradicate these prejudices from people's minds.
Black little angels (Antonio Machín)
Here's the English lyrics:
Painter, born in my country
with the foreign paint brush,
painter, following the direction
of so many old painters.
Although the Virgin may be white
paint black little angels for me,
cause they go to heaven too
all the good little black angels.
Painter, if you paint whith love,
why do you despise your colour,
when you know, that in heaven
God wants them too.
Painter of saints of the bedroom,
if you have got a soul in the body,
why have you in painting your paintings
forgotten black people.
Everytime, when you paint churches,
you paint beautiful angels,
but never you remembered
to paint a black angel.
Everytime, when you paint churches,
you paint beautiful angels,
but never you remembered
to paint a black angel.
The composer of this song is the cuban Antonio Machín. That song came to Spain in 1950 approximately, after the Spanish Civil War. It was a hit at the time. In this song, Antonio questions to himself why there aren't black angels on the churches´pictures. Nowadays, is not very known between the young people, but this song could be the first spanish song against racism.
The song we have chosen is MESTIZAJE (MIXING) from SKA-P.
Here's the English lyrics:
Black African, East Asian,
American Indian, African Muslim,
White European, Australian aboriginal.
Five continents one heart.
Multiracial, multicultural, multiracial, multicultural
From the Philippines to Central America,
From the North Pole to Madagascar,
This f*cking world belongs to nobody but is everybody’s.
Five continents one heart.
Multiracial, multicultural, multiracial, multicultural
No frontiers, no flags, no authority,
No wealth, no poverty, no inequality,
Let the utopia break loose, let’s stop dreaming.
Hurray for miscegenation, let’s live together as a collectivity
I will shout let the flags burn in the name of brotherhood
Let patriotism fall and so the racial hostility.
Popular culture.
Ay, ay, ay
Where’s justice, crucified on the altars of capitalism
Ay, ay, ay
Where’s justice
Neither your residency, nor your creed, nor your color.
No difference makes you superior.
Stupid racist, humanity’s deserter
Five continents one heart
Multiracial, multicultural, multiracial, multicultural
No frontiers, no flags, no authority
No wealth, no poverty, no inequality
Let the utopia break loose, let’s stop dreaming
Hurray for miscegenation, let’s live together as a collectivity
I will shout let the flags burn in the name of brotherhood
Let patriotism fall and so the racial hostility
Popular culture
Ay, ay, ay
Where’s justice, crucified on the altars of capitalism
Ay, ay, ay
Where’s justice
We chose this song because we agree with the lyrics. The conclusion we've drawn is that the Spaniards, no matter how much we're Spanish, we don't all think the same way. for example, we believe that foreigners who come to live or visit Spain will have more cultures and we can learn from each other.
Rap contra el racismo - Against-racism Rap.
Here's the English lyrics:
The rush of being here all united, is lost a bit when you think about the reason, all different with their roll and with their style, but it is hip-hop and you have to make it very clear.
Have you ever stopped to talk to yourself? Life can be a different color if you talk about racism I am not here to give a speech on human rights nor do I come to tell you one of Romans, it is lucidity in the face of the stupidity that exists I wonder where the good joke to the seller begins and ends ambulante who is another worker with family and future ahead.
Each one is unique of their species, there is no reason or reason to despise it, it is fear and equality and to ignore what is different because, an absurd permanent social class separates us, maximum hatred for the least reason, there is no color, there is no comparison, only another episode where the most intolerant is fasism not cured by reading and racism traveling either.
No matter how many songs we do, no matter how much we manifest for many victims who suffer, do not fall along the ground, we do not become aware and so it goes and in article number one written we are born free equal in right and dignity. Let's see. Why is it difficult to carry it out of the role?
Tall-ugly-handsome-black-white What difference does it make? 100 years from now all bald under the ground. Will you?
Have you never tried to know a stranger?
Look at the children, they know what this game is about, and that is that the human race is a melting pot
Whoever cannot see the beauty in this does not deserve to see the sun pass the baton to the partner, for this new world the triumph of love against fear.
When the racist beast feels rage and bites when the phobia spreads and boils accusing you of not being the same, when the global world looking for food in another land makes you illegal, when the foreign law catches you for no reason and hypocrisy covers its eyes and their ears, racism and marginalization when they only see the skin and forget to look at the heart.
Nobody asks you to save the world of its color, we all lost faith in a better future, this life is cruel and so wicked that I understand it sometimes being honest is like pissing against the wind but don't look at the color of my skin if it really is what You want to know the color of my bills, earthquakes, hurricanes, war, hunger, racism is in man's pockets.
Breathe fully this breeze.
Put yourself in the shoes of the other to see how long your smile lasts
Show respect for the unequal by sex, ideology or culture
So that affection and sensitivity surround the structure
Because with intolerance you show deficit in brain and heart
Today I share my voice and my love against unreason and pain
And the lack of intelligence and communication.
You are not racist, man you are an idiot
Because of ignorant parents you are docile
Countries have not existed for many years
The border is in the skin of each one
And all of our grandchildren will be gray
How do you want me to remember you as the one who said that
She hates blacks but she hid in case they bite
Coward without attitude, if one day you face your demons
You will see that they are white like you.
Because the hell you look at him with that face
If then you are the first to buy pirated DVDs from him
Not even for the friendship of the races, difficult in this fucking world
Intolerant of rats
No human being can be illegal
The illegal thing is that a human being does not have dignity
I support the black, the Chinese, the Arab even the Martian
For my part, welcome to my Roman land.
Surpassing thirty years of age
I wrote the children's
This one goes for the pope
Who throws insults on a Sunday at the bar
When the black he idolizes can't score
The game is lost when entering
The side effect is that your child is a social problem
The future is that your daughter demands money for the movies
And he leaves with the son of the one who sold you clinex.
