Youth Voices

The Contributor and Girls Write Nashville, a nonprofit songwriting mentorship program, have partnered to help amplify youth voices in the city. The following are lyrics written by students at Dupont Tyler Middle School and published as part of the Youth Voices program.

Bye Bye Space

BY JULIA WALROND, ELAYNA VARGAS, BAYA KERSHAW, SOFIA PADILLA

Gravity no more

The world’s ending

Mars, planet of war is defending

The last days we will live

Venus, planet of love

Jupiter the strong

It will all be gone

Pluto of the underworld

Mercury the messenger

Our Earth is dwindled

There’s not much time

Neptune of the sea

Seconds left of time

Soon we won’t be able to see

It’s the end of the line

Venus, planet of love

Jupiter the strong

It will all be gone

We fly into the sun

Oh there’s no where to run

Guess what we’re dying

Our time is DONE.

That’s How I Can Feel

BY ZOE STEVENSON

I feel unreal still

Everything I do seems strange

I shouldn’t feel this way

That’s just how I feel

That’s how I can feel

Friends

BY HADASSA LOGSDON

It was the middle of the spring and I was with you

We were in a roller rink and I could never frown

I was loving skating around holding hands with you

There were lights flashing around and I kept falling down

Roller rink with you

Please don’t leave me alone

I want to stay here with you

I just want to be here with you

Please savor the moments with your friends

Make sure they last

‘Cause if they don’t and they are gone

You will regret it for the rest of your life

Just ‘cause you think they’ll stay forever in your heart

Doesn’t mean you have to be hurt

I Am Free

BY MARIA CALDERON

When I was little I thought no one cared about me

My thoughts were filled with negativity

Now I know the haters were wrong

I can finally show that I am strong

It doesn’t matter what they say

I won’t let anyone control me

Everything’s going to be okay

I can finally show that I am free

I wish I had never felt that way

I just wanted to be myself

So I fought for me day by day

I wish I had never felt that way

I just wanted to be myself

So I fought for me day by day

And went and found some help

It doesn’t matter what they say

I won’t let anyone control me

Everything’s going to be okay

I can finally show that I am free