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Human Rights Song Playlist Introduction

Over the past couple weeks weve been learning about human rights. This week we
looked at some of the artistic expressions of those rights and worked on our own
expressions of those rights for Human Rights Day on Wednesday, December 10th.
Weve also heard a couple examples of human rights songs and were all looking
forward to hearing Dom, Owen, and Ronins song on Monday. But today were going
to look at this musical component a little more in depth.
So why do we listen to music?
When we listen to music what do we listen for?
Do we listen to the beat? The melody? How about the lyrics?
They call music the universal language, meaning that it has the ability to break
down barriers, form connections, and communicate messages across cultures. So
naturally, music can often deal with universal themes such as human rights.
Today we are going to look at some songs that do just that. As we listen we want to
focus, especially, on the lyrics. We are going to look at 5 or 6 songs (depending on
time) but there are lots more out there for you to find.

Human Rights Song Playlist


Task:
As a class, we will look at the way in which various musical artists have included
human rights messages in their music. After listening to, analyzing, and discussing
several examples in class, students will create a playlist of songs that feature
human rights messages.
Classroom Instructions:
1. Listen to the teacher chosen human rights songs. As you listen:
Follow along with the lyrics on the provided sheets.
Highlight or circle any words you see from our vocabulary list.
Highlight (in a different color) or underline any other words you see that
have to do with human rights.
2. After each song we will share the words we found and discuss the
songs overall message.
3. Once we have examined several songs as a class, find a song of your
own!
Homework:
1. Choose a song with school appropriate lyrics that relate to the human
rights that we have been discussing in class.
2. Find the lyrics for the song online, copy them into a Pages document,
and highlight key words the same way we did in class (see bullets above).
3. Find the song on YouTube and put the link in the Pages document.
4. Write a 1-3 sentence summary of your songs human rights message.
5. Submit assignment to Schoology.
Once everyone has submitted songs well put them together as a YouTube playlist
that we can listen to while doing certain in-class tasks.

Bob Marley Get Up, Stand Up Lyrics


Get up, stand up, stand up for your right (3 times)
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
Preacher man don't tell me heaven is under the earth
I know you don't know what life is really worth
Is not all that glitters in gold and
Half the story has never been told
So now you see the light, aay
Stand up for your right. Come on
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
(Repeat)
Most people think great God will come from the sky
Take away ev'rything, and make ev'rybody feel high
But if you know what life is worth
You would look for yours on earth
And now you see the light
You stand up for your right, yeah!
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
Get up, stand up. Life is your right
So we can't give up the fight
Stand up for your right, Lord, Lord
Get up, stand up. Keep on struggling on
Don't give up the fight
We're sick and tired of your ism and skism game
Die and go to heaven in Jesus' name, Lord
We know when we understand
Almighty God is a living man
You can fool some people sometimes
But you can't fool all the people all the time
So now we see the light

We gonna stand up for our right


So you'd better get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
John Lennon Happy Xmas Lyrics
Happy Christmas, Kyoko.
Happy Christmas, Julian.
So this is Christmas and what have you done?
Another year over, a new one just begun.
And so this is Christmas, i hope you have fun,
The near and the dear one, the old and the young.
A very merry Christmas and a happy new year,
Let's hope it's a good one without any fear.
And so this is Christmas for weak and for strong,
(war is over if you want it,)
For the rich and the poor ones, the road is so long.
(war is over now.)
And so happy Christmas for black and for whites,
(war is over if you want it,)
For the yellow and red ones, let's stop all the fight.
(war is over now.)
A very merry Christmas and a happy new year,
Let's hope it's a good one without any fear.
And so this is Christmas and what have we done?
(war is over if you want it,)
Another year over, a new one just begun.
(war is over if you want it,)
And so this is Christmas, we hope you have fun,
(war is over if you want it,)
The near and the dear one, the old and the young.

(war is over now.)