Fuzzy reality doing chores
Did you see who I am? tell me who you are
Charging in papers denying the pleasures
Of men and women, heroes of such a challenge
To fight for such a challenge, to fight for his own love
So that your children do not grow up empty
New generation with principles
Giving a good education without prejudice.
When the pain takes over the chest
A heart holds what they throw at it
But depending on the facts
Licho for something better, for rights
And the words are carried away by the wind
These? no, between oceans there is a reason
That draws tears when saying bros
I only look at the person
Or you judge yourself before judging anyone else.
No, it is not the skin tone that matters
It is the tone with which you express yourself, racists complain
The foreigner takes away hours in the company
More hours he takes away the console and is Japanese
Pay attention to fight for freedom
It's more than just hating the oppressor
I ask for your understanding because the bread is broken with the hands
But it is shared with the heart.
On the one hand I am sorry that this is necessary
On the other, I am glad to hear from my colleagues
I can't think of a stupider or more logical or more ominous or more serious message
The problem comes when they don't see the problem
And the problem remains when they deny it
I guess there was no need to say it
It is clear to them, right? rap is against racism.
Message of the song:
The song is a critique of society, that we despise people of different races to our own, almost in a somewhat systematic way without stopping to think that in the end not only does the color differentiate us, but that even if we are of the same race we are all different. We are all unique but equal, color does not have to become an element to differentiate social classes.
Whereas, there are demonstrations or they fall along the ground. However, society is made aware that there are victims we still do not respect the first of human rights.
We are all going to end up the same (dead), but we still decide to judge without having spoken to the foreigners, we have to be like the children who do not care about their appearance but the interior.
Immigration policies make people who come looking for food "illegal" and we do nothing.
In the money, we have there is racism because we cause wars, hunger, etc., in countries to have more wealth without caring about the consequences that only affect them.
We care about superficial things and never put ourselves in the place of those people.Education also influences the promotion of racism, countries have long been eliminated but we have established "borders" on the colour of the skin. We don’t realize that the causes of racism are white people and that on the one hand we despise people of other races but when we are interested that doesn’t matter anymore.
We are the generation that has to change this by identifying and correcting the racism of past generations and by showing that color does not matter and by raising a new generation without principles.
In conclusion, we continue to complain about immigrants saying things like that they take our jobs when it is not true, that is why we must continue to fight racism not only with actions but also with a focus on the heart, because even if we start it, the cluster is present in the world.
Why have we chosen the song?:
We decided to choose this song because it seems to us that it transmits perfectly the message that we had to look for and that also treats it in a very clear way. And of all the options of different songs that we had this one has seemed the most accurate.
We also commented with the Italians, who are part of our group, because we wanted an external opinion and agreed with us that this was the most striking song and easiest to understand.
DANTE - inEQUALITY. (DesIGUALDAD).
Lyrics:
The questions I ask myself the most are the ones I understand the least.
My blood boils watching what I'm seeing
Lying people who are contradicting themselves
Being what they say they are without living it
And the one who, at times, feels cold is not the one who always shivers
The one who cries with his face covered is not a coward
The one who gives hugs is the one who needs them most
And the one who, sometimes, does not show up, is not always late
The one who is silent, sometimes, can't stand it and screams
The one who has been the hungriest is often the one who shares the most
The first one you helped is the first one who go away
And the one you label as old is the one who can teach you the most
No one is more than the beggars because they have no roof over their head
You think you're humble, but you brag about kindness
The one you insult because he's black, has the same rights as you
He's not sick because he's black, racism is the disease.
Tell me, what difference does it make if they have another colour on their skin?
If we're all the same
There's no distinction between sex, colour or class.
Blood is always red, no matter what the packaging is
Tell me if you care about the weight you're dragging under your feet
Not knowing how much you're worth
There's no difference, so get the message
Equality is the word that makes the planet fit together
The one who never says anything is the first to say that's enough /enough is enough
The class outcast is the one who, if he wants to, will crush you
The one who's treated like a nerd will double you all in caste
And the one who is the most cocky is the one who is the most mistreated
The one they call a whore, she's never made love in her life
She's just waiting for that man who loves her
But, of course, if it's a guy, he's a wild beast
If it's a girl, she's a slut, isn't she?
Fuck you and fuck you and fuck prejudice
Fuck the models that make you lose your mind
Screw the blokes who tempt you with muscles
Fuck the size ninety, sixty, ninety, fuck!
And fuck your fucking labels
That make people doubt whether or not they're complete
In the centre of the Earth, I want to raise a bust
Everyone is as they are and we should live in comfort
Tell me, what difference does it make if they have another colour on their skin?
If we are all the same
There's no distinction between sex, colour or class
Blood is always red, no matter what the packaging is
Tell me if you care about the weight you're dragging under your feet
Not knowing how much you're worth
There's no difference, so get the message
Equality is the word that makes the planet fit together
Comment:
We have chosen this song because we enjoyed it very much as it is a short song and it summarizes very well the message he wants to send to the world. In addition, as you can hear or read, the song not only talks about racism but also comments on other inequalities.
Black or White - Michael Jackson
Lyrics:
I took my baby on a Saturday bang
Boy is that girl with you?
