IES ICARIA-ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ESO 4 - ACTIVITY: SONGS You are going to listen to two songs. Write down in all the information you’ve got about the songs (Things you know, you guess/ suppose/feel by listening to them…) Title
Sung by…
Type of music
Released in…
The language used is…
The lyrics are...
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SONG 1: Fight The Power (1988) – Public Enemy Listen to the song and read the lyrics. Answer: a) What does the song say about Elvis Presley? b) What adjectives does the song use to refer to Elvis? c) What do these lines mean: “Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps Sample a look back you look and find / Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check”
What are “rednecks”?
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Music hittin' your heart cause I know you got soul (Brothers and sisters, hey) Listen if you're missin' y'all Swingin' while I'm singin' Givin' whatcha gettin' Knowin' what I know While the Black bands sweatin' And the rhythm rhymes rollin' Got to give us what we want Gotta give us what we need Our freedom of speech is freedom or death We got to fight the powers that be (Lemme hear you say)
Fight the power
Elvis was a hero to most (3 times) But he never meant shit to me you see Straight up racist that sucker was Simple and plain Mother fuck him and John Wayne Cause I'm Black and I'm proud I'm ready and hyped plus I'm amped Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps Sample a look back you look and find Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check Don't worry be happy Was a number one jam Damn if I say it you can slap me right here (Get it) lets get this party started right Right on, c'mon What we got to say Power to the people no delay To make everybody see In order to fight the powers that be
__________________________________ As the rhythm designed to bounce What counts is that the rhymes Designed to fill your mind Now that you've realized the prides arrived We got to pump the stuff to make us tough from the heart
ACTIVITY: Slang: What do these slang expressions mean?,
It's a start, a work of art To revolutionize make a change nothin's strange People, people we are the same No we're not the same Cause we don't know the game What we need is awareness, we can't get careless You say what is this? My beloved lets get down to business Mental self defensive fitness (Yo) bumrush the show You gotta go for what you know Make everybody see, in order to fight the powers that fight the power
hittin’ - missin’ ….. y’all:............... whatcha: ................................ got to / gotta : ............................... . lemme: .....................................
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SONG 2: Suspicious Minds (1969) - Elvis Presley 1. Fill in the gaps We're caught in a trap I can't walk out Because I love you _______ ________ baby Why can't you see What you're doing to me When you ________ ________ a word I say? We can't go on together With suspicious minds And we can't build ________ ________ On suspicious minds So, if an old friend I know Drops by to ________ ________ Would I still see suspicion in your eyes? Here we go again Asking where I've been You can't see _________ _________ are real I'm crying We can't go on together With suspicious minds And we can't build _________ _________ On suspicious minds Oh let our love survive Or dry the tears from your eyes Let's don't let a good thing die When honey, __________ __________ I've never lied to you Mmm yeah, yeah
2. Find synonym expressions in the song for the following: don’t trust each other
get out from a place
suddenly appear for a short visit
continue
a place/situation from which you can’t get out
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