A very merry Christmas and a happy new year,
Let's hope it's a good one without any fear.
War is over
If you want it,
War is over now.
Happy Christmas!
(Repeat 4 times)
Marvin Gaye What's Going On Lyrics
Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today, eheh
Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today, oh oh oh
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
Oh, what's going on
What's going on
Yeah, what's going on
Ah, what's going on
In the mean time
Right on, baby
Right on brother
Right on babe

Mother, mother, everybody thinks we're wrong


Oh, but who are they to judge us
Simply 'cause our hair is long
Oh, you know we've got to find a way
To bring some understanding here today
Oh oh oh
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
C'mon talk to me
So you can see
What's going on
Yeah, what's going on
Tell me what's going on
I'll tell you what's going on, ooh ooo ooo ooo
Right on baby
Rage Against The Machine The Ghost Of Tom Joad Lyrics
Man walks along the railroad track
He's Goin' some place, there's no turnin' back
The Highway Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridge
Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridge
The shelter line stretchin' around the corner
Welcome to the New World Order
Families sleepin' in their cars out in the Southwest
No job, no home, no peace, no rest, No Rest!
And The highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Searchin' for the Ghost of Tom Joad
He pulls his prayer book out of a sleepin' bag
The preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
He's waitin' for the time when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
With a one way ticket to the promised land
With a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Lookin' for a pillow of solid rock

Bathin' in the cities' aqueducts


And The highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the Ghost of old Tom Joad
Now Tom Said; "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry new born baby cries
Wherever there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me ma'
I'll be there
Wherever somebody's strugglin' for a place to stand
For a decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody is strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes ma,
You'll see me
And the highway is alive tonight
nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the Ghost of Tom Joad
Black Eyed Peas Where Is The Love? Lyrics
What's wrong with the world, mama
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world 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
Badness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Now, 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 can you hear them cryin'?
Can you practice what you preach?
And 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
It just ain't the same, always unchanged
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


And 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, it's the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids want to act like what they see in the cinema
Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness in equality
Instead in spreading love we're spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading lives 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
Sing with me, y'all
(one world one world)
We only got (one world one world)
That's all we got (one world one world)
And somethings wrong with it (yeah)
And somethings wrong with it (yeah)
And somethings wrong with the w-w-world yeah
We only got (one world one world)

That's all we got (one world one world)

Matisyahu One Day Lyrics


Sometimes I lay
Under the moon
And thank God I'm breathing
Then I pray
Don't take me soon
Cause I'm here for a reason
Sometimes in my tears I drown
But I never let it get me down
So when negativity surrounds
I know some day it'll all turn around
Because
All my life I've been waiting for
I've been praying for
For the people to say
That we don't wanna fight no more
They'll be no more wars
And our children will play
One
One
One
One
One
One

day
day
day
day
day
day

It's not about


Win or lose
Because we all lose
When they feed on the souls of the innocent
Blood drenched pavement
Keep on moving, though the waters stay raging
In this maze you can lose your way (your way)
It might drive you crazy but don't let it faze you no way (no way)
Sometimes in my tears I drown (I drown)
But I never let it get me down (get me down)

So my negativity surrounds (surrounds)


I know some day it'll all turn around
Because
All my life I've been waiting for
I've been praying for
For the people to say
That we don't wanna fight no more
They'll be no more war
And our children will play
One
One
One
One
One
One

day
day
day
day
day
day

One day this all will change


Treat people the same
Stop with the violence
Down with the hate
One day we'll all be free
And proud to be
Under the same sun
Singing songs of freedom like
One day
One day
One day
One day
One day
One day
All my life I've been waiting for
I've been praying for
For the people to say
That we don't wanna fight no more
They'll be no more wars

And our children will play


One
One
One
One
One
One

day
day
day
day
day
day

Songwriting and Publishing Credits:


Songwriters: MARLEY, BOB / TOSH, PETER
Get Up, Stand Up lyrics Chrysalis One Music
Songwriters: LENNON, JOHN/ONO, YOKO
Happy Xmas lyrics EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group,
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Songwriters: Cleveland, Alfred W / Benson, Renaldo / Gaye, Marvin P
What's Going On lyrics EMI Music Publishing
Songwriters: Springsteen, Bruce
Ghost of Tom Joad lyrics EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing
Group
Songwriters: Pajon, George Jr / Timberlake, Justin R / Pineda, Allan / Gomez,
Jamie / Board, Printz / Adams, Will / Fratantuno, Michael
Where Is The Love? lyrics EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing
Group
Songwriters: LEVINE, ARI / HERNANDEZ, PETER GENE / LAWRENCE, PHILIP
MARTIN II / MILLER, MATTHEW
One Day lyrics Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing

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