Yes we're one and the same
Now I believe in miracles
And a miracle has happened tonight
But, if you're thinkin' about my baby
It don't matter if you're black or white
They print my message in the Saturday Sun
I had to tell them I ain't second to none
And I told about equality and it's true
Either you're wrong or you're right
But, if you're thinkin' about my baby
It don't matter if you're black or white
I am tired of this devil
I am tired of this stuff
I am tired of this business
Sew when the going gets rough
I ain't scared of your brother
I ain't scared of no sheets
I ain't scared of nobody
Girl, when the going gets mean
Protection
For gangs, clubs, and nations
Causing grief in human relations
It's a turf war on a global scale
I'd rather hear both sides of the tale
See, it's not about races
Just places, faces
Where your blood comes from
Is were your space is
I've seen the bright get duller
I'm not going to spend my life being a color
Don't tell me you agree with me
When I saw you kicking dirt in my eye
But, if you're thinkin' about my baby
It don't matter if you're black or white
I said if you're thinkin' of being my baby
It don't matter if you're black or white
I said if you're thinkin' of being my brother
It don't matter if you're black or white
Ooh, ooh
Yea, yea, yea now
Ooh, ooh
Yea, yea, yea now
It's black, it's white
It's tough for you to get by (yeah, yeah, yeah)
It's black, it's white
It's black, it's white
It's tough for you to get by (yeah, yeah, yeah)
It's black, it's white
We chose this song for two reasons: the lyrics and their meaning, the mood. This is, in our opinion, the best song to show what the idea of racism is like. Michael Jackson has been fighting for all his life to show people that there are no differences between us humans. The song could be easily danced and listened without a particular commitment but at the same time tells things that, in our opinion, are the base of the fight against racism like “it don’t matter if you’re black or white”. The last part of the song is way more politically engaged than the first but that doesn’t ruins the song at all. It becomes better. The outro underlines a sad truth: lots of people can’t pass by our differences. We’ll have to fight to make this possible because there are no races, just the Human race and we all are the same. Also today, racism is a very actual theme: we have to fight it every day because that’s our reality and we can’t think that racism episodes don’t happen today. Racism is still alive in our society and we have to win this war!
David Bisbal - Duele demasiado
It hurts too much, it hurts too much
That in childhood, detained in that sea of bare feet
While everyone washes their hands
And it hurts too much, it hurts too much
Look at the other side, look at the other side
You don't like to realize how many swim in the mud
Those eyes are watching you
It's easier to forget them, easy to forget them
Because of the fault of others they pay dearly
A contract they have never signed
For you, because you never get to the shore
For me, because today my heart burns
If the world is still wrong
I can't take this scream
Quiet for you, for me, for those who do not even know
It hurts too much
It hurts too much
A good life, a good life
A house, a plate of food,
A sky without borders
And the love that so passionately denies them
The more they despair, the more they despair
Because of the fault of others they pay dearly
A contract they have never signed
For you, because you never get to the shore
For me, because today my heart burns
If the world is still wrong
I can't take this scream
Quiet for you, for me, for those who do not even know
If it hurts like me, hug it
If it hurts like me, hug it
For you, because you never get to the shore
For me, because today my heart burns
If the world is still wrong
I can't take this scream
Quiet for you, for me, for those who do not even know
It hurts too much
It hurts too much
It hurts too much
It hurts too much
This song talks about how much the situation in which some find themselves hurts because of the fault of others and the bad situations that they have to be going through every day and that no one takes pride in them and this song reflects the situation very well what are they going through
"WHERE IS THE LOVE?" by The Black Eyed Peas
Lyrics:
What's wrong with the world, mama
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world's addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin'
In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach?
Or would you turn the other cheek?
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love, the love, the love
It just ain't the same, all ways are changed
New days are strange, is the world insane?
If love and peace is so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong
Nations droppin' bombs
Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones
With the ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone
So I can ask myself really what is goin' wrong
In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin' in
Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover
The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the love, y'all(come on yeah)
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
Or would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love, the love, the love
I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder
Most of us only care about money makin'
Selfishness got us followin' the wrong direction
Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images, is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinemas
Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness and equality
Instead in spreading love we're spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading us away from unity
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under
Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found (now ask yourself)
Where is the love
Where is the love
Where is the love
Where is the love
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love
Sing with my ya'll
(One world, one world)
We only got
(One world, one world)
That's all we got
(One world, one world)
And somethin's wrong wit it
(Yeah)
Somethin's wrong wit it
(Yeah)
Somethin's wrong with the w-w-world yeah
We only got
(One world, one world)
That's all we got
(One world, one world)
Comment:
This song is a hymn of peace, while touching important issues regarding society, the lyrics designate the world that we live in, and the more is described as miserable, the more it is inherent to the reality. The line that particularly caught our attention is “Not respecting each other, deny thy brother, a war is going on but the reason’s undercover...”
The song is a critique of all humans who let hatred, bitterness and fear rule. The song says, if you only have love for your race, then you only leave room to discriminate; and from this it shows the desire to know where love is, because with so much war and hatred in the world, which is only one, you cannot be with the people who allow it. And if love is with humans because they let the world be so painful and discriminatory.
What makes me think mainly, at the beginning of the song, is that we only care about what’s going on around us, our neighbors, seeing people of other races as intruders who take away our own, when we are all truly human and other people also suffer as we do. Basically, the most developed countries forget about all those people who live in less developed countries, and we think that we deserve to live better.
This song tries to influence people to reflect and think about the society we live and to realize what we have around us. It shows that everything is in our hands and leads us to question whether we are able to put into practice everything we want or would like to change, because doing things right is our responsibility. And doing what we really need to do is what gives values to humanity, and that could create a better world, where we don’t have to ask ourselves, where is love?
The most striking phrases are: “I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder”; “As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder”; “Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinemas”; “Why are there pieces of love that don't belong”; “But if you only have love for your own race, then you only leave space to discriminate”.
Everyone thinks this song is about the war in iraq but is a small part of the true meaning of this song. This song talks about how kids are getting involved in gangs and caught up in a whole lot of crap that should be avoided. We are worrying about problems that are occurring in other countries rather than fixing our situation. we need to fix our situation. We cant be going to war as it says in the song "if you practice what you preach then you turn the other cheek" this is not only referring to war but also minor issues that take place here like racism or anything at all. This song is basically calling out all of the hatred and all of the un-needed crap that takes place in todays society.
RAP CONTRA EL RACISMO = RAP AGAINST THE RACISM (other group).
LYRICS
The rush of being here all united, is lost a bit when you think about the reason, all different with their roll and with their style, but it is hip-hop and you have to make it very clear.
