iRemix Records: Lyricist Lab Song Structure John Lennon: Imagine
Imagine there's no Heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky E VERS Imagine all the people Living for today
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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 Living life in peace You may say that 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
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Chorus
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 You may say that 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
Chorus
iRemix Records: Lyricist Lab Breakdown “Imagine�
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Imagine there's no Heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today 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 Living life in peace You may say that 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 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 You may say that 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
1. *Who Created this Song? 2. *What do I like or dislike about this song? 3. *How will different people understand the message of this song?
4. *What values, lifestyles, and points of view are represented in or left out of this song? 5. *Why was the song produced? (For sending messages, gaining profit, or both)
iRemix Records: Lyricist Lab Song Structure Sam Cooke “A Change Gonna Come�
I was born by the river in a little tent
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Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since It's been a long, a long time coming
Chorus
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die
VERSE
Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will VERSE
I go to the movie and I go downtown somebody keep telling me don't hang around It's been a long, a long time coming
Chorus
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Then I go to my brother Bridge
And I say brother help me please But he winds up knockin' me Back down on my knees Ohhhhhhhhh.....
There been times that I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, a long time coming
Chorus
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
iRemix Records: Lyricist Lab Song Breakdown “A Change Gonna Come�
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I was born by the river in a little tent Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die Cause I don't know what's up there beyond the sky It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will I go to the movie and I go downtown somebody keep telling me don't hang around It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will Then I go to my brother And I say brother help me please But he winds up knockin' me Back down on my knees Ohhhhhhhhh..... There been times that I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
1. *Who Created this Song? 2. *What do I like or dislike about this song? 3. *How will different people understand the message of this song?
4. *What values, lifestyles, and points of view are represented in or left out of this song? 5. *Why was the song produced? (For sending messages, gaining profit, or both)
iRemix Records: Lyricist Lab Song Structure
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My world it moves so fast today The past it seems so far away, And life, squeezes so tight that i can't breathe And every time i've tried to be What someone else thought of me So caught up, i wasn't able to acheive And deep in my heart The answer, it was in me And I made up my mind Chorus To define my own destiny
VERSE
VERSE
I look at my environment, And wonder where the fire went, What happened to everything we used to be? I hear so many cry for help, Searching outside of themselves Now I know that His strength is within me And deep in my heart Chorus The answer, it was in me And I made up my mind To define my own destiny And deep in my heart The answer, it was in me Refrain And I made up my mind To define my own destiny
iRemix Records: Lyricist Lab Song Breakdown
My world it moves so fast today The past it seems so far away, And life, squeezes so tight that i can't breathe And every time i've tried to be What someone else thought of me So caught up, i wasn't able to acheive And deep in my heart The answer, it was in me And I made up my mind To define my own destiny I look at my environment, And wonder where the fire went, What happened to everything we used to be? I hear so many cry for help, Searching outside of themselves Now I know that His strength is within me And deep in my heart The answer, it was in me And I made up my mind To define my own destiny And deep in my heart The answer, it was in me And I made up my mind To define my own destiny
1. *Who Created this Song? 2. *What do I like or dislike about this song? 3. *How will different people understand the message of this song? 4. *What values, lifestyles, and points of view are represented in or left out of this song? 5. *Why was the song produced? (For sending messages, gaining profit, or both)
iRemix Records: Lyricist Lab Song Structure 2 Pac - KEEP YA HEAD UP
Intro... Little something for my God son elija and a little girl named koreem
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Some say tha blacker tha berry Tha sweeter tha juice I say, tha darker tha flesh and tha deeper tha roots I give a hollar to my sisters on welfare
Tupac cares, but don't nobody else care I know they like ta beat ya down a lot And when ya come around tha block brothers clown a lot But please don't cry, dry ya eyes Never let up Forgive but don't forget girl keep ya head up And when he tells you you aint nothin Don't believe him And if he can't learn ta love ya, you should leave him Cuz sister you don't need him I aint tryin ta gash up, but I just callem how I see em Ya know what makes me unhappy When brothers make babies And leave a young mother ta be a pappy And since we all came from a woman Got our name from a woman And out game from a woman I wonder why we take from our women Why we rape our women Do we hate our women ? I think it's time ta kill for our women Time ta heal our women Be real to our women And if we don't Well have a race of babies That hate tha ladies that make tha babies And since a man can't make one He has no right ta tell a woman when and where ta create one So will tha real men get up I know your fed up ladies But keep ya head up
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o Ch Eeewww child things are gonna get easier Eeewww child things are gonna get brighter I remember marvin gay, usta sing ta me He had me feelin like black was tha thing ta be And suddenly tha ghetto didn't seem so tuff I thought we had it rough, we always had enough I often huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke tha rules Ran with tha local crew and had a smoke or two And realize momma really paid tha price She nearly gave her life, ta raise me right And all I had ta give her was my pipe dreams Of how I'd rock tha mic and make it to tha big screen Im tryin ta make a dollar out of fifteen cents Its hard ta be legit and still pay tha rent And in tha end it seems Im headin for tha penn I try and find my friends, but they're blowin in tha wind Last night my buddy lost his whole family Its gonna take tha man in me Ta conquer this insanity It seems tha rain will never let up I try ta keep my head up and still keep from getting wet up You know it's funny when it rains it pours They got money for wars, but can't feed tha poor Sad there aint no hope for tha youth and tha truth is There aint no hope for tha future And then they wonder why we crazy I blame my mother, for turning my brother into a crack baby We aint meant ta survive, cause it's a setup And even though ya fed up Ya got ta keep ya head up Eeewww child things are gonna get brighter
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iRemix Records: Lyricist Lab Breakdown “KEEP YA HEAD UP”
“Time ta heal our women Be real to our women And if we don't... Well have a race of babies That hate tha ladies that make tha babies” -2Pac
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1. *Who Created this Song? 2. *What do I like or dislike about this song? 3. *How will different people understand the message of this song?
4. *What values, lifestyles, and points of view are represented in or left out of this song? 5. *Why was the song produced? (For sending messages, gaining profit, or both)