Have you ever stopped to talk to yourself? Life can be a different color if you talk about racism I am not here to give a speech on human rights nor do I come to tell you one of Romans, it is lucidity in the face of the stupidity that exists I wonder where the good joke to the seller begins and ends ambulante who is another worker with family and future ahead.
Each one is unique of their species, there is no reason or reason to despise it, it is fear and equality and to ignore what is different because, an absurd permanent social class separates us, maximum hatred for the least reason, there is no color, there is no comparison, only another episode where the most intolerant is fasism not cured by reading and racism traveling either.
No matter how many songs we do, no matter how much we manifest for many victims who suffer, do not fall along the ground, we do not become aware and so it goes and in article number one written we are born free equal in right and dignity. Let's see. Why is it difficult to carry it out of the role?
Tall-ugly-handsome-black-white What difference does it make? 100 years from now all bald under the ground. Will you? Have you never tried to know a stranger?
Look at the children, they know what this game is about, and that is that the human race is a melting pot Whoever cannot see the beauty in this does not deserve to see the sun pass the baton to the partner, for this new world the triumph of love against fear.
When the racist beast feels rage and bites when the phobia spreads and boils accusing you of not being the same, when the global world looking for food in another land makes you illegal, when the foreign law catches you for no reason and hypocrisy covers its eyes and their ears, racism and marginalization when they only see the skin and forget to look at the heart.
Nobody asks you to save the world of its color, we all lost faith in a better future, this life is cruel and so wicked that I understand it sometimes being honest is like pissing against the wind but do´t look at the color of my skin if it really is what You want to know the color of my bills, earthquakes, hurricanes, war, hunger, racism is in man´s pockets.
Breathe fully this breeze.
Put yourself in the shoes of the other to see how long your smile lasts
Show respect for the unequal by sex, ideology or culture
So that affection and sensitivity surround the structure
Because with intolerance you show deficit in brain and heart
Today I share my voice and my love against unreason and pain
And the lack of intelligence and communication.
You are not racist, man you are an idiot
Because of ignorant parents you are docile
Countries have not existed for many years
The border is in the skin of each one
And all of our grandchildren will be gray
How do you want me to remember you as the one who said that
She hates blacks but she hid in case they bite
Coward without attitude, if one day you face your demons
You will see that they are white like you.
Because the hell you look at him with that face
If then you are the first to buy pirated DVDs from him
Not even for the friendship of the races, difficult in this fucking world
Intolerant of rats
No human being can be illegal
The illegal thing is that a human being does not have dignity
I support the black, the Chinese, the Arab even the Martian
For my part, welcome to my Roman land.
Surpassing thirty years of age
I wrote the children´s
This one goes for the pope
Who throws insults on a Sunday at the bar
When the black he idolizes can´t score
The game is lost when entering
The side effect is that your child is a social problem
The future is that your daughter demands money for the movies
And he leaves with the son of the one who sold you clinex.
Fuzzy reality doing chores
Did you see who I am? tell me who you are
Charging in papers denying the pleasures
Of men and women, heroes of such a challenge
To fight for such a challenge, to fight for his own love
So that your children do not grow up empty
New generation with principles
Giving a good education without prejudice.
When the pain takes over the chest
A heart holds what they throw at it
But depending on the facts
Licho for something better, for rights
And the words are carried away by the wind
These? no, between oceans there is a reason
That draws tears when saying bros
I only look at the person
Or you judge yourself before judging anyone else.
No, it is not the skin tone that matters
It is the tone with which you express yourself, racists complain
The foreigner takes away hours in the company
More hours he takes away the console and is Japanese
Pay attention to fight for freedom
It's more than just hating the oppressor
I ask for your understanding because the bread is broken with the hands
But it is shared with the heart.
On the one hand I am sorry that this is necessary
On the other, I am glad to hear from my colleagues
I can´t think of a stupider or more logical or more ominous or more serious message
The problem comes when they don't see the problem
And the problem remains when they deny it
I guess there was no need to say it
It is clear to them, right? rap is against racism.
OUR PERSONAL OPINION:
We have chosen this song as it talks about racism in a really interesting way.
Firstly, it should be emphasized that several famous Spanish singers have got together in order to report the actual racism situation in our society. Nowadays, we are not concerned enough about the large amount of racism comments that are constantly happening.
Therefore, this song shows us that we sometimes depreciate people unconsciously due to their skin colour or their native country. It also makes us realize that we all have the same rights and nobody is fewer because of their nationality.
For example:
“Tall-ugly-handsome-black-white What difference does it make?
100 years from now all bald under the ground.”
This is a really interesting sentence where we can see how the songwriters are trying to explain to us that it doesn’t matter how we look, or what color we are, that we are all going to die and finish in the same way. We mustn’t set our mind and our sight only at this, as our origin or our skin colour doesn’t determine what type of person we are. So, as the song is telling us, we need to normalize and don’t judge a person only because of their roots and their physical appearance.
“Countries have not existed for many years.
The border is in the skin of each one”
Humans have developed during our history thanks to helping each other, in that way, my impression is that we are a big family that must collaborate in order to overcome the hardships along the way. We must treat others like our brothers since sharing our
possessions and respecting human rights is part of humanity. If we were running away from our country due to a war, I would like to be welcome in any country, in that way, we want to give a good image of the developed countries and stop enslaving immigrants as if they were not persons, since the only difference between them and us is that we have a much easier life randomly. Furthermore, we are the cause of their horrible situation.
“Put yourself in the shoes of the other to see how long your smile lasts”
For instance, this tense shows us the reality. Nowadays, we are not empathetic enough to know how horrible some people are living in another part of the world. However, if any of us were in their situation, we would see life in a different way and we wouldn't be as insensitive as we sometimes are. Therefore, we should think for a while how people can feel before we have a racist action.
“The problem comes when they don´t see the problem,
and the problem remains when they deny it.”
This sentence wants to explain that sometimes people don’t realize that some comments they say or things they do are racist. They consider that their behavior is correct, and this is the main problem, since they think they are acting in a good way. But the worst thing is that when you tell somebody that he’s being racist, that person denies it and continues doing the same.
In conclusion, this song has touched our heart, since it has made us put ourselves in immigrants´ situations, and think about our racist actions that we consciously do not realize. Furthermore, racism creates selfish and despicable people, therefore, we must act with the head without letting ourselves be carried away by the prejudices of the society.
MESTIZAJE - MIXING (SKA-P)
(other group)
Here's the English lyrics:
Black African, East Asian,
American Indian, African Muslim,
White European, Australian aboriginal.
Five continents one heart.
Multiracial, multicultural, multiracial, multicultural
From the Philippines to Central America,
From the North Pole to Madagascar,
This f*cking world belongs to nobody but is everybody’s.
Five continents one heart.
Multiracial, multicultural, multiracial, multicultural
No frontiers, no flags, no authority,
No wealth, no poverty, no inequality,
Let the utopia break loose, let’s stop dreaming.
Hurray for miscegenation, let’s live together as a collectivity
I will shout let the flags burn in the name of brotherhood
Let patriotism fall and so the racial hostility.
Popular culture.
Ay, ay, ay
Where’s justice, crucified on the altars of capitalism
Ay, ay, ay
Where’s justice
Neither your residency, nor your creed, nor your color.
No difference makes you superior.
Stupid racist, humanity’s deserter
Five continents one heart
Multiracial, multicultural, multiracial, multicultural
No frontiers, no flags, no authority
No wealth, no poverty, no inequality
Let the utopia break loose, let’s stop dreaming
Hurray for miscegenation, let’s live together as a collectivity
I will shout let the flags burn in the name of brotherhood
Let patriotism fall and so the racial hostility
Popular culture
Ay, ay, ay
Where’s justice, crucified on the altars of capitalism
Ay, ay, ay
Where’s justice
SONG INTERPRETATION:
The song is quite straightforward in its message:
Black African, East Asian,
American Indian, African Muslim
White European, Australian Aboriginal,
Five continents in one heart
There is nothing to note here except the end where the author intends to tell us how all the humans mentioned, regardless of how they are, are humans, with a heart (crystallized this in the last paragraph as a message), like everyone else.
Multiracial, multicultural,
Multiracial, multicultural
From the Philippines to Central America,
From the North Pole to Madagascar
This fucking world belongs to nobody and belongs to everyone,
Five continents in the same heart
When he says “this fucking world belongs to nobody and belongs to all ” he is referring to how, in modern society, human beings have created borders to separate people from each other through, for example, countries, countries that are really nothing more than a symbol with no more value than what we decide to give it. The question that arises with this is if we can truly call people "illegal" or prevent them from freedom of movement simply because they were born in a different place, that is what the author would be trying to tell us in this paragraph.
Multiracial, multicultural,
Multiracial, multicultural
No borders, no flags, no authority
No wealth, no poverty, no inequality
Let's break utopia, stop dreaming,
Up with miscegenation, living together in a community
Here we touch on the issue of borders and countries and how today, we are treating the people of our own country, as better (with luxuries and excusing the exploitation of others for example) when something such as where you are born and who your parents are is not something that you decide nor is it something for which a person should be valued.
With the last two lines he tells us that a utopia is possible, it could be (imagines the author) a place where we all live together, a place where we are all capable of accepting others irrelevant what your bloodline or family is but rather what your personality is like. your ability to live together and what are your actions in life, the author thus imagines that he breaks the limits of our society and reaches what, for him, would be the "perfect" society.
Shout Let the flags burn for the fraternity
Let the patriotism and racial hostility fall
Popular culture
The song emphasizes whether a country or the flags that represent it are truly important. If a piece of painted cloth (represented as the flag in the song) really has value and, if it does, is that objective value or do you assign it to them?
Of course, one is free to love the values that represent your country, culture, home, family and the place where you were born and grew up, but wanting all that but that does not mean that we should close ourselves to other cultures, ideas or people, the coexistence among us is possible, wouldn't a world be better where everyone is interconnected?
Ay, ay, ay, justice where is it, crucified on the altars of the capital
Ay, ay, ay, justice where is
This part of the song talks about injustice and how we can defend it since, with this, we are conveyed that the basis for that utopia that the author seeks is justice, that we are all treated the same, something that according to the song we do not do, showing his dissatisfaction when he says "crucified on the altars of capital" referring to how justice almost always overlooked due to financial benefits.
Neither your residence, nor the creed, nor the color,
No difference I will make you superior
Stupid racist, desertion of the human being,
Five continents in the same heart
Here he repeats what he has said in other ways in addition to reaffirming and reinforcing his idea , with, for example, the first line of the paragraph, which tells us how your place of origin or your skin color does not make you inferior or superior to any other person and how, although, we do not realize it (with the second line), many times we do not discriminate by race or color but by ideology or origin, for example.
[here repeats the chorus again until the end]
FINAL COMMENT (BEST OF EACH COMMENT):
The song itself shows us the problem that currently exists with racism, touching on issues such as inequality in society and the stereotypes that we have according to the skin color of other people. It also refers to the different types of races that exist throughout the world and that are severely punished by other races, in addition, it also touches on issues such as the possibility of a better world without inequalities "above miscegenation, living together in a community", would be a good example of it. It's why this song not only questions discrimination of any kind towards others but also, how this hatred is originated. A baby or a child is not born discriminating against others, for example, which makes us think that it may be generated by constructs typical of our society.
We have chosen this song because it seems to us the perfect example of what racism is, that is, it shows very well the problems that it entails, and, in turn, speaks of an idealized world in which there are no differences because of one country or another. What the author does is mention the injustices that are caused because, supposedly, there are different people and they do not have the right to work or move to certain places due to their skin color, their country, race ... So we have to be given equal conditions to be able to live justly.
He also conveys his dissatisfaction with the existence of flags, for example, because after all, what this does is "feed" racist behavior. In the last section of the song, the division of our world into continents is highlighted, which makes us think that we are totally guilty of having pigeonholed all the people in the world, we have created a social differentiation from which it is very difficult to get out (thus returning to collaborate in this racism).
In addition, everything related to the homeland and patriotism, and how the concept of it must change not to one where the homeland is threatened by outsiders. But how do you do that? What we must do, and what the author wants to convey, is to defend the whole of society that we are, no matter where you are from. Likewise, we should all be part of a unit, a collective in which, if one part does not exist, the others will crumble automatically. We should live in a kind of "symbiosis", for which we have to respect each other.
Therefore, that hatred that arises fearing others, would be eliminated due to equality. No one is superior to anyone and we have to have the same opportunities to achieve our goals. For this reason, this song not only tries to raise awareness about “simple” racism but also gives us the reasons to detect and raise awareness among others.
Black or White - Michael Jackson
I took my baby on a Saturday bang
Boy is that girl with you?
Yes we're one and the same
Now I believe in miracles
And a miracle has happened tonight
But, if you're thinkin' about my baby
It don't matter if you're black or white
They print my message in the Saturday Sun
I had to tell them I ain't second to none
And I told about equality and it's true
Either you're wrong or you're right
But, if you're thinkin' about my baby
It don't matter if you're black or white
I am tired of this devil
I am tired of this stuff
I am tired of this business
Sew when the going gets rough
I ain't scared of your brother
I ain't scared of no sheets
I ain't scared of nobody
Girl, when the going gets mean
Protection
For gangs, clubs, and nations
Causing grief in human relations
It's a turf war on a global scale
I'd rather hear both sides of the tale
See, it's not about races
Just places, faces
Where your blood comes from
Is were your space is
I've seen the bright get duller
I'm not going to spend my life being a color
Don't tell me you agree with me
When I saw you kicking dirt in my eye
But, if you're thinkin' about my baby
It don't matter if you're black or white
I said if you're thinkin' of being my baby
It don't matter if you're black or white
I said if you're thinkin' of being my brother
It don't matter if you're black or white
Ooh, ooh
Yea, yea, yea now
Ooh, ooh
Yea, yea, yea now
It's black, it's white
It's tough for you to get by (yeah, yeah, yeah)
It's black, it's white
It's black, it's white
It's tough for you to get by (yeah, yeah, yeah)
It's black, it's white.
Black or White is a song about racism and that it doesn't matter where you're from or what colour you are, because we are all people!
These lyrics describe Michael Jackson's opinion on racism and how they affected him and the world around him.
Michael Jackson in this song was talking about how people had always accused him of changing his colour, but in our opinion it doesn't matter, because in Jackson's eyes everyone was one and the same.
The first lyrics that caught our attention were "They printed my message, In the Saturday Sun, I had to tell them, I ain't second to none." Here he stated that he wasn't nobody, but that he was a person, with equalities. Further, Jackson wrote "I told about Equality , An It's True, Either You're Wrong or you're right ."
In these few lines Jackson was trying to say that everyone has their own opinion on what equality is. If someone has a different opinion on equality, each person is right.
Later in the song, Jackson stated "I am tired of this devil, I am tired of this stuff, I am tired of this business, So when the going gets rough, I ain't scared of your brother, I ain't Scared of No sheets, I ain't scare of nobody, Girl when the goin' gets mean." Here Jackson was stating that he was tired of the racism, which he described as a Devil .
Eventually he said that he was not scared of anyone when things got bad and wouldn't let racism affect him.
WE ARE THE WORLD - Michael Jackson
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
We can't go on
Pretending day-by-day
That someone, somewhere soon make a change
We're all a part of God's great big family
And the truth, you know, love is all we need
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
Oh, send them your heart
So they know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stones to bread
And so we all must lend a helping hand
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
Oh, 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, well, well let us realize
Oh, that a change can only come
When we stand together as one, yeah, yeah, yeah
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
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 mee
We are the world (are the world)
We are the children (are the children)
We are the ones who'll make a brighter day, so let's start giving (so let's start giving)
There is a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me
Oh, let me hear you!
We are the world (we are the world)
We are the children (said we are the children)
We are the ones who'll make a brighter day so let start giving (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, come on now, let me hear you
We are the world (we are the world)
We are the children (we are the children)
We are the ones who'll make a brighter day so let's start giving (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, yeah
We are the world (we are the world)
We are the children (we are the children)
We are the ones who'll make a brighter day so let's start giving (so let's start giving)
There's a choice we're making
And we're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me
We are the world (are the world)
We are the children (are the children)
We are the ones who'll make a brighter day so let's start giving (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
We are the world, we are the world (are the world)
We are the children, yes sir (are the children)
We are the ones that make a brighter day so let's start giving (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, ooh-hoo!
We are the world (dear God) (are the world)
We are the children (are the children)
We are the ones that make a brighter day so let's start giving (all right, can you hear what I'm saying?)
There's a choice we're making, we're saving our own lives.
This is a song that was born to do charity tank to the collaboration of 45 American singers including Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan and Tina Turner. The song is about solidarity, brotherhood and love. These are key ingredients to fight racism in the world. This song has a strong and powerful message and we should try to live by following these ideals to delete any kind of discrimination, especially racial discrimination, in fact the song begins with this sentence: “the world must come together as one”. We need to invest ourselves into taking action and treat everyone correctly as we are meant to do.
SUPERINFERIORS - Los de marras
Lyrics in English:
When the prisons are full of freedom
And the tanks fire torpedoes loaded with life.
When the people who fight in wars kill each other with kisses
And "" border "" is a forbidden and cursed word.
When we make bonfires with money
And in the world there is not a child who dies of grief
When work is a right and not slavery
And the weapons, useless junk thrown in scrap yards
When the Church discovers that God was an atheistic worker
And the poor let’s get out of our hole
When women and men are equal
And in this shitty world there are no generals
Then I will think
That we are still human
Because now I just feel
That we are just beings
Then I will think
That we still have something
How dare we
To call us superior?
When being illiterate is a crime
And the health World Heritage
When the free world gets rid of the free market
And the rich feel ashamed to go out on the street
When we win wars with nonviolence
And in the world there are no abuses of children
When transsexuality is normal
And in the woman's body only she decides
When racism is considered a disease
And the earth a paradise that must not be saved
When the old are wise old men
And in this shitty world there are no soldiers
Then I will think
That we are still human
Because now I just feel
That we are just beings
Then I will think
That we still have something
How dare we
To call us superior?
Why we have chosen this song: We have decided to analyze this song because of many reasons:
● This song touches several problems that unfortunately are current nowadays such as transphobia, racism and environmentally issues.
● This song wants to show how we can’t be called human beings because we are horrible with each other and we always find a way to destroy everything. We have the chance to be called more than just beings and do things right but that depends on us.
● It also wants to show some problems in order to be aware of them and find a solution.
INEQUALITY - Dante
(another group)
Lyrics in English:
The questions I ask myself the most are the ones I understand the least
My blood boils watching what I'm seeing
Lying people who are contradicting themselves
Being what they claim to be without living
And the one who sometimes feels cold is not the one who always shivers
He who cries with his face covered is not a coward
The one who gives hugs is the one who needs them the most
And the one who, sometimes, does not appear, will not always be late
The one who is quiet, sometimes, does not hold and screams
The one who has suffered the most hunger is usually the one who shares the most
The first one you helped is the first one to take off
And the one who you label as being old is the one who can teach you the most
Nobody is more than beggars because they have no roof
You think you are humble, but you show off kindness
The one you insult for being black, has the same rights
He's not sick for being black, racism is the disease
Tell me, what difference does it make that they have another color on their skin?
If we are all the same
There is no distinction between sex, color or class
Blood is always red, regardless of the packaging
Tell me if you care about the weight you drag under your feet
Without knowing how much you are worth
There are no differences, so get the message
Equality is the word that makes the planet fit
The one who never says anything is the first to say enough
The class outcast is the one who, if he wants to, crushes you
Whoever they treat as a nerd, he will double you all in caste
And the one who goes the most as a cock is the one who drags the most abuse
Who they call whore, she has not made love in his life
She is simply waiting for that man who loves her
But, of course, if it's a guy who hooks up with anyone, he's a beast
If she's a girl, she surely becomes a whore, right?
Come on and give it to you and give it to prejudices
Fuck the models that make you lose your mind
Fuck the hunks who tempt you with muscles
Fuck the size ninety, sixty, ninety, damn it!
And give your fucking labels
That make people doubt whether or not they are complete
In the center of the Earth, I want to lift a bust
Each one is as it is and we must live at ease
Tell me, what difference does it make that they have another color on their skin?
If we are all the same
There is no distinction between sex, color or class
Blood is always red, regardless of the packaging
Tell me if you care about the weight you drag under your feet
Without knowing how much you are worth
There are no differences, so get the message
Equality is the word that makes the planet fit
Why we have chosen this song: We have decided to analyze this song because of many reasons:
● The numerous topics it treats about all the problems we have as a society such as racism, inequality, poverty, sexism.
● It medites about the injustice that we must eradicate if we want to live in harmony with each other.
● The rhythm of the song, it is a truly catchy song!
● Its incredible capacity of deppen in our current problems
● Its desire to change our bad and cruel behavior.
“Black Man” - Stevie Wonder
First man to die
For the flag we now hold high [Crispus Attucks]
Was a black man
The ground were we stand
With the flag held in our hand
Was first the red man's
Guide of a ship
On the first Columbus trip [Pedro Alonzo Nino]
Was a brown man
The railroads for trains
Came on tracking that was laid
By the yellow man
We pledge allegiance
All our lives
To the magic colors
Red, blue and white
But we all must be given
The liberty that we defend
For with justice not for all men
History will repeat again
It's time we learned
This World Was Made For All Men
Heart surgery
Was first done successfully
By a black man [Dr Daniel Hale Williams]
Friendly man who died
But helped the pilgrims to survive [Squanto]
Was a red man
Farm workers rights
Were lifted to new heights [Caesar Chavez]
By a brown man
Incandescent light
Was invented to give sight [Thomas Edison]
By the white man
We pledge allegiance
All our lives
To the magic colors
Red, blue and white
But we all must be given
The liberty that we defend
For with justice not for all men
History will repeat again
It's time we learned
This World Was Made For All Men
Hear me out
Now I know the birthday of a nation
Is a time when a country celebrates
But as your hand touches your heart
Remember we all played a part in America
To help that banner wave
First clock to be made
In America was created
By a black man [Benjamin Banneker]
Scout who used no chart
Helped lead Lewis and Clark
Was a red woman [Sacagawea]
Use of martial arts
In our country got its start
By a yellow man
And the leader with a pen
Signed his name to free all men
Was a white man [Abraham Lincoln]
We pledge allegiance
All our lives
To the magic colors
Red, blue and white
But we all must be given
The liberty that we defend
For with justice not for all men
History will repeat again
It's time we learned
This World Was Made For All Men
This world was made for all men
This world was made for all men
This world was made for all men
God saved His world for all men
All people
All babies
All children
All colors
All races
This world's for you
And me
This world
My world
Your world
Everybody's world
This world
Their world
Our world
This world was made for all men
Hear me out
Who was the first man to set foot on the North Pole?
Matthew Henson - a black man
Who was the first american to show the Pilgrims at Plymouth the secrets of survival in the new world?
Squanto - a red man
Who was the soldier of Company G who won high honors for his courage and heroism in World War 1?
Sing Kee - a yellow man
Who was the leader of united farm workers and helped farm workers maintain dignity and respect?
Caesar Chavez - a brown man
Who was the founder of blood plasma and the director of the Red Cross blood bank?
Dr. Charles Drew - a black man
Who was the first American heroine who aided the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Sacajewa - a red woman
Who was the famous educator and semanticist who made outstanding contributions to education in America?
Hayakawa - a yellow man
Who invented the world's first stop light and the gas mask?
Garrett Morgan - a black man
Who was the American surgeon who was one of the founders of neurosurgery?
Harvey Williams Cushing - a white man
Who was the man who helped design the nation's capitol, made the first clock to give time in America and wrote the first almanac?
Benjamin Banneker - a black man
Who was the legendary hero who helped establish the League of Iroquois?
Hiawatha - a red man
Who was the leader of the first microbiotic center in America?
Micho Kushi - a yellow man
Who was the founder of the city of Chicago in 1772?
Jean Baptiste - a black man
Who was one of the organizers of the American Indian Movement?
Denis Banks - a red man
Who was the Jewish financier who raised funds to sponsor Christopher Columbus' voyage to America?
Lewis D. Santangel - a white man
Who was the woman who led countless slaves to freedom on the underground rairoad?
Harriet Tubman - a black woman
Comment:
“Black Man” by Stevie Wonder is one of the most important song about racism.
It talks about the desire to live in a world where everyone has the same importance despite the color of the skin and it wants to embrace the beauty of the diversity. He wants to live in a world where everyone can have the same value, feel accepted and respected for what they are and not what they look like.
TELL ME WHY
In my dream, children sing
A song of love for every boy and girl
The sky is blue and fields are green
And laughter is the language of the world
Then I wake and all I see
Is a world full of people in need
Tell me why(why) does it have to be like this?
Tell me why (why) is there something I have missed?
Tell me why (why) cos I don't understand
When so many need somebody
We don't give a helping hand
Tell me why?
Everyday I ask myself
What will I have to do to be a man?
Do I have to stand and fight
To prove to everybody who I am?
Is that what my life is for
To waste in a world full of war?
The song talks about every child's dream of a beautiful world where peace prevails and wars disappear.
In this song, the main aim is to put an end to racism and to unite against racism for the whole world,it does not matter,religion,language, roce, color and we need to unite against those who make this discriminotion.
There is a way to end racism💜
Let's be united against racism:))
Joan Baez - We Shall Overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome, some day
Oh, deep in my heart
I know that I do believe
We shall overcome, some day
We shall be alright
We shall be alright
We shall be alright, some day
Oh, deep in my heart
I know that I do believe
We shall overcome, some day
We shall live in peace
We shall live in peace
We shall live in peace, some day
Oh, deep in my heart
I know that I do believe
We shall overcome, some day
We are not afraid (oh Lord!)
Not afraid (oh Lord!)
Not afraid, today
Oh, deep in my heart
I know that I do believe
We shall overcome, some day
We shall overcome (oh Lord!)
(Oh Lord!) overcome
We shall overcome, some day
Oh, deep in my heart
I know that I do believe
We shall overcome, some day
This song talks about how the singer has had to overcome many racist attacks, but he is still fighting against it and wants to finish with them. He said that it is very important to not be afraid and believe that one day the racism will end. However, he encourages the rest of the world to help him and the other people that are attacked by racism to be alright when there is one of these situations. And I think that is very important to help them because they don't deserve those mistreatments.
I choosed a german Song about humanity, „Astronaut“ by Mark Forster and Sido.
I like it, because I think sometimes we think way to positive about humans and a song like this can take us to reflect more about it.
The song shows that humans could live a peaceful, happy and sustainable life, but instead of that we destroy the earth, destroy ourselves and fight each others. I think the song is very interesting, because it presents the bad sides of humanity.
The Lyrics of the song:
I lift off, nothing's keeping me down Everything pale and grey
I haven't flown in too long
like an astronaut
We walk around having it up to here, heads are empty
Sit up to the neck in garbage, have holes in our heart Drowning worries and problems in the cup full of wine
With a smile of stone, we can't come up with anything better We've already forgotten tomorrow, who we were yesterday We've eaten ourselves full, never forget to pay
Leave everything standing and lay for more ash and dust
We all want it to work but we're not paying attention
The voice of reason has been silenced, we can't hear it anymore But we sometimes have the feeling that we don't belong here There is no forwards or back anymore, only below and above One from 100 million, a small speck on the ground
I lift off
I lift off, nothing's keeping me down Everything pale and grey
I haven't flown in too long
like an astronaut
I see the world from above The rest pales in grey
I lost time and space up here like an astronaut
In the dark of night, everything's so peaceful up here, but down there it's kicking off We all contribute, but break under the load
We hope for God, but missed the miracle,
We build ever-higher until it reaches infinity
Almost 8 billion people, but the humanity is missing From up here, suddenly none of it matters,
From up here you can't see borders or the color of skin Nothing dulls the racket, I can't hear you all anymore I'm slowly getting the feeling that I belong here
There is no forwards or back anymore, only below and above One from 100 million, a small speck on the ground
I lift off!
I lift off, nothing's keeping me down Everything pale and grey
I haven't flown in too long
like an astronaut
I see the world from above The rest pales in grey
I lost time and space up here like an astronaut
Oho oho oho
like an astronaut
And at the sight of this beauty, I remember everything again, Are we not actually alive to love and to be
I'd love to stay here forever, but I'm just the blink of an eye that's all I can be after 5 billion years
I lift off, nothing's keeping me down Everything pale and grey
I haven't flown in too long
like an astronaut
I see the world from above The rest pales in grey
I lost time and space up here like an astronaut
Oho oho oho
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